Automobile safety belt
OwnerLaurent Guitard, Georges Feneloninventors
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Abstract
An automobile safety belt including means facilitating disengagement of the belt in an emergency by the wearer, another passenger or a rescuer and wherein the belt includes an auxiliary latch having a release strap so positioned as to be readily accessible while still permitting buckling and unbuckling of the belt in the conventional fashion.
Claims10
Automobile safety belt to hold an occupant in seated position on the vehicle seat, and to permit safe release of the occupant in case of necessity, this belt comprised of a belt to hold the occupant, anchoring means at three points--one central anchoring point and two side anchoring points--to hook said belt on the vehicle, and a maneuverable attachment buckle situated beside the central anchoring point to allow for normal situation attachment and detachment of the belt, said safety belt being characterized by the following:
- an emergency buckle interposed between the belt and one of the side anchoring points, this emergency buckle including a first hooking element to which the belt is attached, a second hooking element, connected to the anchoring point and adapted to be hooked into the first element, and a movable blocking element carried by the first element and provided to be used in two positions, one blocking position in which this element blocks the two hooked together hooking elements, and one withdrawn position in which this element frees the second hooking element,
- a flexible traction control on the movable element of the emergency buckle to permit traction to be exerted thereon, drawing it from its blocking position into its withdrawal position, said flexible control running along the belt by connection means which hold it along the belt, and said flexible control is provided at its end opposite the emergency buckle, with grip means provided for gripping and maneuvering the buckle.
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