181 |
Web adjuster and coupling |
US10206660 |
2002-07-26 |
US20030030311A1 |
2003-02-13 |
Gregory
L.
Woodard; Guy
R.
Dingman; Michael
A.
Wiseman |
A web adjuster for varying a length of a web. The web adjuster has a gripping bar having a pair of ears mounted near each of its ends, a frame including a web stop, and one or more springs to normally urge the bar toward the web stop and against the web. The adjuster may include a coupling device, such as another web or a snap hook, to operatively anchor the coupling device. |
182 |
Safety lock for child vehicle seats |
US10123090 |
2002-04-11 |
US20030011185A1 |
2003-01-16 |
Jahangir
S.
Rastegar; Thomas
Spinelli |
An apparatus for clamping together a first and second web of a vehicle seatbelt is provided. The apparatus includes a first body portion; at least a second body portion connected at least intermediately to the first body portion; a clamp for clamping the first and second body portions such that a transverse portion of the first and second webs is captured between the first and second body portions; and at least one locking member movably connected to at least one of the first and second body portions to prevent axial movement of the first and second webs. |
183 |
Backup buckle for a seat belt |
US09851558 |
2001-05-10 |
US20020038809A1 |
2002-04-04 |
Daniel
D.L.
Thibodeau; Adelbert
Comeau |
The backup buckle has a housing with juxtaposed first and second portions. A buckle mechanism is mounted in the first portion. A stiff-plate is affixed to the buckle mechanism and extends along the second portion and away from the buckle mechanism. A latch blade is affixed to the stiff plate at a distance from the buckle mechanism. The backup buckle is mountable to a vehicle seat belt and is useful for offering an alternate release point along the seat belt in vehicles having hard-to-reach seat belt buckles. An objective of the backup buckle is to reduce the number of deaths and injuries caused by faulty seat belts retaining passengers in a vehicle on fire, in a submerged vehicle or in a vehicle in such condition as to create other life threatening situation. In another aspect of the invention, the housing of the backup buckle has a storage compartment therein for stowing personal articles. |
184 |
Method of assembling a tongue assembly for use with a seat belt system |
US858229 |
1997-05-19 |
US5870816A |
1999-02-16 |
Bob L. McFalls; Charles E. Steffens, Jr. |
A tongue assembly (10) is movable along seat belt webbing (16) and includes a latch plate sub-assembly (74) for engaging a buckle (26). A cinch bar (130) is carried by the latch plate sub-assembly (74) for pivotal movement relative to the latch plate sub-assembly between a disengaged position enabling the seat belt webbing and the latch plate sub-assembly to move relative to one another and an engaged position clamping the seat belt webbing against the latch plate sub-assembly. A method of assembling the tongue assembly (10) comprises the step of inserting a first end (138) of the cinch bar (130) into a first opening (128) in the latch plate sub-assembly (74) by movement of the cinch bar in a first direction (C). A second end (139) of the cinch bar (130) is inserted into a second opening (129) spaced away from the first opening (128) in the latch plate sub-assembly (74) by movement of the cinch bar in a second direction (E) opposite the first direction (C). The first end (138) of the cinch bar (130) is maintained in the first opening (128) while the second end (139) of the cinch bar is inserted in the second opening (129). |
185 |
Restraint and protection seat for infant |
US188328 |
1994-01-24 |
US5527094A |
1996-06-18 |
Koji Hiramatsu; Kazuo Zeze |
A restraint and protection seat for an infant is placed on a seat of a vehicle and restrained by a seat belt equipped in the vehicle. The restraint and protection seat is formed of a seat section, an infant restraint device attached to the seat section for holding a body of an infant when the infant is seated in the seat section, and a belt engaging device attached to a back surface of a seat back portion of the seat section. The belt engaging device includes an elongated base portion having a first pointed waveform surface, and a hook portion having a second pointed waveform surface corresponding to the first pointed waveform surface. The hook portion is spaced from the base portion to form a space therebetween smaller than the thickness of a seat belt in the vehicle. Thus, when the seat belt is inserted into the space between the base portion and the hook portion, the seat section is securely fixed to the seat belt. |
186 |
Web adjuster and lock assembly for a child restraint seat |
US837867 |
1992-02-18 |
US5286090A |
