Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1983-12-20
1985-09-17
Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
297483, B60R 2110
Patent
active
045416540
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a safety belt arrangement in motor vehicles, in which the belt has a band portion which during use runs from a reel mechanism on one side of the vehicle seat diagonally across the seatback to a belt lock on the opposite side of the seat.
When a child is riding in the car, the usual protective system, usually a three-point belt, cannot be used due to the size and build of the child and the geometry of the belt system. It is most advisable today for children who are no longer infants up to six years of age to sit in a children's seat facing backwards, which can be placed in the frontseat or the backseat. Children from six years of age up to ten years of age should sit on a cushion, elevating them somewhat so that the child can be held in place with the ordinary car safety belt.
Common to these protective devices is that a number of components must be bought as a complement to the standard equipment of the automobile in order to provide adequate protection for the child. In certain cases problems may arise with installation of the protective system and removal and storage in the car when the seats are to be used by adults. Children's seat and cushions are very seldom bought for vehicles which are only used occasionally for children, which means that the children will ride in an insecure manner.
The purpose of the present invention is to achieve a safety belt arrangement of the type described above by way of introduction, which is particularly intended to be used together with a children's seat formed by a flap, which is supported by the back of the seat-back and which can be folded between a rearwardly directed position for use in which the flap forms a seat for the child, and in upwardly directed storage position. This is achieved according to the invention by arranging the belt lock so that the belt can be disposed optionally across the front or across the back of the seat-back, and that a redirecting fitting is joined to the seat back and serves as a guide for the diagonal band portion when it is disposed on the back of the seat back.
Safety belts of this type usually have the belt lock fixed on an obliquely forwardly directed strap between the seats. By arranging these straps so that they can also be angled backwards somewhat, the belt can be drawn across the back of the seat-back, so that the regular vehicle belt can be used both as an adult belt and a children's belt. The redirecting fitting is then placed at such a height on the side of the seat-back so that the diagonal band portion of the belt lies properly against the child's chest providing good belt geometry.
The invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. FIGS. 1 and 2 show perspective views of the front passengers' seat with a built-in children's seat in the storage position and in the position for use, respectively. FIG. 3 shows the perspective view of the children's seat as an addition to a conventional vehicle seat. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of a redirecting fitting.
The seat 1 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 has a folding mechanism 2, which permits the seat-back 3 to be fixed in a forwardly inclined position, in which the seat-back 3 forms an acute angle with the seat bottom 4. The back of the seat-back is made with a cavity 5, at the lower end of which a flap 6 is pivoted. The flap can be folded between an upwardly directed storage position (FIG. 1), in which it is folded into the cavity, and a rearwardly directed position (FIG. 2), in which it serves as a children's seat. The flap is held in the latter position with the aid of a pair of side pieces 7, of cloth or plastic for example, fixed to the side edges of the flap and the cavity and which can be folded in behind the flap when it is folded up.
As can be seen in FIG. 2, the standard three-point belt or harness can also be used for the children's seat.
The safety belt which is of conventional type with a diagonal chest band 10 and a hip band 11, runs from a reel mechanism hidden behind the panel
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AB Volvo
Peters Jr. Joseph F.
Weaver Ross
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