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Webbing suitable for use in vehicle seat belt system

  • US 4,600,626 A
  • Filed: 08/20/1985
  • Issued: 07/15/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/28/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a webbing suitable for use in a vehicle seat belt system, including a laterally-central main portion, and a woven selvedge portion and a knitted selvedge portion which are formed respectively along both side edges of the main portion, the improvement wherein the weave of the main portion comprises a number of wefts composed respectively of first weft threads and second weft threads inserted in pairs, the first weft threads have relatively low bending stiffness and the second weft threads have relatively high bending stiffness, the second weft threads are woven only in the main portion, the first weft threads are contained not only in the main portion but also in the knitted selvedge portion where the first weft threads are intertwined with their corresponding catch threads, which hold their associated wefts and comprise threads having relatively low bending stiffness, to form a hollow selvedge, and the woven selvedge portion forms a hollow selvedge with the first weft threads only.

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