Position adjuster for seat belt

• US 4,536,011 A
• Filed: 02/06/1984
• Issued: 08/20/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nippon Seiko Kabushiki Kaisha (NSK Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nsk-Warner K. K.
• Inventors: Ono, Katsuyasu
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rice, Kenneth R.
• Application Number:
  US06/577,280
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 280/801, 280/802, 280/804, 280/808, 297/468, 297/473, 297/483, 297/486
• US Class Current: 280/801.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

A device for adjusting the support position of a seat belt includes a base, an adjustable anchor to be guided along the base, a latch member mounted on the anchor between two positions, an operation member for bringing the latch member from one position to the other position through a two-step operation in two different directions, and a device for allowing the movement of the latch member from the one position to the other position only when the two-step operation of the operation member is accomplished. The anchor is fixed to the base when the latch member takes the one position, while the anchor is movable along the base when the latch member takes the other position.

Claims

1. A device for adjusting the support position of a seat belt in a seat belt system comprising:

a base;

an adjustable anchor to be guided along said base;

a belt-supporting member provided on said anchor;

a latch member mounted on said anchor for movement between an engagement position in which said latch member is engageable with said base to fix said adjustable anchor to said base and a non-engagement position in which said latch member is out of engagexent with said base so as to render said adjustable anchor movable along said base;

an operation member, said operation member bringing said latch member from said engagement position to said non-engagement position through a two-step operation in two different directions of said operation member; and

operation transmission means for transmitting to said latch member the second step motion of the two-step operation when said operation member is operated by the two-step operation so as to bring said latch member from the engagement position to the non-engagement position.

2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the operation transmission means includes a release member for engaging with the operation member only after the first step motion of the two-step operation is completed so as to transmit to the latch member the second step motion of the operation member.

3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the operation member is urged towards such a position as being disengaged from said release member.

4. A device according to claim 2, wherein the operation transmission means includes a member for transmitting the movement of said release member to said latch member with a change of the movement direction of the latch member.

5. A device according to claim 2, wherein the latch member is urged towards the engagement position.

6. A device for adjusting the support position of a seat belt in a seat belt system comprising:

a base;

an adjustable anchor to be guided along said base;

a belt-supporting member provided on said adjustable anchor;

a latch member mounted on said anchor for movement between an engagement position in which said latch member is engageable with said base to fix said adjustable anchor to said base and a non-engagement position in which said latch member is out of engagement with said base so as to render said adjustable anchor movable along said base;

an operation member, said operation member bringing said latch member from said engagement position to said non-engagement position through a two-step operation in two different directions of said operation member; and

means for allowing the second step motion of the two-step operation of said operation member only after the first step motion of the two-step operation being completed.

7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the first step motion of said operation member is a rotational movement and the second step motion of said operation member is parallel to the movement of the latch member between the engagement position and the non-engagement position.