Chairs and seats – Body or occupant restraint or confinement – Safety belt or harness; e.g. – lap belt or shoulder harness
Patent
1996-11-19
1998-03-31
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
Body or occupant restraint or confinement
Safety belt or harness; e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness
280808, B60R 2234
Patent
active
057330131
ABSTRACT:
A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus (10) includes seat belt webbing (16), a seat belt retractor (50), and a mounting structure (80) for mounting the retractor (50) on a shoulder portion (40) of a seat back (20). The apparatus (10) further includes a guide structure (52) having an elongated turning surface (192) which engages the webbing (16) to define a turn (190) in the webbing (16). Another mounting structure (142, 144, 146) mounts the guide structure (52) on an opposite shoulder portion 38 of the seat back (20), with the turning surface (192) in a vertically extending orientation. The guide structure (52) supports the webbing (16) for movement along and around the turning surface (192) upon extraction and retraction of the webbing (16) when a shoulder belt section (64) of the webbing (16) is moved back and forth across the seat back (20).
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Brown Peter R.
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc
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