Safety belt arrangement for individuals

• US 3,915,472 A
• Filed: 04/05/1974
• Issued: 10/28/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Oskar Lennart Lindblad
• Original Assignee: Oskar Lennart Lindblad
• Inventors: Lindblad, Oskar Lennart
• Primary Examiner(s): Song, Robert R.
• Application Number:
  US05/458,290
• Time in Patent Office: 571 Days
• Field of Search: 280/15SB 180/82C 297/388,389
• US Class Current: 280/803
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/04 Passive restraint systems, i.e. systems both applied and removed automatically, e.g. by movement of the vehicle door

Abstract

Safety belt arrangement for vehicles which includes belts positioned for extending across the body of a person sitting on a seat in the vehicle with one end of the strap secured to the vehicle on a side of the seat opposite a side wall of the vehicle and the other end of the strap slideably connected on the inside of a door of the vehicle and means for automatically displacing the belt along said door upon operation of the ignition circuit from in front of the seat to across the person.

Claims

1. A safety belt arrangement for vehicles comprising a vehicle having at least one pivoted door and a seat alongside said door, a one-piece V-shaped safety belt connected to said vehiclE with one portion positioned forming a lap belt across said seat and a further portion positioned forming a shoulder belt across said seat, an eyelet having said safety belt slideably extending therethrough, a further belt having one end connected to said eyelet, and means being mounted on said door capable of moving said further belt to and from said seat upon the pivoting of said door and shortening said further belt upon the pivoting of said door to its vehicle closing position.

2. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1 wherein said means comprises a guide on said door extending longitudinally of the vehicle, a slide on said guide, an eyelet on said slide having said further belt slideably extending therethrough and said further belt having its other end connected to said door.

3. A safety belt arrangement as claims in claim 1 wherein said means comprises a guide on said door extending longitudinally of the vehicle, a slide on said guide and a belt take-up device on said slide having the other end of said further belt connected thereto.

4. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 2 including a belt take-up device connected to said door and said further belt other end.