Seat belt assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDerek Board, Richard Edward Ruthinowski
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seat, a lap retractor fixed relative to the seat, a shoulder retractor fixed relative to the seat, and a first buckle fixed relative to the seat. A lap belt is retractably extendable from the lap retractor. A first tongue is fixed to the lap belt and is releasably engageable with the first buckle. A second buckle is fixed to the lap belt. A shoulder belt is retractably extendable from the shoulder retractor. A second tongue is fixed to the shoulder belt and is releasably engageable with the second buckle.
Claims18
An assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a lap retractor fixed to the seat and a lap belt retractably extendable from the lap retractor;
- a shoulder retractor fixed to the seat and a shoulder belt retractably extendable from the shoulder retractor;
- a first tongue fixed to the lap belt;
- a first buckle fixed relative to the seat and releasably engageable with the first tongue;
- a second buckle fixed to the lap belt;
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- a second tongue fixed to the shoulder belt and releasably engageable with the second buckle;
- the first tongue and the second tongue having a different size and/or shape than each other.
A seat belt assembly comprising:
- a lap retractor and a lap belt retractably extendable from the lap retractor;
- a shoulder retractor and a shoulder belt retractably extendable from the shoulder retractor;
- a first tongue fixed to the lap belt;
- a first buckle releasably engageable with the first tongue;
- a second buckle fixed to the lap belt;
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- a second tongue fixed to the shoulder belt and releasably engageable with the second buckle;
- the first tongue and the second tongue have a different size and/or shape than each other.
An assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a lap retractor fixed relative to the seat and a lap belt retractably extendable from the lap retractor;
- a shoulder retractor fixed relative to the seat and a shoulder belt retractably extendable from the shoulder retractor;
- a first tongue fixed to the lap belt;
- a first buckle fixed relative to the seat and releasably engageable with the first tongue;
- a second buckle fixed to the lap belt;
- a second tongue fixed to the shoulder belt and releasably engageable with the second buckle;
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- the lap belt is configured to engage a child restraint seat on the seat when the first tongue is engaged with the first buckle and the second tongue is disengaged with the second buckle;
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- a vehicle floor, wherein the seat is moveable relative to the vehicle floor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.