Vertically adjustable motor-vehicle safety-belt mount

• US 4,826,210 A
• Filed: 06/09/1988
• Issued: 05/02/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1986
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gudrun Schmidt
• Original Assignee: Gudrun Schmidt
• Inventors: Schmidt, Gudrun
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FERRITER, KARIN L
• Application Number:
  US07/204,376
• Time in Patent Office: 327 Days
• Field of Search: 280/801, 280/808, 248/297.3, 248/295.1, 248/222.3, 248/222.2, 297/483, 297/468, 248/243
• US Class Current: 280/808
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/202 the slider comprising spring-actuated locking means B60R22/205 takes precedence

Abstract

An adjustable mount for anchoring a safety belt on a vertical surface of a motor vehicle has a vertically elongated guide rail fixed to the surface and having an front face turned away from the surface and a rear face turned toward the surface. This rail is formed with a longitudinally extending throughgoing slot and generally along the full length of the slot with a vertical row of stops at the rear face and having upwardly and downwardly directed stop edges. A slider displaceable along the rail has a rear portion engageable forward with the rear face of the rail and having abutments engageable between the stops with the edges thereof, a front portion engageable rearward with the front face of the rail, and an intermediate connecting portion extending between and unitarily interconnecting the front and rear portions. A guide fixed to the rear portion extends forward therefrom through the slot and is formed with a forwardly open threaded bore into which a bolt is threaded. A spring braced between one of the faces and the slider urges the rear portion forward against the rear face. This rear portion is displaceable rearward on loading of the spring to a position with the abutments clear of the stops and with the slider displaceable longitudinally along the slot. A buckle traversed by the belt is mounted on the slider.

Claims

1. An adjustable mount for anchoring a safety belt on a vertical surface of a motor vehicle, the mount comprising:

a vertically elongated guide rail adapted to be fixed to the surface and with a front face turned away from the surface and a rear face turned toward the surface, the rail being formed along its full length with a vertical row of stops at the rear face and having upwardly and downwardly directed stop edges;

a slider displaceable along the rail and having

a rear portion engageable forward with the rear face of the rail and having abutments engageable between the stops with the edges thereof,

a front portion engageable rearward with the front face of the rail,

a connecting portion extending between and unitarily interconnecting the front and rear portions, and

an aperture through which the rail extends;

a spring braced between one of the faces and the slider for urging the rear portion forward against the rear face, the rear portion being displaceable rearward on loading of the spring to a position with the abutments clear of the stops and with the slider displaceable longitudinally along the slot; and

a buckle traversed by the belt and mounted on the front portion.

2. The adjustable safety-belt mount defined in claim 1 wherein the stops are throughgoing holes open at both the front and rear faces, the slider further being provided on its front portion with rearwardly projecting abutments engageable rearward in the holes, the abutments of the rear portion being forwardly projecting abutments engageable forward in the holes.

3. The adjustable safety-belt mount defined in claim 1 wherein the front portion is above the rear portion.

4. The adjustable safety-belt mount defined in claim 1 wherein the buckle is a loop integrally formed with the rear portion.