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Safety seat belt device with an inflatable cushioning means

  • US 3,971,569 A
  • Filed: 02/19/1974
  • Issued: 07/27/1976
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety seat belt device for use in a motor vehicle having a floor and a roof cooperably defining an occupant compartment in which an occupant seat is mounted on said floor, said safety seat belt device comprising:

  • a lap belt having one end secured inward of said seat to said floor and the other end adapted to be held outward of said seat;

    a yoke type shoulder belt including first and second belts, said first and second belts respectively having upper ends thereof adapted to be held at said roof, lower ends thereof secured to said lap belt at transversely spaced positions;

    air bag means fixedly mounted on said lap belt between the lower ends of said first and second belts so that upon collision of said motor vehicle, an air bag of said air bag means is expanded toward said upper ends of said first and second belts; and

    a transverse connecting strap transversely arranged between respective lower portions of said first and second belts so that upon expansion of said air bag of the air bag means, said transverse connecting strap holding, in combination with said first and second belts, the expanded air bag between said transverse connecting strap and a torso portion of a seated occupant.

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