Seat belt guide
AssigneeNifco Inc.
InventorsTomoharu Izume, Hiroyuki Takahashi
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Abstract
In a seat belt guide, a hanger for guiding a seat belt by inserting the seat belt through a belt passing opening is inserted into a hanger guiding portion of a main portion to be moved in a front-to-rear direction. When the hanger is slid forwards by a predetermined distance, a rear end of a sliding groove of the hanger engages with a bolt to thereby swing the hanger in a horizontal direction. Since the seat belt is urged by a spring to a side opposite to a direction in which the seat belt is taken out of the belt passing opening when the seat belt is attached to a passenger, even if the passenger of small build wears the seat belt, the seat belt is not wound round the shoulder of the passenger and the seat belt adjusted to a lower attaching height can be attached to a proper position.
Claims6
A seat belt guide for guiding a seat belt in a vehicle, comprising:
- mounting means to be fixed to the vehicle and having a main portion to be mounted to the vehicle, said main portion including an inserting portion having an opening in a front end surface thereof and a hollow portion extending rearward from said opening, and
- a movable guide slidably attached to the mounting means for engaging and guiding the seat belt and including a sliding member inserted into the inserting portion to be slid in a front-to-rear direction relative to the mounting means, and a guiding portion disposed at a front end of said sliding member and having an inserting opening for receiving and guiding the seat belt therethrough, said movable guide moving in the front-to-rear direction to change a length of the guiding portion to the front end surface to thereby change a guiding position of the seat belt.
A seat belt guide assembly for guiding a seat belt in a vehicle, comprising,
- a guide support housing mounted on the vehicle;
- an elongated slide member slidably mounted in said housing for sliding movement between an extended position in which one end projects forwardly away from said housing and a retracted position in which said one end is located close to said housing;
- a belt engaging guide member mounted on said one end for movement therewith;
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- retaining means situated in said housing for engaging and releasably retaining said slide member in said extended and retracted positions so that said belt engaging guide is selectively mounted in a fore-and-aft direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.