1994-02-15 |
Harry W. Templin; David J. Lee |
A web adjuster and lock assembly for a child restraint seat has a buckle lock assembly which is operably coupled to a web adjuster. The child restraint seat includes a harness which includes a buckle tongue on one end which engages with a buckle lock of the buckle lock assembly, and includes adjacent its other end a tightening web which is received through the web adjuster. The buckle lock of the buckle lock assembly is movable between a rest position, a locked position, and a release position. The web adjuster includes a friction surface which engages the tightening web when the web adjuster is in its web engageable position but is movable to a free position wherein the friction surface is disengaged from the tightening web allowing the web to move in both directions with respect to the web adjuster assembly. The buckle lock assembly is coupled to the web adjuster assembly such that when the buckle lock moves from its locked position to its rest position, the web adjuster assembly moves from its web engageable position to its free position. |
187 |
Low profile web adjuster |
US499946 |
1990-03-27 |
US5031962A |
1991-07-16 |
David J. Lee |
A low profile web adjuster for securing a web. An infant seat includes a harness, one end of which extends through a web adjuster mounted to the seat. A pivot cam on the adjuster is operable to lockingly engage one end of the harness. In the preferred embodiment, the cam is moved by pushing a control member having a pair of arms pivotally mounted to the cam member at a location to force the cam member apart from the web. In an alternate embodiment, a fabric strap attached to a pull control in turn has a pair of arms pivotally mounted to the cam at a location to force the cam apart from the web when the strap is pulled. |
188 |
Apparatus for restricting relative movement of belt portions |
US376313 |
1989-07-06 |
US5005910A |
1991-04-09 |
Isaak A. Itkis; Louis A. LaFrate |
An apparatus for restricting relative sliding movement of first and second belt portions arranged in an overlapping side-by-side relationship is usable with a three-point safety seat belt system for securing a child's seat on a vehicle seat. The apparatus includes a V-shaped member having a pair of leg portions and a bight portion interconnecting the leg portions. The V-shaped member has an opening in the bight portion. A bar is pivotally connected to the leg portions of the V-shaped member. When it is desired to secure a child's seat on a vehicle seat, the lap belt portion is extended around the child's seat and a tongue plate slidably fastened to the lap and shoulder belt portions is secured to a belt buckle. With the bar in an open position, a loop formed from overlapped lap and shoulder belt portions of the seat belt webbing adjacent the tongue plate is inserted through the opening in the bight portion of the V-shaped member. The bar is received in the loop and is moved to a closed position between the leg portions. The bar clamps the lap and shoulder belt portions of the loop against the V-shaped member when tension is applied at least to one of the belt portions to restrict relative sliding movement of the lap and shoulder belt portions. |
189 |
Seatbelts having immovable anchor straps |
US448852 |
1989-12-12 |
US4973083A |
1990-11-27 |
Lawrence O. Richards; Sue Richards |
A seatbelt construction that includes parallel, vertically aligned strap members that tightly overlie the back part of a seat. The vertical strap members are spaced about shoulder width apart and are interconnected by a third strap member. In a first embodiment, the third strap is horizontally disposed at any preselected height along the extent of the parallel strap members. In a second embodiment, the opposite ends of the third strap are pivotally connected to the parallel straps so that the third strap can be angled from the horizontal when interconnecting the parallel straps. Both embodiments safely secure the passenger without relying on lap belts. |
190 |
Tongue assembly |
US280148 |
1988-12-05 |
US4878272A |
1989-11-07 |
Alexander P. Kotikovsky; Robert E. Tait |
A tongue assembly is used in a safety apparatus having a belt for restraining movement of an occupant of a vehicle. The tongue assembly includes a base having a flat leading end portion, a flat trailing end portion which is offset from and extends parallel to the leading end portion, and a connector portion extending between the leading and trailing end portions. The base has an opening which extends through the trailing end portion and through the connector portion. A locking bar spans the opening in the base. The belt extends through the opening, across the bar and back through the opening. When the tongue assembly is disconnected from a buckle, the belt extends through the tongue assembly so that the belt has first and second straight portions with the angle between the first and second straight portions of the belt being at least 154.degree.. |
