Passive safety belt apparatus

A passive safety belt apparatus for a vehicle, the vehicle including a body having a center line, a door pivotally mounted on the body to one side of the center line, a seat in said body between the door and the center line, and an engaging member having emergency release means fixed to a portion of the seat located adjacent the center line of the body;

• said apparatus comprising:
• a lap belt retractor mounted inside of the door,
• a lap belt extending between said retractor and the engaging member, said lap belt being taken out of said retractor through a recessed opening provided at the lower most portion of the door, said lap belt having a lower surface, a forward end, and means on said forward end for engaging the engaging member,
• a through ring attached to a lower portion of the door and having an opening and a lower surface, said lap belt extending downwardly from said retractor inside the door through said opening of said through ring and around said lower surface of said through ring, and
• a bar-shaped guide member attached to the door at said lowermost portion such that no interference occurs between said guide member and said lap belt which the door is in a closed position, said guide member having a guide portion with an upper surface, said upper surface of said guide portion being located at a position higher than said lower surface of said through ring and nearer to the center line of the vehicle body than said through ring, said lower surface of said lap belt contacting said upper surface of said guide portion.