A - Human Necessities – 62 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
62
B
227/23
A62B 35/00 (2006.01) A44B 11/25 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1065285
SEAT BELT SECURING DEVICE Abstract of the Disclosure: According to the invention, an occupant restraint system includes a belt having one end anchored outboard the seat and adjacent the lap of the occupant with the other end anchored outboard the seat and adjacent the shoulder of the occupant. At least one of the belt anchorages is provided by a retractor having a windup spring for winding the belt to a vertically extending stored position. A belt securing device is mounted on the vehicle body inboard the occupant seating position and includes a housing having pivotally mounted tong arms each having a curved arm portion extending outwardly therefrom for capturing encirclement of the belt. A spring acts on the tong arms to bias the curved arm portions to an open spaced-apart belt-releasing position. An actuating member is slidably mounted on the housing and has an actuating bar positioned between the curved arm portions of the tong arms and in the path of entry of the belt therebetween. Each of the tong arms has an operating leg which extends into engage- ment with the actuating bar of the actuating member so that movement of the actuating bar relative the housing by the occupant or the belt as the belt is entered between the tong arms pivots the tong arms against the spring bias to carry the curved arm portions to a closed position of belt capturing encirclement. A latch member is pivotally mounted on the housing and has a latch spring acting thereon to urge a latch portion into blocking engagement of abutment surfaces on the tong arms to block return of the tong arms from the closed position to the open position. The latch member also has a button portion by which the seat occupant may pivot the latch member against the bias of the latch spring to move the latch portion from blocking engagement of the abutment surfaces and allow the spring to pivot the tong arms to the open position to release the belt for return to the stored position by the seat belt retractor. The absence of a securing element carried on the belt allows the use of a retractor having a low-effort windup spring.
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