Four and six-point seat belt systems
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRaj S. Roychoudhury
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Abstract
A seat belt assembly includes a first lap belt portion having an anchored end and a first plate, and a second lap belt portion having an anchored end and a second plate. A first shoulder belt having a retractor end and a buckle end extends through a first slot in the first plate between the retractor end and the buckle end. A second shoulder belt having a retractor end and a tongue end extends through a first slot in the second plate between the retractor end and the tongue end. The buckle end is fixedly attached to a buckle and the tongue end is fixedly attached to a tongue. The buckle and the tongue are releasably attachable.
Claims20
A seat belt assembly, comprising:
- a first lap belt portion having an anchored end and engaged with a first plate;
- a second lap belt portion having an anchored end and engaged with a second plate;
- a first shoulder belt having a retractor end and a buckle end, the first shoulder belt slidably received in a first slot in the first plate between the retractor end and the buckle end;
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- a second shoulder belt having a retractor end and a tongue end, the second shoulder belt slidably received in a first slot in the second plate between the retractor end and the tongue end.
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a frame including a seat bottom frame and a seat back frame;
- a first lap belt portion having an anchored end and engaged with a first plate;
- a second lap belt portion having an anchored end and engaged with a second plate;
- a first shoulder belt having a retractor end and a buckle end, the first shoulder belt slidably received in a first slot in the first plate between the retractor end and the buckle end;
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- a second shoulder belt having a retractor end and a tongue end, the second shoulder belt slidably received in a first slot in the second plate between the retractor end and the tongue end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.