Seat belt device
AssigneeHonda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsuhiko Matsumoto
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Abstract
A tongueless type seat belt having a grip which is slidably affixed to the belt to protect the hand of the user when pulling out the belt, to prevent any twisting of the belt, and to be readily locked and unlocked with a tongueless buckle with a one-touch operation. On one end the belt is fixed to a portion of the car, and at the other end it is wound up in a retractor. In the intermediate portion of the belt there is a belt grip for mating with a tongueless buckle. The belt grip is slidable in the lengthwise direction of the belt and encloses the belt. The belt is made so that the front and back surfaces are readily distinguishable from each other.
Claims14
A one-belt type tongueless seat belt device comprising:
- a belt which is fixed at one end thereof;
- said belt is wound up at the other end thereof so as to be free to pay out;
- said belt is payed out to be fitted and locked in its intermediate portion with a tongueless buckle so as to press the shoulder, breast and waist of a person using said belt;
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- a belt grip fitted with said belt to be slidable in the lengthwise direction of said belt so as to enclose said belt;
- said belt grip having hinge parts formed in the front and rear portions of said belt grip in the widthwise direction of said belt so as to be bent with said portion as hinges.
A one-belt type tongueless seat belt device comprising:
- a belt which is fixed at one end thereof;
- said belt being wound up at the other end thereof so as to be free to pay out;
- said belt being payed out to be fitted and locked in its intermediate portion with a tongueless buckle so as to press the shoulder, breast and waist of a person using said belt;
- a molded plastic belt grip fitted with said belt to be slidable in the lengthwise direction of said belt so as to enclose said belt;
- said belt grip having a lengthwise direction parallel to the lengthwise direction of said belt, and a widthwise direction perpendicular to said lengthwise direction;
- said belt grip having a front surface, a front interior surface proximate said belt, and a back surface, and a back interior surface proximate said belt;
- said belt grip being substantially inflexible;
- said belt grip having hinge portions thereon;
- each said hinge portions being formed by a notch in said front surface and a concavity in said back surface;
- said notch in said front surface and said concavity in said back surface being disposed in opposition and alignment to each other, and parallel to said widthwise direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.