Seat belt for a motor vehicle front seat

#The present invention relates to a seat belt for a motor vehicle front seat.

#In some embodiments of motor vehicles, the front seat is provided with a control lever, which is arranged on the outer side, i.e., towards the front side door, normally faces forwards and/or downwards, and may be raised manually so that it turns about a horizontal axis, orthogonal to the travel direction of the motor vehicle. When said lever is turned upwards, it enables the user to adjust the inclination of the backrest and/or enables inclination forwards of the backrest itself to allow passengers that are to occupy the rear seats to enter from the front side door.

#At the same time, the front seat is associated to a seat belt, which has a lower branch connected, at one end thereof, to the bodywork of the motor vehicle, at an anchor point arranged alongside the front seat.

#The invention will now be described with reference to the annexed drawings, which show a non-limiting example of embodiment thereof and in which:

#FIG. 1 is a partial view of a preferred embodiment of the seat belt for a motor vehicle front seat, according to the present invention; and

#FIG. 2 is a cross section of the seat belt, along the section trace II-II indicated in FIG. 1.

#In FIG. 1, the reference number 1 designates, as a whole, a seat belt (partially shown) for a front seat 2 (partially illustrated) arranged in the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle.

#The seat 2 is of a “per se” known type and comprises a sitting portion 4, which is coupled in a way not illustrated to a floor panel forming part of the bodywork 5 of the motor vehicle so that it may slide in a longitudinal direction 6 parallel to the travel direction of the motor vehicle. The seat 2 further comprises a backrest 7, which is coupled to the sitting portion 4 (in a way that is not described in detail) so as to have a variable inclination with respect to the sitting portion 4 about a hinge axis 8 that is horizontal and orthogonal to the direction 6. In particular, the seat 2 comprises two sides, which are fixed with respect to the sitting portion 4 and are arranged on opposite sides of a lower portion of the backrest 7. FIG. 1 shows just one of such sides, which is designated by the reference number 9 and has a lateral surface 10 that is substantially vertical and faces a door sill 11 of the motor vehicle.

#The seat 2 supports a lever 12, which is arranged on the lateral surface 10 and comprises a portion 13 hinged about a horizontal axis of rotation, which preferably coincides with the hinge axis 8.