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Safety belt arrangement

  • US 3,923,321 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1974
  • Issued: 12/02/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety belt arrangement for a vehicle seat having a seat portion and a back portion extending upwardly from the seat portion, said arrangement comprising:

  • a. a safety belt for restraining the body of a passenger against the vehicle seat;

    b. means fOr mounting the safety belt at a first point adjacent the seat portion of the vehicle seat; and

    c. means for positioning the safety belt so that at least a portion of the safety belt extends from the first point in a direction transverse of the vehicle seat to a second point that is adjacent the back portion of the vehicle seat, said portion of the safety belt extending diagonally across the back portion of the vehicle seat and being adapted to extend diagonally across an upper portion of the body of a passenger seated in the vehicle seat, the positioning means being adjustable selectively to vary the location of the second point at least in a vertical direction, wherein the positioning means includes;

    i. bracket means holding the safety belt and defining the second point to which the portion of the safety belt extends;

    ii. guide means mounting the bracket means so that the bracket means is movable relative to the guide means, the guide means being secured on a structural member coupled to the vehicle body; and

    iii. actuating means operatively engaging the bracket means with the guide means for selectively moving the bracket means relative to the guide means.

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