Device for incremental adjustment of the height of a securing point or return-travel point for a safety belt or the like

• US 4,818,023 A
• Filed: 09/30/1987
• Issued: 04/04/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Albert Griesemer
• Original Assignee: Albert Griesemer
• Inventors: Griesemer, Albert
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/124,850
• Time in Patent Office: 552 Days
• Field of Search: 297/483, 297/468, 280/808
• US Class Current: 297/483
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/202 the slider comprising spring-actuated locking means B60R22/205 takes precedence

Abstract

The device consists of a guide strip (1) and a guide sleeve (2) movable along the guide strip (1), said sleeve being if possible, composed of a top section (2a) having a wide side at the front and a bottom section (2b) having a wide side at the rear, and of a spring strip, preferably in the form of a wide leaf spring (8). On the rear broad side of the guide sleeve (2) recesses or engagement lugs (7) are provided, whereas along the axis (3) of the guide strip (1) or symmetrically thereto, corresponding engagement lugs or recesses (4) are arranged. The engagement lugs (7) and recesses (4) mentioned enter into mutual engagement from the rear of the guide strip (1) as soon as they are in register by moving of the guide sleeve (2) on the guide strip (1). They are secured in this locking position by the leaf spring (8). To release, the guide sleeve (2) is pressed in the direction of arrow (10) towards the front face of the guide strip (1), and after this a further sliding movement and height adjustment can be effected. The tractional forces are operative, in the event of loading (collision), in the opposite direction to the arrow (10). The guide sleeve (2) is then in its locked position. It is a device of extremely simple design, safe manipulation and operation, and is very adaptable. Particularly attractive is the securing of a return-travel fitting to a threaded sleeve (12) on the front wide side of the guide sleeve (2).

Claims

1. A device for incremental adjustment of the position of a securing point for a safety belt, comprising a guide rail and a guide sleeve displaceable on the guide rail, wherein engagement lugs on the one hand and corresponding recesses on the other are provided in such a way that the guide sleeve, for locking purposes, is movable into fixed engagement with the guide rail transverse to the actual displacement direction, said guide sleeve having a spring element that is disposed between the guide rail and the guide sleeve for retaining the guide sleeve in the locking position, said guide sleeve and said guide rail having one of said engagement lugs and recesses whereby said guide sleeve and guide rail are held in said fixed engagement by interengagement between said engagement lugs and recesses.

2. A device as defined by claim 1, characterized in that recesses are disposed on the axis of the guide rail.

3. A device as defined by claim 1, characterized in that the spring element is a wide leaf spring having folded-up ends.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guide rail has opposite edges and said edges are provided with spaced rectangular recesses for receiving said engagement lugs.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guide rail is provided on opposite edges thereof with spaced engagement lugs for cooperation with rectangular recesses provided on said guide sleeve.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guide rail has a predetermined thickness and said engagement lugs have a height approximately equal to said thickness.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 wherein said guide sleeve has a first part having an outwardly facing surface bounded by two opposite edges and a second part including a second surface extending generally parallel to said first surface, said second part having said engagement lugs.