Tongue assembly

A tongue assembly for a seatbelt system, the tongue assembly including:

• a body having a belt webbing opening through which a belt webbing is passable and in which a cinch bar is locatable for cinching the belt webbing, the cinch bar having a main body portion and first and second end portions, the belt webbing opening being defined by axially spaced apart first and second sidewalls each of which is adapted to receive a respective end portion of the cinch bar, and
• a stop portion in the belt webbing opening for urging against the main body portion of the cinch bar when the cinch bar is in a first position in which only the first end portion of the cinch bar is received by a first sidewall while the second end portion is aligned with the second sidewall without being received by the second sidewall,
• wherein moving the cinch bar from the first position towards the second sidewall in a second position where the second end portion of the cinch bar is received by the second sidewall results in the body portion of the cinch bar being removed from the stop portion,
• wherein, in the second position, the first sidewall still receives a portion of the first end portion, and
• wherein the stop portion prevents movement of the main body portion towards the first sidewall thereby trapping the cinch bar within the belt webbing opening.