Webbing guide for use with seat belt apparatus
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNoritada Yoshitsugu
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Abstract
A webbing guide for use with a seat belt apparatus having a length of webbing which has shoulder and lap webbing portions and an end portion adapted to be wound onto a reel device. The webbing guide is disposed on and at the side of a seat back of a seat for a passenger to sit on and has a guide hole for inserting therethrough the shoulder webbing portion. The guide hole is in the form of a continuous slot and has a crank-shaped outline. The shoulder webbing portion is thus kept from becoming twisted or reversed in the guide hole.
Claims19
A webbing guide for use with a seat belt apparatus having a length of webbing which consists of continuous shoulder and lap webbing portions and has an end portion adapted to be wound onto a reel device, said webbing guide being disposed on and at the side of a seat back of a seat on which a passenger in a vehicle may sit and having a guide hole opening in the fore-and-aft direction of said vehicle for passage therethrough of said shoulder webbing portion;
- wherein said guide hole is in the form of a slot and comprises a first slot portion extending substantially vertically, a second slot portion which is continuous with the upper part of said first slot portion and extends in the widthwise inner direction of said seat back, and a third slot portion which is continuous with the lower part of said first slot portion and extends substantially horizontally in the widthwise outer direction of said seat back.
A webbing guide disposed on and at the side of a seat back of a seat on which a passenger in a vehicle may sit for use with a seat belt apparatus having a length of webbing which includes a first portion used as a shoulder webbing and a second portion used as a lap webbing and which has an end portion secured to the vehicle structure and the other end portion adapted to be wound onto a reel device, said webbing guide having a guide hole opening in the fore-and-aft direction of said vehicle for passage therethrough of said first portion of said webbing;
- wherein said guide hole is in the form of a slot and comprises an intermediate slot portion extending substantially vertically along a side of said seat back, an upper slot portion which is continuous with the upper part of said intermediate slot portion and extends in the widthwise inner direction of said seat back, and a lower slot portion which is continuous with the lower part of said intermediate slot portion and extends in the widthwise outer direction of said seat back.
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