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Seat belt system for a motor vehicle

  • US 7,703,806 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2007
  • Issued: 04/27/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle seat belt system comprising a seat belt webbing which is attached to a tongue that fastens into a buckle mechanism fixed to a load-bearing part of the vehicle;

  • a generally vertically extending strap located in a position against a seat back of a vehicle seat, a first end of the generally vertically extending strap is attached to the seat back at an upper fixing point and a second end of the generally vertically extending strap is attached at a lower fixing point;

    an adjustable webbing guide for connecting the generally vertically extending strap to seat belt webbing;

    a means for positively locking the adjustable webbing guide to the generally vertically extending strap at any one of a plurality of selectable locations on the generally vertically extending strap;

    wherein the generally vertically extending strap has an upper part of the strap comprised of a conventional seat belt webbing material and a part of the strap located below the conventional seat belt webbing material comprised of an extendable seat belt webbing material;

    wherein the adjustable webbing guide is attached to the extendable seat belt webbing material when a child occupies the vehicle seat.

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