Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-18
2008-12-09
Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
active
07461866
ABSTRACT:
A height adjuster (200) for a vehicle safety restraint comprising: a rail (230) for providing a vertical path guide for a carrier (220); the carrier (220) configured to be vertically movable along the rail to one of a plurality of locations, the carrier also configured to rotationally support the web guide (210). The height adjuster also comprises a lock mechanism (240) movable between a locked and an unlocked condition, when in a locked condition the carrier is prohibited from moving down the rail and when in an unlocked condition the carrier is free to be moved; and a return spring mechanism (300) comprising a coiled return spring having an interior or coiled end (372) and a distal end (376), the interior end configured not to rotate as the carrier is moved and a distal end of the return spring secured to one of the carrier and release mechanism.
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Arnold David R.
Bell Steven R.
Desmarais Robert J.
Koning Richard W.
Refior Lawrence M.
Dickson Paul N.
Key Safety Systems, Inc.
Seitzman Markell
Sliteris Joselynn Y.
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