Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1978-11-29
1982-03-30
Silverstrim, John P.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
297469, B60R 2110
Patent
active
043220967
ABSTRACT:
A passive restraint harness system is provided for deployment of a safety belt. The safety belt is a piece of webbing forming a lap belt portion and a cross chest portion. An upper anchor connects one end of the webbing to the upper rear edge of a vehicle door and a lower anchor connects to the other end of the webbing to the lower rear edge of the same vehicle door. A vehicle sensitive seat belt retractor located adjacent the seat of the user of the belt and inboard of the user is slidably connected to the piece of webbing forming lap and chest portions and urges it under a spring bias toward the retractor. This forms the lap belt portion and the shoulder or cross chest portion in respect to a seated user. A track is vertically oriented on the inner door face and fastened to the lower anchor. A slider is also on the track and the slider is over the webbing above the lower anchor. A traveler linkage is supported on the rear of the track and connected to the slider. The traveler linkage is connected by a cable element from the track to the hinge edge of the door. As the door is opened, the slider is raised on the track elevating the lap belt portion which is swung free with the cross chest portion of the webbing from across the user as the door is opened.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3583726 (1971-06-01), Lindblad
patent: 3827714 (1974-08-01), Lefeuvre
patent: 4138142 (1979-02-01), Wize
patent: 4159834 (1979-07-01), Miller
Higbee Wallace C.
Pilarski Regis V.
Silverstrim John P.
The Firestone Tire & Rubber & Company
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