Seat belt adjustment mechanism
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsGregory S. Fraley, Xiaoqin Xie
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Abstract
A restraint apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a seat back for supporting an occupant. The seat back defines a generally vertical axis and a generally horizontal axis. The apparatus further includes a guide for directing a restraint which is adapted to pass over a shoulder of an occupant of the seat. The guide is movably mounted relative to the seat back such that the guide is movable to alter the distance from the shoulder of the occupant relative to both of the vertical and horizontal axes, thereby adjusting the position of the restraint relative to the shoulder of a seat occupant.
Claims17
A restraint apparatus for a vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat back defining a generally vertical axis and a generally horizontal axis, the seat back having a pair of opposing side members and a horizontal cross member extending between the opposing side members of the seat back;
- a guide for directing a restraint, said restraint adapted to pass over a shoulder of an occupant of the seat;
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- a pair of vertical members supported about the opposing side members of the seat back and further connected to the horizontal cross member;
- wherein movement of the vertical members along the vertical axis causes the cross member to move in a direction parallel to the vertical axis;
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- wherein the guide is movably mounted relative to the horizontal cross member along the horizontal axis.
A restraint apparatus for a vehicle seat comprising a generally vertical seat back, a generally horizontal seat bottom, a headrest and a guide, the guide directing a restraint over a shoulder of an occupant of the seat;
- wherein the guide is adapted to move vertically and horizontally relative to said seat back;
- wherein the headrest is shaped so as to accommodate the horizontal movement of the guide;
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- wherein the headrest includes a recess formed in a lower corner portion of the headrest.
A restraint apparatus for a vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat back for supporting an occupant, the seat back defining a generally vertical axis and a generally horizontal axis;
- a cross member connected to a pair of oppositely spaced vertical members connected to opposing portions of the cross member, the generally vertical members being connected to the seat back;
- a first guide for directing a first restraint, the first restraint being adapted to pass over a first shoulder of an occupant of the seat;
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- a second guide for directing a second restraint, the second restraint being adapted to pass over a second shoulder of the occupant of the seat;
- wherein the first guide and second guide are movably mounted relative to the seat back such that the first guide and second guide are movable to alter the distance of the restraint from the respective first and second shoulders of the occupant relative to both of the vertical and horizontal axes;
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- wherein vertical movement of the vertical members causes generally vertical movement of the cross member, the vertical movement of the vertical members being generally synchronous in the same direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.