Construction of sash anchor

In combination with a passenger compartment of a vehicle a sash anchor for supporting an occupant restraining webbing for use in a seatbelt system in which said webbing is moved in the longitudinal direction of said vehicle in accordance with the opening or closing of a door to thereby automatically place the webbing over an occupant in the passenger compartment of the vehicle, comprising:

• (a) a door window frame defining a door sash, said door sash comprising a pair of U-shaped portions directed to the front and back of the vehicle respectively, wherein a portion of said U-shaped portion directed toward the front of the vehicle is shaved-up and extends rectilinearly into the passenger compartment to form a shorn portion;
• (b) an anchor plate engaged at a portion thereof with the occupant restraining webbing and secured to said shorn portion;
• (c) an anchor pin for securing the anchor plate to the shorn portion and extending rearwardly of the vehicle, said anchor pin having an enlarged head;
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• (d) a bracket provided on a center pillar defining a vehicle body and provided with a receiving groove being open outwardly in a widthwise direction of the vehicle for receiving an intermediate portion of said anchor pin and engaging with said enlarged head to prevent said anchor pin from moving forwardly in the vehicle when the door is closed, whereby in an emergency in the vehicle, said bracket receives a tension generated in the webbing through said anchor plate and said anchor pin and imparts the tension to the vehicle body.