Five-point safety system for a seat

A five point restraint system for securing an occupant to a seat, the seat including a seat seating surface, and a back surface having two belt receiving openings, comprising:

• first and second safety belts a portion of which can be secured over a child's shoulders, each belt having a first and a second end, the first end of each belt adapted to be secured to the seat and the second end of the belt threaded through a the belt receiving opening in the back surface, the belts providing four of the five restraint points;
• retractor means for receiving the second ends of the belts permitting the protraction and retraction of each safety belt, the retractor means including locking means movable between an engaged position in which the safety belts are prevented from being protracted and a disengaged position in which the safety belts are permitted to protract and retract;
• a shield plate adapted to be moved over the occupant's head to a latching position with the belts movable therethrough, including a latching buckle at a lower portion thereof engagable with a sliding tongue positioned within the seat to provide the fifth restraint point, a portion of the tongue extending up through the latch opening;
• the shield plate further including first and second apertures for slidably receiving the first and second safety belts the belts sliding therethrough as the shield is positioned about the occupant;
• the tongue arranged to slide forwardly relative to the seating surface as the buckle is latched thereto,
• a spring for biasing the tongue rearwardly;
• a movable link mounted proximate the junction of the seating and back surfaces including first and second link ends;
• a first cable interconnecting the tongue to the first link end, the first cable being located beneath the seat surface, a second cable interconnecting the second link end to the locking means of the retractor such that when the tongue is moved forwardly the cables and link are also moved thereby moving the locking means to the engaged position.