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Seat belt tightner

  • US 6,539,590 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2001
  • Issued: 04/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for tightening a seat belt comprising:

  • (a) a spool having a rotational axis, whereabout a plurality of prongs are secured substantially in their lengths to form a slot with an open end and a closed end, such that the spool is extended along the rotational axis from the closed end through a bore of a head of a body and that spool extension is adapted to be secured in the bore so that it is rotatable only in one direction about the rotational axis within the bore;

    (b) an arm extension extending from the head away from the rotational axis and connected to a securing arm spaced substantially apart from the spool by the arm extension;

    (c) a lever rotatably secured at one end to an end of the spool extension and adapted to cause the spool to rotate in a winding direction in moving the lever toward or away from the securing arm.

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