191 |
Safety apparatus |
US106146 |
1987-10-08 |
US4871190A |
1989-10-03 |
Ronald A. Willey |
The present invention is a safety apparatus having a belt which restrains an occupant of a vehicle against movement relative to the vehicle. A tongue assembly is mounted on the belt and is connectable with a buckle to secure the belt across the lap and torso of the occupant of the vehicle. The tongue assembly includes a lock bar which is movable relative to a base of the tongue assembly between an engaged position in which the belt is clamped between the base and the lock bar and a release position in which the belt is freely movable relative to the tongue assembly. To facilitate movement of the belt relative to the tongue assembly, when the tongue assembly is disconnected from the buckle, the belt extends along a substantially linear path through the tongue assembly. This is accomplished in part by having the belt enter the tongue assembly through an opening adjacent to the base of the tongue assembly and in a direction generally parallel to the base. |
192 |
Child harness |
US106369 |
1987-10-09 |
US4840144A |
1989-06-20 |
John L. Voorhees; James Kemp |
A body harness for an infant or small child is provided on a rear face thereof with a belt clip for engaging the conventional seat belt so that an adult constrained in the conventional seat belt may hold the infant in the harness with the child restrained by the harness while attached to the conventional seat belt. |
193 |
Attachment clip for web-type belts |
US796109 |
1985-11-08 |
US4758048A |
1988-07-19 |
Raymond L. Shuman |
A clip device which is adapted to attach one belt to another comprises a base plate having a rectangular opening therein. A belt is attached to the base plate. An elongate clamp member is pivotally attached to the base plate such that the clamp can pivot from an upwardly extending position to a position in which it is adjacent to and spans the rectangular opening in the base plate. Means are provided for restraining the ends of the clamp from translational movement with respect to the base plate when the clamp member is in its position adjacent to and spanning the rectangular opening. An auxiliary belt is also disclosed which incorporates clip devices of the invention to attach the auxiliary belt to the seat belts in an automobile, whereby the auxiliary belt is then used to restrain a child on the lap of a person who is seated in the automobile and is using the seat belts in the automobile. |
194 |
Remote harness web adjuster |
US880128 |
1986-06-30 |
US4679852A |
1987-07-14 |
James R. Anthony; Allan R. Lortz |
A child restraining seat having a harness with an adjuster for controlling harness sizing. In the preferred embodiment, the harness includes a pair of belts fixedly secured to a pad having a downwardly extending tongue lockingly received by a belt buckle secured to the seat between the legs of the child. The opposite ends of the belts extend slidably through the seat back being attached to a moveable bar. A third belt attached to the moveable bar extends forwardly through a slot in the forward portion of the seat and is adjustably received by an adjuster mounted to the front of the seat. The adjuster includes a spring biased cam member for lockingly holding the third belt in place. Alternate embodiments include such a harness assembly having the buckle fixedly secured thereto with a tongue secured to the seat. A further embodiment includes a harness assembly with a pair of belts slidably received through a pair of tongues with the belt then extending slidably through the seat arms being fixedly attached to the seat frame. The tongues are lockingly received by a buckle secured to the seat. A further embodiment includes a manually operable remote pivot rod for manually pivoting the cam member. |
195 |
Seat belt assembly |
US363575 |
1982-03-30 |
US4461492A |
1984-07-24 |
Hiroyuki Miki |
There is disclosed an improvided belt holder for a passive seat belt assembly, which connects first and second belts extending from different portions of a motor vehicle. The belt holder comprises a base plate fixed to the first belt and having spaced side walls, the side walls being formed with respective elongate slots at positions manually facing each other; a shaft passing through the elongate slots to span between the side walls, the second belt passing round the shaft, the shaft taking both a first position where the shaft is freely rotatable about the axis thereof permitting the second belt to be freely movable longitudinally with rotation of the shaft and a second position where the shaft tightly grips the second belt thereby fixing the second belt to the base plate; and means for holding the shaft in the first position until a predetermined magnitude of force is applied thereto. |
