Apparatus for adjusting the level of the deflector for a shoulder belt in the occupant restraint system of an automotive vehicle

Apparatus for changing the level of a deflector for a shoulder belt in an occupant restraint system for a motor vehicle, comprising a guide connectable to the body of a motor vehicle and defining an elongated track which is substantially vertical in upright position of the vehicle, said guide having two sidewalls flanking said track and one of said sidewalls having a plurality of sockets spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of said track;

• a slide installed in said guide for movement along said track;
• means for separably coupling said slide to said guide including a lever having at least one arm including a projection adjacent said one sidewall to enter or leave a selected socket in response to pivoting of said lever about an axis which is normal to said track and is disposed substantially midway between said sidewalls;
• deflector-supporting pivot means defining said axis and secured to said slide, said lever having substantially mirror symmetrical centering portions flanking said pivot means and each closely or immediately adjacent a different one of said sidewalls;
• means for yieldably biasing said lever for pivotal movement about said axis in a first direction to urge said projection against said one sidewall and into a selected socket in response to movement of said slide along said track to a position in which the projection is in register with the selected socket;
• and means for pivoting said lever about said axis in a second direction counter to said first direction to thus withdraw said projection from a selected socket preparatory to movement of said slide along said track.