Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1987-11-13
1989-01-10
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
297474, B60R 2218
Patent
active
047969156
ABSTRACT:
A seat belt extender for positioning a seat belt being unwound from a seat belt retractor includes two or more multiplastic sleeves telescopically slidable relative one another between retracted and extended positions and having belt passages through which the belt passes from the retractor toward the occupant. A detent mechanism acts between the belt and the endmost of the sleeves to releasably couple the belt and the endmost of the sleeves so that the unwinding and extension of the belt from the retractor causes the belt to carry the endmost sleeve therewith and thereby extend the other sleeve to their extended positions so that the sleeves support the belt at a lifted position relative to the occupant. An additional detent means acts between each pair of adjacent telescoping members to retain the telescoping members at their relative extended positions relative one another and are then releasable to permit the telescoping members to retract relative one another to lower the belt to the close fitting relationship around the occupant when the door is closed and the belt is retracted.
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Kaurich Michael S.
Rishel Paul E.
Bertsch Richard A.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
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