Device for adjusting webbing-supporting position
First Claim
1. In a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system, said device including a base having a plurality of latch portions, an adjustable anchor guided along a base, a latch member mounted on the adjustable anchor displaceably between an engagement position where the latch member is in engagement with any one of the latch portions so as to fix the adjustable anchor on the base and a non-engagement position where the latch member is kept out of engagement with any of the latch portions so as to permit movement of the adjustable anchor along the base, and manipulating means for bringing the latch member from the engagement position to the non-engagement position, the improvement wherein the adjustable anchor defines an inwardly-notched interlocking portion, the interlocking portion contains a substantially, turned, square U-shaped face extending at a right angle to the direction in which the adjustable anchor is guided, the latch member has a face engageable with the turned, square U-shaped face at the engagement position with the latter face being covered by the former face, and the latch portions of the base are received withing the turned, square U-shaped face when viewed in the direction in which the anchor is guided.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system. When a force is applied to an adjustable anchor, the force is received by a substantially, turned, square U-shaped face so as to permit reception of significantly large forces without need for enlarging the device.
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- 1. In a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system, said device including a base having a plurality of latch portions, an adjustable anchor guided along a base, a latch member mounted on the adjustable anchor displaceably between an engagement position where the latch member is in engagement with any one of the latch portions so as to fix the adjustable anchor on the base and a non-engagement position where the latch member is kept out of engagement with any of the latch portions so as to permit movement of the adjustable anchor along the base, and manipulating means for bringing the latch member from the engagement position to the non-engagement position, the improvement wherein the adjustable anchor defines an inwardly-notched interlocking portion, the interlocking portion contains a substantially, turned, square U-shaped face extending at a right angle to the direction in which the adjustable anchor is guided, the latch member has a face engageable with the turned, square U-shaped face at the engagement position with the latter face being covered by the former face, and the latch portions of the base are received withing the turned, square U-shaped face when viewed in the direction in which the anchor is guided.
- 7. In a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system, said device including a base having a plurality of latch portions, an adjustable anchor guided along the base, a latch member mounted on the adjustable anchor displaceably between an engagement position where the latch member is in engagement with any one of the latch portions so as to fix the adjustable anchor on the base and a non-engagement position where the latch member is kept out of engagement with any of the latch portions so as to permit movement of the adjustable anchor along the base, and manipulating means for bringing the latch member from the engagement position to the non-engagement position, the improvement wherein the adjustable anchor defines an interlocking portion adapted to be brought into engagement with the latch member, the latch portions of the base are formed as inwardly-extending notches and contains substantially, turned, square U-shaped faces extending at right angles to a direction in which the adjustable anchor is guided, the latch member has a face engageable with any of the turned, square U-shaped faces at the engagement position with the latter face being covered by the former face, and the interlocking portion of the adjustable anchor is received within the substantially, turned, square U-shaped faces when viewed in the direction in which the anchor is guided.
- 10. In a device suitable for use in adjusting the supporting position of a webbing of a vehicle seat belt system, said device including a base having a plurality of latch portions, an adjustable anchor guided along the base, a latch member mounted on the adjustable anchor displaceably between an engagement position where the the latch member is in engagement with any one of the latch portions so as to fix the adjustable anchor on the base and a non-engagement position where the latch member is kept out of engagement with any of the latch portions so as to permit movement of the adjustable anchor along the base, manipulating means for bringing the latch member from the engagement position to the non-engagement position, a rail to be mounted on a vehicle body, a movable anchor displaceable along the rail, a drive member for driving the movable anchor, and a latch lever attached to the adjustable anchor and engageable with the movable anchor, the improvement wherein at least one of the adjustable anchor and base has a substantially, turned, square U-shaped face in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the adjustable anchor is guided and the latch member has a face engageable with the substantially, turned, square U-shaped face at the engagement position.
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