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Adjustable seat belt anchorage

  • US 5,186,495 A
  • Filed: 09/24/1991
  • Issued: 02/16/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adjustable seat belt anchorage (20, 240) comprising:

  • a guide rail (22) adapted to be secured to a portion of a vehicle (24) generally at or above occupant shoulder height, the guide rail (22) forming an open channel (34), a plurality of pairs of cut-outs or slots (36) oppositely positioned in the front walls (28) of the guide rail;

    a latch plate assembly (50'"'"';

    50";

         240) comprising;

    a resilient carrier (52'"'"', 52") slidingly received within the channel (34) comprising a lower carrier plate (60);

    slideable on the guide rail (22) and an upper carrier plate (62);

    a latching mechanism (54) biased into the guide rail by the carrier and supported by the upper carrier plate (62) and movable within the carrier including a latch bar means (112,

         114) extending outwardly from the carrier for engaging a selected pair of cut-outs or slots (36) and an attachment means (102,

         250) for supporting a D-ring (140);

    wherein the latch bar means includes a bar (112) having an extending first portion (113) which extends from a plate portion (106) and an opposite end (114) extending from the plate portion (106).

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