Seat belt restraint system for both adults and children
OwnerZhaoxia Xuinventor
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Abstract
A seat belt restraint system for a vehicle occupant (30) seated in a vehicle seat (32), more specifically for both an adult and a child or a person of small stature. The seat belt restraint system includes a conventional three-point seat belt restraint system (40) for an occupant of normal size and an adjusting mechanism (56) adapted to provide additional fixation points on seat belt webbing (46), more specifically on shoulder belt (54), and adapted to adjust the departure angle at which shoulder belt (54) extends across the body of a child or a person of small stature.
Claims20
A seat belt restraint system for a vehicle occupant seated in a vehicle seat, said seat belt restraint system comprising:
- a shoulder belt with a first end adapted to be connected to the vehicle and adapted to be extended from an upper portion of the vehicle adjacent the shoulder of an occupant of normal size and a second end;
- a lap belt with a first end adapted to be continuously connected to said second end of said shoulder belt and a second end adapted to be anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the outboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt buckle anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the inboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt latch having a webbing loop, through which said lap belt is threaded, such that said seat belt latch is slidable along said lap belt, and a tongue plate engageable with said seat belt buckle;
- a buckle member anchored to the vehicle on the seatback structural member and disposed on the seatback;
- a latch member having a webbing loop, through which said shoulder belt is threaded, such that said latch member is slidable along said shoulder belt, and an engagement means engageable with said buckle member.
A seat belt restraint system for a vehicle occupant seated in a vehicle seat, said seat belt restraint system comprising:
- a shoulder belt with a first end adapted to be connected to the vehicle and adapted to be extended from an upper portion of the vehicle adjacent the shoulder of an occupant of normal size and a second end;
- a lap belt with a first end adapted to be continuously connected to said second end of said shoulder belt and a second end adapted to be anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the outboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt buckle anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the inboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt latch having a webbing loop, through which said lap belt is threaded, such that said seat belt latch is slidable along said lap belt, and a tongue plate engageable with said seat belt buckle;
- a connect ring anchored to the vehicle on the seatback structural member and disposed on the seatback;
- an interconnect means interconnecting said connect ring and said shoulder belt.
A seat belt restraint system for a vehicle occupant seated in a vehicle seat, said seat belt restraint system comprising:
- a shoulder belt with a first end adapted to be connected to the vehicle and adapted to be extended from an upper portion of the vehicle adjacent the shoulder of an occupant of normal size and a second end;
- a lap belt with a first end adapted to be continuously connected to said second end of said shoulder belt and a second end adapted to be anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the outboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt buckle anchored to the vehicle and disposed on the inboard side of the occupant;
- a seat belt latch having a webbing loop, through which said lap belt is threaded, such that said seat belt latch is slidable along said lap belt, and a tongue plate engageable with said seat belt buckle;
- an adapting member anchored to the vehicle on the seatback structural member and disposed on the seatback, wherein said adapting member further includes a webbing loop, through which said shoulder belt is threaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.