Adaptive seatbelt apparatus
First Claim
1. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus is adapted such that in response to a first situation automatically adjusts from being disengageable in response to a disengagement load to being undisengageable in response to a disengagement load, and in response to a second situation automatically adjusts from being undisengageable in response to a disengagement load, to being disengageable in response to a disengagement load.
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Abstract
The present invention is an adaptive seatbelt apparatus having the means in response to a first situation to readily allow release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus when the seatbelt apparatus is loaded with a predetermined belt tension load, and having the means in response to a second situation to prevent release or disengagement of the seatbelt apparatus notwithstanding the seatbelt apparatus being loaded with the predetermined belt tension load.
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- 1. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus is adapted such that in response to a first situation automatically adjusts from being disengageable in response to a disengagement load to being undisengageable in response to a disengagement load, and in response to a second situation automatically adjusts from being undisengageable in response to a disengagement load, to being disengageable in response to a disengagement load.
- 8. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus disengages in response to a disengagement load.
- 14. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus disengages in response to an automatically variable disengagement load.
- 19. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus automatically adjusts to become disengageable in response to a disengagement load.
- 25. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus automatically adjusts in response to a first situation to become disengageable in response to an automatically variable disengagement load.
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30. A seatbelt apparatus for use in allowing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a first mode, and for preventing disengagement of said apparatus in response to a disengagement load in a second mode, and for automatically adjusting said apparatus from said first mode to said second mode in response to at least one predetermined input, wherein said apparatus releases in response to a predetermined belt tension load, wherein said load defines at least one of a less than 1 pound load, a less than 2 pounds load, a less than 3 pounds load, a less than 4 pounds load, a less than 5 pounds load, a less than 7 pounds load, a less than 10 pounds load, a less than 12 pounds load, a less than 15 pounds load, a less than 20 pounds load, a less than 25 pounds load, a less than 35 pounds load, a less than 50 pounds load, a less than 75 pounds load, a less than 100 pounds load, a less than 150 pounds load, and a less than 200 pounds load.
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