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US 2003/0197363 A1Published application
Vehicle seat belt device
OwnerKarl E. Volkinventor
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Abstract
The seat belt incorporates a self-adjusting retractable shoulder belt and a continuous lap belt into an arrangement that is easy to use and provides increased safety in the case of front end collision or roll over.
Claims3
A seat belt comprising:
- a continuous belt originating from a retractor located in the outer wall of the vehicle through a slip ring that is mounted to the outer wall at a height at or above the shoulder of the occupant, and continuing down the outside edge of the seat through a metal slip ring that is attached to a belt that is part of another retractor that is fastened to the floor next to the rear of the seat;
- the belt continues across the front of the seat back and is attached to the belt-female buckle assembly that is bolted to the floor;
- the male part of the buckle is a sliding type that is on the continuous belt between the two slip rings;
- when a person sits in the seat the belt is already behind the person's waist and when the belt is drawn and fastened the belt comes across the person's chest and waist in a normal fashion;
- the retractors provide automatic adjustment for different size people.
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An improved seat belt arrangement for an occupant of a vehicle or other conveyance, comprising:
- a seat for the occupant in the vehicle;
- a continuous belt that is affixed on one end to floor of the vehicle located on one side of the seat and that is attached on the other end to a first retractor affixed to a portion of the vehicle on other side of the seat;
- a first slip ring that is attached by means of a belt segment to a second retractor that is affixed to the floor of the vehicle located on the other side of the seat, the continuous belt passes through the first slip ring;
- a second slip ring that is attached to the vehicle, located on the other side of the seat, at a height at or above shoulder of the occupant, the continuous belt passes through the first slip ring;
- a clasp that is affixed to the continuous belt between the first slip ring and the second slip ring;
- a clasp that is slidably mounted on the continuous belt between the first slip ring and the second slip ring;
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- a buckle that is affixed to the floor of the vehicle, located on the one side of seat, at or in proximity of location where the continuous belt is affixed to the floor of the vehicle,
- when the clasp is inserted into the buckle, portion of continuous belt between the first slip ring and the floor affixation of the continuous belt is located behind back of the occupant, portion of the continuous belt between the clasp and the first slip ring is located around or across the lap of the occupant, and portion of the continuous belt between the clasp and the second slip ring is located over front of the occupant and shoulder of occupant on the other side of the seat.
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Seat belt device for the vehicle, comprising:
- first retractor means located above a seat in the vehicle;
- second retractor means located below top of horizontal part of the seat on the same side as the first retractor means;
- first slip ring means attached to end of the belt segment emanating from second retractor means;
- second ring means located above the first retractor means;
- buckle means mounted on floor of the vehicle on other side of the vehicle;
- continuous seat belt means having first and second terminal ends, the first terminal ends, the first terminal end being affixed to first retractor means, the second terminal end being affixed to mounting of the buckle means, the continuous seat belt means passing through the first and second slip ring means;
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- clasp means slidably mounted on the continuous seat belt means between the first retractor means and the slip ring means, the clasp means being capable of mating with the buckle means the continuous seat means passing through the second ring means between the first retractor means and the clasp mean.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.