Chairs and seats – Body or occupant restraint or confinement
Patent
1999-03-31
2000-09-26
Cuomo, Peter M.
Chairs and seats
Body or occupant restraint or confinement
297473, 297483, 297486, 297468, B60R 2100
Patent
active
061233919
ABSTRACT:
A height adjuster for use with a seat belt comprising: a track mountable to a structural member of a vehicle in a vertical orientation, the member including a portion of a vehicle seat, the track including a plurality of adjustment holes located along its length, a carrier member, manually movable along the track relatively to the adjustment holes, the carrier member supporting a movable pin, having a top and a bottom. The pin is movable from a first position in which it is disengaged from a selected adjustment hole to a second position in which it is located within the selected adjustment hole. A spring biases the pin in a direction toward the back of the track, and an activating member, operatively connected to the pin, moves the pin out of the selected hole to the selected position. A web guide, adapted to receive the seat belt, is mounted to and movable with the slide member. A thin rib of energy absorbing material is secured to and extends radially about part of the body of the pin and is located in the vicinity of the top and the bottom of the pin and localized portion of the cylindrical length, to prevent the pin from contacting an adjacent portion of the track proximate an adjustment hole.
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Arnold David R.
Boelstler Richard A.
Breed Automotive Technology Inc.
Cuomo Peter M.
Seitzman Markell
White Rodney B.
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