Webbing support apparatus

• US 4,917,403 A
• Filed: 04/21/1989
• Issued: 04/17/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai RIKA Denki Seisakusho
• Inventors: Gyoda, Toshio, Sugiura, Motonobu, Katsuno, Mitsuaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Marmor, Charles A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tyson, Karin
• Application Number:
  US07/341,558
• Time in Patent Office: 361 Days
• Field of Search: 280/808, 280/801, 297/483, 248/297.3
• US Class Current: 280/801.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/203 the locking means being movably mounted on the slider

Abstract

A webbing support apparatus being capable of changing a support height of a webbing to be wound around an occupant of a vehicle, which is provided with a slider for supporting the webbing and being movably supported in a vertical direction in a guide rail, and the slider is provided with a restricting member which is engaged with the guide rail during its downward movement to prevent a downward movement of the slider more than a predetermined value. Accordingly, the slider can be positively lowered step by step.

Claims

1. A webbing support apparatus capable of varying a support height of a webbing to be installed in a vehicle comprising:

a guide rail supported on a body of the vehicle;

a moving member supporting said webbing, guided by said guide rail and capable of being moved in a vertical direction;

restricting means displaceably arranged in the moving member, engaged with the guide rail at each of a plurality of vertical positions of said guide rail and restricting the moving member against the guide rail so as to prevent a downward movement of the moving member;

operating means displaceably arranged in said moving member, operated to be displaced and releasing the restricted condition of said moving member through said restricting means; and

stopping means displaceably arranged in said moving member, displaced by said displacing operation of said operating means and stopping said moving member from being moved further downwardly either at a restricting position adjoining to a position below the restricting position before its movement or at a position above the restricting position.

2. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said restricting means and said stopping means are arranged in said moving member in such a way as they are displaced in an opposite direction to each other by said displacing operation of said operating means.

3. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said operating means is provided with returning means for returning it to its original position after said operating means has been displaced.

4. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said guide rail is provided with position setting holes at said plurality of vertical positions, said restricting means is inserted into one of said position setting holes to restrict said moving member against the guide rail and is provided with an engaging part which is pulled out of said position setting hole through said displacing operation of the operating means to release the restricted condition of said moving member.

5. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said stopping means is provided with an inserting part inserted into one of said position setting holes to stop said moving member.

6. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein between said moving member and said restricting means is installed a first biasing means for biasing said restricting means toward a direction in which said engaging part of said restricting means is inserted into one of said position setting holes.

7. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 6, wherein between said moving member and said stopping means is provided a second biasing means for biasing said stopping means toward a direction in which said inserting part is pulled out of one of said position setting holes.

8. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said position setting holes are provided with inclined guide surfaces for guiding said engaging part so as to be pulled out of said holes against a biasing force of said first biasing means by being slidably contacted with said engaging part of said restricting means when said slide member is moved upwardly.

9. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said operating means is provided with a first displacing means for moving said restricting means against a biasing force of said first biasing means toward a direction in which said engaging part is pulled out of said hole when said displacing operation is performed.

10. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 9, wherein said operating means is provided with a second displacing means for moving said stopping means against a biasing force of said second biasing means toward a direction in which said insertion part of said stopping means is inserted into one of said holes when said displacing operation is performed.

11. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said stopping means is constructed such that said inserting part is inserted into said one of said position setting holes into, which said engaging part had been inserted before performing said displacing operation of said operating means under said displacing operation of said operating means.

12. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said stopping means is constructed such that said inserting part is inserted into a position setting hole below said one of said position setting holes into which said engaging part had been inserted before said displacing operation of said operating means through said displacing operation of said operating means.

13. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said guide rail is provided with a concave part into which a part of said stopping means is inserted under said displacing operation of said operating means to perform said stopping operation of said moving member.

14. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said concave part is arranged at least at one of the longitudinal directions of a chassis.

15. A webbing support apparatus capable of changing a supporting height of a webbing to be wound around an occupant of a vehicle comprising:

an elongated guide rail supported by a body of the vehicle and extending in a vertical direction of the body;

a moving member supporting said webbing and movably supported by said guide rail in a vertical direction;

position setting holes spaced apart by a predetermined space at said guide rail along its longitudinal direction;

a restricting member supported by said moving member for restricting a downward movement of said moving member by being selectively engaged in said position setting holes;

an operating member supported by said moving member in such a way as it may be slid downwardly and for releasing the engagement of the restricting member with said position setting holes through said sliding operation; and

a stopping member displaceably supported on said moving member, displaced through said sliding operation of said operating member and engaged with said guide rail to prevent a downward movement of said moving member more than a predetermined distance.

16. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said stopping member is arranged above said restricting member in such a way as it is inserted into and engaged with a position setting hole into which said restricting member has been engaged before said sliding operation of said operating member under a sliding operation of said operating member.

17. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said supporting member is arranged below said restricting member in such a way as it may be inserted into and engaged with a position setting hole adjacent to a part below a position setting hole into which said restricting member had been engaged before sliding operation of said operating member through said sliding operation of said operating member.

18. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 15, wherein said guide rail is provided with a concave part to which a part of said stopping member is engaged through a sliding operation of said operating member.

19. A webbing support apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a pair of said concave parts are arranged in a longitudinal direction of a chassis, said stopping member is provided with a stopper part which is moved in a direction spaced part to each other through a sliding operation of said operating member and engaged with said concave parts.