Vertically adjustable mounting arrangement for safety belts at a side rail of an automotive vehicle

Abstract

A vertical or height adjustable mounting arrangement for safety belts of a vehicle which enables a stepwise variable adjustment of an abutment height of a deflecting or end member of the safety belt. The mounting arrangement includes a mounting plate having a vertically extending slot and a plurality of lateral slots extending from the vertically extending slot. The lateral slots extend obliquely downwardly and toward a front of the vehicle so as to define a plurality of individual catching points for an adjusting member of the safety belt and for holding the deflecting or end member of the safety belt. A drop slot is provided at the end of each of the lateral slots with the drop slot being offset downwardly with respect to the lateral slot and having a length which is at least twice a width of the lateral slots so as to form an automatically effective gravity-caused locking of the adjusting member in an end position of the lateral slots.

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