Shoulder level link point for vehicle safety belt
First Claim
1. A device for the adjustment of a link point of a safety belt arranged adjacent the shoulder of a vehicle occupant comprising,a slide member havingan angled leg with a locking opening therein,an adjustably lockable link point carried by the slide member,a guide mounted within the interior of the vehicle, receiving the link point and havinga limb with a series of openings therein,a slide piece movable in the guide and having a tapped bore therein,a bolt screwed in the tapped bore which connects together the slide member and the slide piece,a locking device to effect the adjustment and locking of the slide member,a return spring biasing the locking device to the locked configuration,said locking device being movable substantially perpendicularly to the direction of the movement of the slide member and being connected with the latter, and engaging, in the locked configuration of the slide member in one lock opening of said series of openings, anda link movable in the slide member and carrying the locking device which latter in the locked configuration also engages in the said lock opening in the angled leg of the slide member,said angled leg of the slide member engaging over the limb of the guide and lying substantially parallel to the latter andfor the guidance of the locking device a respective guide surface is provided on the slide piece and a guide surface is provided on the link.
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Abstract
A vehicle safety belt link point assembly for attachment to a pillar of the vehicle at a location adjacent the shoulder of a vehicle occupant, includes a slotted guide with one link provided with a series of locking openings. The guide is secured to the pillar. A slide member is mounted on the guide and has one limb lying adjacent and parallel to the limb of the guide. The slide member limb has one opening which can be made coincident with any of the openings of the guide member limb. A slide piece carries a link point for receiving the belt webbing and is movable in the slot of the guide. A link is movable with the slide piece and carries a projection which can engage in a selected opening of the guide limb and with the opening of the slide member to lock the device.
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1. A device for the adjustment of a link point of a safety belt arranged adjacent the shoulder of a vehicle occupant comprising,
a slide member having an angled leg with a locking opening therein, an adjustably lockable link point carried by the slide member, a guide mounted within the interior of the vehicle, receiving the link point and having a limb with a series of openings therein, a slide piece movable in the guide and having a tapped bore therein, a bolt screwed in the tapped bore which connects together the slide member and the slide piece, a locking device to effect the adjustment and locking of the slide member, a return spring biasing the locking device to the locked configuration, said locking device being movable substantially perpendicularly to the direction of the movement of the slide member and being connected with the latter, and engaging, in the locked configuration of the slide member in one lock opening of said series of openings, and a link movable in the slide member and carrying the locking device which latter in the locked configuration also engages in the said lock opening in the angled leg of the slide member, said angled leg of the slide member engaging over the limb of the guide and lying substantially parallel to the latter and for the guidance of the locking device a respective guide surface is provided on the slide piece and a guide surface is provided on the link.
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