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Safety belt adaptor for belt adjustment for vehicle occupants and method of operation

  • US 5,788,282 A
  • Filed: 03/04/1996
  • Issued: 08/04/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety belt system including a lap belt portion and a shoulder belt portion which extends upwardly at an angle from a lower position on the lap belt portion to a higher position on a first vehicle-mounted anchor which system protects a vehicle occupant having a lap and a torso comprising:

  • a) lap belt means extending from a second vehicle-mounted anchor over the occupant'"'"'s lap to a third vehicle-mounted anchor;

    b) shoulder belt portion locating means on the lap belt means for locating the position from which the shoulder belt portion extends upwardly;

    c) said lap belt means having a first lap belt portion of selected length on one side of such shoulder belt portion locating means and a second lap belt portion of selected length on the other side of such locating means, the lap belt portion lengths being selected so that the shoulder belt portion locating means is positioned to in turn locate the shoulder belt portion central to the torso of the vehicle occupant;

    d) adjustment means for varying the length of one of the lap belt portionswhereby the shoulder belt portion locating means is positionable to vary the location from which the shoulder belt portion extends upwardly across the occupant'"'"'s torso to the first vehicle-mounted anchor.

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