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US 2002/0153760 A1Published application
Seat belt with a buckle tongue stop
AssigneeBreed Automotive Technology, Inc.
InventorsMartyn Palliser, John F. Bell, Andrew Park
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Abstract
A seat belt has a buckle tongue stop that is resiliently deformable. The buckle tongue stop may be deformable laterally or in its width and may be formed of compressible bumps. The seat belt allows a child seat to be secured in a vehicle according to European regulations yet still enables the buckle tongue to be supported on the belt webbing at a convenient location for an adult vehicle occupant.
Claims8
A seat belt comprising seat belt webbing in combination with a buckle tongue stop that is resiliently deformable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.