Seatbelt guide mechanism
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A seat system includes a seat having a seatback and an arm supported by the seatback. The arm is extendable from a stowed position to an intermediate position and pivotable in a seat-forward direction from the intermediate position to a deployed position. A webbing guide is fixed to and movable with the arm. The webbing guide is at a top end of the seatback when the arm is at the stowed position and the webbing guide is spaced from the seatback in the seat-forward direction when the arm is at the deployed position. A retractor is supported by the seatback at the top end and a webbing extends from the retractor through the webbing guide.
Claims20
A seat system, comprising:
- a seat including a seatback;
- an arm supported by the seatback and extendable from a stowed position to an intermediate position and pivotable in a seat-forward direction from the intermediate position to a deployed position;
- a webbing guide fixed to and movable with the arm, the webbing guide being at a top end of the seatback when the arm is at the stowed position, and the webbing guide being spaced from the seatback in the seat-forward direction when the arm is at the deployed position;
- a retractor supported by the seatback at the top end;
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- a webbing extending from the retractor through the webbing guide.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.