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SAFETY BELT ARRANGEMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS

  • US 3,822,760 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1971
  • Issued: 07/09/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety belt arrangement for vehicles having at least one door and seat, comprising at least one belt part which in use extends from one side to the other of the seat in the vehicle across a person sitting in said seat, means securing one end of said belt part to an inboard structural portion of the vehicle at the inner side of said seat, guide means provided to the opposite side of said seat and extending from a forward point to a rear point of the vehicle door, means havng other end of said belt part slideably extending therethrough and being slideably mounted in said guide means for moving said other belt part from a rear position of the door to a front position thereof allowing entrance by a person to and exit from the seat and back to said rear position in which the safety belt is tightened around the passenger and vice versa, springs mounted on said guide means, an electric motor mounted on said springs and capable of pivoting against the action of said springs around an axis parallel to the output axis of said motor, an electrical circuit, a pair of switches in said circuit positioned for being actuated by the pivoting movement of said motor, one of said switches being capable of reversing the direction of rotation of said motor, the second of said switches capable of cutting off the supply of current to said motor and means operatively connecting said motor to said attachment means and capable of pivoting said motor when said attachment means reaches said front and rear positions.

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