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Safety belt anchorage assembly

  • US 4,194,786 A
  • Filed: 11/29/1977
  • Issued: 03/25/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/1977
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a car belt assembly of the type comprising flexible strap means extending from an anchorage around a person to be restrained, an anchorage assembly attached to a second anchorage, and coupling means for interconnecting said flexible strap and said anchorage assembly, the improvement wherein:

  • said anchorage assembly comprises an elongated composite member of a plurality of substantially planar and substantially parallel lengths of flexible metal cable substantially embedded in resilient plastic material, said assembly being oriented with the plane defined by said parallel cables in line with the front-to-back direction of the car and exhibiting sufficient flexibility in a direction perpendicular to said plane to permit ready deflection of said assembly in the perpendicular direction by the movemement of such person and, at the same time, exhibiting sufficient stiffness in the direction within said plane as to permit one-handed interconnection of said coupling means.

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