196 |
Ring joint for seatbelt system |
US326114 |
1981-11-30 |
US4420172A |
1983-12-13 |
Ikuzo Kojima |
A ring joint used in a three-point seatbelt system having an outer webbing and an inner webbing, interposed between the intermediate portion of the outer webbing and the forward end of the inner webbing and adapted to allow the outer webbing to move freely in the longitudinal direction thereof in a normal condition, but preventing the outer webbing from moving in an emergency. Furthermore, a guide means prevents the inner webbing from moving in the widthwise direction thereof relative to the ring joint, whereby the inner webbing is not shifted in the widthwise direction thereof in an emergency, thereby enabling an occupant to be secured in a positively restrained state. |
197 |
Webbing lock device |
US244883 |
1981-03-18 |
US4386793A |
1983-06-07 |
Mitsuaki Katsuno; Mitsuhiro Ogura |
The intermediate portion of an outer webbing is secured to the forward end of an inner webbing through a holder, and opposite ends of the outer webbing are secured to a door, whereby the webbings are automatically fastened to or unfastened from an occupant in accordance with the closing or opening action of the door.A lock bar provided in the holder functions such that, during normal running condition of a vehicle, the outer webbing and the holder are made movable relative to each other to bring any one of the occupants, having various physical builds into a proper webbing fastened condition, while, in an emergency of the vehicle, the lock bar subjected to a tension in the webbing clampingly holds the webbing between the outer webbing contact portion and itself, thereby securing the occupant in a reliably restrained condition. |
198 |
Belt adjusting device for a safety belt |
US121475 |
1980-02-14 |
US4372012A |
1983-02-08 |
Artur Fohl |
Belt adjusting device for a safety belt, including a sliding member having a slot formed therein bordered by edges of the sliding member through which a portion of the safety belt is pulled forming a loop, and a locking bar at least partly disposed within the belt loop, the locking bar being slideable transversely to the slot and having a groove formed therein extending parallel to the slot, when a load is applied to the belt the groove formed in the locking bar is aligned opposite one of the edges of sliding member bordering the slot, and the belt is pressed between the groove formed in the locking bar and the one edge of the sliding member. |
199 |
Belt anti-slip device for vehicle safety belt systems |
US195581 |
1980-10-08 |
US4371193A |
1983-02-01 |
Juichiro Takada |
An anti-slip device for vehicle occupant restraint system of the type having a control belt and serially arranged lap belt and shouler belt sections joined by a D-ring and a looop in the control belt which is inserted through the restraint belt opening in the D-ring. A lock member is inserted into the loop and is prevented from moving toward a locking position at the restraint belt opening by springs or tear-away stitching. When a predetermined amount of tension is applied to the control belt the springs or stitching yield or break, thus permitting the lock member to move to the restraint belt opening and thereby wedging the restraint belt against the opening and preventing the lap belt section from slipping into the shoulder belt section. |
200 |
Shoulder height adjuster for seat belt systems |
US14028 |
1979-02-22 |
US4289352A |
1981-09-15 |
Roger A. Ashworth |
Means are disclosed for adjusting the effective position from which the shoulder or diagonal belt of a vehicle seat belt system downwardly extends. A strap is secured to extend around the seat back portion in an upright direction and slidably carries a connector to which the belt can be connected. Alternatively the upper part of the seat back portion is clamped between limbs of a U-shaped member, the front limb mounting a connector for the belt, preferably a position which can be selectively adjusted. A third embodiment comprises a strap arranged to extend upright adjacent the seat as on a door pillar, a connector for the belt being slidable along the strap. Where the system includes a running loop for guiding the belt from a retractor, one end of the strap with the connection can be connected to a second loop secured to the running loop or both loops can be mounted for swivelling independently. |