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Anti-roping latch plate

  • US 6,490,764 B1
  • Filed: 12/08/1999
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A latch plate (50) for use with a seat belt and seat belt buckle, the latch plate comprising:

  • a metal load-bearing plate (52) including a tongue engageable with a locking feature (54) of the seat belt buckle, a first portion of the load-bearing plate, rearward of the tongue (58), having a first surface, the first surface (70) including a lateral extending rearward edge (72);

    the load-bearing plate, in a second portion thereof, including an integrally formed tab (62) having a laterally extending forward edge (74), the forward edge of the tab overlaying the rearward edge (72) of the first surface, the tab being spaced a determinable distance from the first surface defining a thin channel or opening (80) therebetween through which the seat belt is received, the distance being sufficiently narrow to lessen the likelihood of the seat belt becoming twisted in the channel.

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