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Device for tightening a seat belt

  • US 7,195,315 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2003
  • Issued: 03/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A child car seat with a seat belt tightening device adapted to tighten a three-point seat belt that is employed for fixing the child seat in a passenger seat, such a seatbelt comprising a lap belt part (2) and a diagonal belt part (3), where the lap belt part (2) is arranged in connection with the child car seat'"'"'s lower portion (4),wherein the child car seat'"'"'s lower portion (4) is designed with an abutment portion (4a) facing outward from the child seat'"'"'s exterior, against which the lap belt part (2) is placed when fixing the child seat, and further wherein a tightening unit (5) is rotatably mounted in at least one mounting point (6) in connection with the child car seat'"'"'s lower portion (4), such that the lap belt part (2) when initially attached abuts against the outwardly facing abutment portion (4a) and the tightening unit (5) respectively, when the tightening unit (5) is located in an initial position, and whereby the tightening unit (5) may thereafter be brought into a tightening position by rotating the tightening unit (5) about the mounting point (6), whereby a portion of tightening unit (5) presses the lap belt part (2) away from the abutment portion (4a) thereby increasing the distance between portions of the lap belt part (2) and the child car seat'"'"'s lower portion (4), while at the same time contact is maintained between portions of the lap belt part (2) and the tightening unit (5), so that a tightening is obtained of the lap belt part (2), and that the child car seat thereby is pressed further in towards the passenger seat.

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