Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1987-09-17
1989-01-10
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280801, 297469, B60R 2206
Patent
active
047969172
ABSTRACT:
According to the invention, the roof rail mounted track for a shoulder belt carriage extends down along the windshield pillar. A belt supporting hook is pivotally mounted on the body at the juncture between the roof rail and the windshield pillar and has a spring means acting to urge the hook to a normal position extending into the path of movement of the carriage along the track. The spring yields upon engagement of the carriage with the hook to temporarily pivot the hook away from the belt to permit movement of the carriage past the hook. Then, the spring returns the hook into the path of movement so that the hook supports the belt at the juncture of the roof rail and the windshield pillar during the further forward and downward movement of the carriage along the track. In addition, a belt support is fixedly mounted on the pillar and surrounds the track in spaced apart relation therefrom to permit the carriage to move through the support during such forward movement thereof so that the shoulder belt is deflected by the belt loop to lift the lap belt and the shoulder belt higher and higher while the carriage proceeds forwardly and downwardly along the pillar.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4218075 (1980-08-01), Rogers, Jr.
patent: 4234210 (1980-11-01), McNally et al.
patent: 4272105 (1981-06-01), Holka et al.
Bertsch Richard A.
General Motors Corporation
Leahy Charles E.
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