Seat and integral seat belt

An apparatus comprising:

• a seat including a frame with a first frame portion supporting a seat bottom and a second frame portion supporting a seat back, said second frame portion connected at two places with said first frame portion, said frame defining a reference axis extending through the two places where said first frame portion connects with said second frame portion, said seat being bisected by a plane extending longitudinally through said seat bottom;
• seat belt webbing including an end fixed to said first frame portion on a first side of the bisecting plane;
• a retractor fixed to one of said first and second frame portions on the first side of the bisecting plane, another end of said seat belt webbing being operably connected with said retractor;
• a tongue carried by said seat belt webbing intermediate said ends;
• a buckle fixed to one of said first and second frame portions on a second side of the bisecting plane, said buckle for receiving said tongue when a portion of said seat belt webbing carrying said tongue is extended across said seat and said tongue is moved from the first side of the bisecting plane to the second side;
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• a sheath located in said seat back, said sheath comprising an elongate tubular member through which said belt webbing extends to guide movement of said seat belt webbing through said seat back;
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• a turning mechanism for directing said seat belt webbing, said turning mechanism comprising:
• a housing fixed to a part of said second frame portion at a location spaced from the reference axis;
• a bezel having a belt slot through which the seat belt webbing extends, said bezel being supported by said housing for rotation relative the reference axis;
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• a member supported by said housing, said member having a curved surface for directing said seat belt webbing from said sheath in a direction toward the belt slot in said bezel, said member extending at an angle relative to the reference axis, and a majority of said member being located a distance from the reference axis which is greater than a distance that a majority of the belt slot in said bezel is spaced from the reference axis.

An apparatus comprising:

• a seat including a frame defining a reference axis and supporting a seat bottom and a seat back;
• a seat belt retractor fixed to said frame;
• seat belt webbing having one end fixed to said frame and another end operably connected with said retractor, said seat belt webbing carrying a tongue between said ends;
• a buckle fixed to said frame and for receiving the tongue;
• a sheath located in said seat back, said sheath comprising an elongate tubular member through which said belt webbing extends to guide movement of said seat belt webbing through said seat back;
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• a turning mechanism for directing a portion of said seat belt webbing, said turning mechanism comprising:
• a housing fixed to said frame at a location outside of said seat back and adapted to be adjacent to a shoulder of an occupant of said seat;
• a support portion and integral snap attachment means for attaching said support portion to said housing, said support portion having a support surface;
• a bezel having an arcuate outer surface and a slot through which said seat belt webbing extends, said arcuate outer surface of said bezel being supported by said support surface of said support portion for rotation relative to said housing and the reference axis;
• a cover fixed to said support portion by second integral snap attachment means to hold said bezel on said support surface of said support portion;
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• a member having a curved surface and being supported by said frame, said member directing a portion of said seat belt webbing from said sheath toward said bezel.