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US 2015/0375712 A1Published application
Emergency seatbelt release
OwnerRolin F. Barrett, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
An emergency seatbelt release apparatus is disclosed for use in a seatbelt mechanism. The release apparatus includes a release actuator coupled to a seatbelt locking member to facilitate selective unlocking of the seatbelt locking mechanism from a biased locked position.
Claims4
An emergency seatbelt release apparatus for use in a seatbelt mechanism having a takeup reel with one or more lock points and a locking member biased to engage the locking point to prevent undesired drawout of seatbelt webbing, the emergency seatbelt release apparatus comprising:
- an actuator;
- a linkage operatively coupled between the actuator and the locking member such that activating the actuator causes the locking member to disengage from the locking point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.