Seat belt system for a vehicle seat
AssigneeHoover Universal, Inc.
InventorOmar D. Tame
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Abstract
A seat belt system is disclosed for use with a vehicle seat which includes a three point belt system forming a lap belt and a shoulder belt and further includes a second shoulder belt to form a four point system. The belt system includes a presenter mechanism to move the clasp for the three point portion of the system into an easy to reach position to encourage seat belt usage. The system includes two buckles on opposite sides of the seat with a release mechanism provided to automatically release one buckle upon the manual release of the other buckle regardless of which buckle is first manually released.
Claims12
A seat belt system for a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back, said belt system comprising:
- a seat belt retractor adjacent a first side of said seat;
- a belt webbing partially wound in said retractor with a portion of said webbing extending downwardly adjacent said seat back along said first seat side to the lower end of said seat back;
- anchor means attached to an end of said webbing at the lower end of said seat back;
- a clasp slidable along said extending portion of said webbing;
- a seat belt buckle for reception of said clasp therein disposed along a second side of said seat opposite said first side whereby upon insertion of said clasp in said buckle said webbing forms a lap belt and a shoulder belt;
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- means responsive to occupancy of said seat for moving said anchor means forward along said first seat side whereby said webbing and clasp are moved forward along said first seat side.
The seat belt system of claim said moving means comprises:
- an elongated guide track mounted to said first side of said seat cushion along which said anchor means is movable;
- a tape drive mechanism including a flexible tape movable within a closed channel and coupled to said anchor means and motor means engaging said tape for moving said tape within said closed channel.
A seat belt system comprising:
- first and second belt clasps;
- first and second belt buckles for locking reception of said first and second clasps respectively, said buckles each including manually operated means to release said clasps from said buckles;
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- means for automatic release of one of said clasps from the respective buckle in response to the manual release of the other clasp from the opposite buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.