Seat belt anchor assembly

• US 4,466,666 A
• Filed: 04/07/1982
• Issued: 08/21/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1981
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Juichiro Takada
• Original Assignee: Juichiro Takada
• Inventors: Takada, Juichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/366,217
• Time in Patent Office: 867 Days
• Field of Search: 297/483, 297/485, 297/475, 297/476, 297/468, 297/410, 280/808, 280/801, 280/804, 248/505, 248/499, 248/503.1
• US Class Current: 280/808
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

A seat belt anchor assembly comprising an elongated rail of C-shape in cross-section having spaced-apart holes in the base wall portion and a belt anchor having a retainer within the rail that is locked in a selected position along the rail by a spring-loaded lock pin. The lock pin fits into any of the holes and can be released from the holes to enable the anchor to be moved to another position.

Claims

1. A seat belt anchor assembly comprising an elongated rail of substantially C-shaped cross-section and having inturned side flanges defining a slot and holes spaced-apart along the back wall, a hollow slider received within the rail and having side wall portions underlying the side flanges and an internally threaded protrusion extending out through the slot in the rail, a belt anchor plate pivotably attached to the slider by a bolt threaded into the protrusion, a lock pin extending through aligned holes in the front and back walls of the slider and adapted to be received in a selected one of the holes in the back wall of the rail, and a leaf spring received within the slider and engaged between the slider and the lock pin to urge the lock pin into the selected hole in the rail.