# US 10,870,379 B1 · Belt framework for a vehicle seat or a vehicle-seat bench

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- Number: US 10,870,379 B1
- Document ID: US10870379B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 16/547,731
- Filed: 2019-08-22
- Granted: 2020-12-22
- Earliest claimed: 2019-08-22
- Assignees: Aguti Produktentwicklung & Design GmbH
- Applicants: Aguti Produktentwicklung & Design GmbH
- Inventors: Andreas Grieger
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10870379B1

## CPC

- B60N 2/688: {Particular seat belt attachment and guiding}
- B60R 22/22: secured to the vehicle floor
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

A belt framework for a vehicle seat or a vehicle-seat bench, wherein the belt framework comprises a vertical support and a horizontally running transverse strut, wherein the transverse strut is arranged on the vertical support, wherein a component of a passenger-restraint system is fastened on an attachment element of the transverse strut when the vehicle seat and the belt framework are in an assembled state. The belt framework is distinguished in that the belt framework comprises a safety element, wherein the safety element is present on the transverse strut, along a longitudinal axis of the transverse strut, wherein the safety element, together with the transverse strut, encloses the vertical supports.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A belt framework for a vehicle seat or a vehicle-seat bench, wherein the belt framework comprises a vertical support and a horizontally running transverse strut, wherein the transverse strut is arranged on the vertical support, wherein a component of a passenger-restraint system is fastened on an attachment element of the transverse strut when the vehicle seat and the belt framework are in an assembled state, wherein the belt framework comprises a safety element present on the transverse strut, along a longitudinal axis of the transverse strut, wherein the safety element, together with the transverse strut, encloses the vertical support.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein two spaced-apart fastening regions are present on the transverse strut, wherein the safety element is connected to the transverse strut at the fastening regions.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the belt framework has been installed on a vehicle seat and/or a vehicle, the safety element is present on a side of the transverse strut which is opposite to the seating direction F of the vehicle seat and/or to the direction of travel of the vehicle.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element is of strap-like design.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element is designed in the form of a belt strap.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element has a zigzag-like cross section along its longitudinal axis.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element has an undulating cross section along its longitudinal axis.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element is rotated and/or kinked along its longitudinal axis.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein, when the belt framework has been arranged on the vehicle seat, a belt buckle of the passenger-restraint system is arranged on the attachment element of the transverse strut and/or on the vehicle.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the safety element is present on the transverse strut in a region between two vertically oriented connecting elements, wherein the connecting elements connect the transverse strut to a further transverse strut of the belt framework,
wherein the further transverse strut is present on the belt framework such that, when the belt framework has been arranged on the vehicle seat and/or on the vehicle, a headrest is arranged on the further transverse strut.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A vehicle seat having a belt framework as claimed in claim 1.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A vehicle having a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 11.

### Claim 13 (depends on 2)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein the safety element is connected to the transverse strut in a non-releasable manner.

### Claim 14 (depends on 8)

The belt framework for a vehicle seat as claimed in claim 8, wherein the safety element is rotated and/or kinked about its longitudinal axis.