Safety belt arrangement for individuals
First Claim
1. A safety belt arrangement for vehicles comprising in combination a vehicle having seats, side walls and a roof, a safety belt, a guide rail extending as well in the vertical direction along one of said side walls of the vehicle as the transverse direction of said vehicle along the roof of said vehicle, a slide connected to said belt and being displaceably mounted on said guide rail, an electric drive motor operatively connected to said slide, an electric circuit for said electric motor, a switch in said circuit capable of sensing the load on one seat of said vehicle, an attachment means which being provided comparatively far to the middle of said seat in said transverse direction of said vehicle, and at least one belt part of said safety belt extending between said slide and said attachment means, whereby said belt part is placed across the person sitting on said seat provided with the safety belt arrangement when said attachment slide is displaced from the upper, inner portion of said guide to the outer, lower portion thereof by said drive motor which in turn is activated by said load sensing switch.
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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.
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5 Claims
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1. A safety belt arrangement for vehicles comprising in combination a vehicle having seats, side walls and a roof, a safety belt, a guide rail extending as well in the vertical direction along one of said side walls of the vehicle as the transverse direction of said vehicle along the roof of said vehicle, a slide connected to said belt and being displaceably mounted on said guide rail, an electric drive motor operatively connected to said slide, an electric circuit for said electric motor, a switch in said circuit capable of sensing the load on one seat of said vehicle, an attachment means which being provided comparatively far to the middle of said seat in said transverse direction of said vehicle, and at least one belt part of said safety belt extending between said slide and said attachment means, whereby said belt part is placed across the person sitting on said seat provided with the safety belt arrangement when said attachment slide is displaced from the upper, inner portion of said guide to the outer, lower portion thereof by said drive motor which in turn is activated by said load sensing switch.
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2. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said guide rails vertical direction along the side wall of said vehicle is directed diagonally backwards and downwards of said side wall.
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3. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said belt is of the three point type with the portions thereof forming a V at the point of connection of said belt to said slide.
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4. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein said belt has an upper band portion, a winding up roll connected to said upper band portion and being sensitive to sudden speed variations of the vehicle.
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5. A safety belt arrangement as claimed in claim 1, including coupling means on said vehicle side wall capable of retaining said slide in its lower position which correspOnds to the operative position of said belt.
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