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Webbing guide apparatus

  • US 4,645,234 A
  • Filed: 07/09/1985
  • Issued: 02/24/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/13/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A webbing guide apparatus employed in a seatbelt system in which one end of a shoulder webbing is housed in a roof portion of the body of a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:

  • guide means for restraining an intermediate portion of said webbing in such a manner that said webbing is movable in its longitudinal direction, said guide means being pivotally supported by a seat back rest of the vehicle or a head rest which is mounted on said seat back rest; and

    means for limiting the range of pivoting of said guide means so as to raise a distal end of said guide means toward to roof of said vehicle when the seat back rest is inclined toward the front of the vehicle;

    whereby, when said seat back rest is forwardly inclined, a space which allows an occupant to smoothly enter or leave a back seat of said vehicle is provided.

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