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Shoulder strap repositioner for vehicle seat belt assembly
   
Document Number
US Patent 6174032
Issued Date
January 16, 2001
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A shoulder strap repositioner, which may also be referred to as an "adjuster," for repositioning or deflecting away from the face of a child the diagonally-extending shoulder strap component of a vehicle seat belt assembly of the type having a lap belt and a diagonally-extending shoulder strap. In an exemplary embodiment, the repositioner includes a body positionable against the torso of a seated person. The body in turn includes a center section having opposed front and rear surfaces, and left and right side wings likewise having opposed front and rear surfaces. Each of the side wings is joined to the center section at the top and bottom, so that inner edges of the side wings and side edges of the center section cooperate to define a pair of laterally spaced generally vertically-extending slots in the body, the slots having closed peripheries. During use, the lap belt and shoulder strap pass through the slots. In an exemplary manner of use, the lap belt and shoulder strap cross over portions of the front surfaces of the side wings, and over portions of the rear surface of the center section. The lap belt is positioned adjacent relatively the lower terminations of the slots, and the shoulder strap contacts the relatively upper terminations of one of the slots to thereby be repositioned or deflected.
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Published
January 16, 2001
Application Number
09/418,077
Filed
October 14, 1999
US Classification
297/487   297/483
Int'l Classification
B60R   22/14   (20060101)   B60R   22/02   (20060101)   B60R   22/12   (20060101)   B60N   2/26   (20060101)  
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/369,774, filed Aug. 6, 1999, and now abandoned.
USPTO Field of Search
280/801.1   280/808   280/748   280/751   297/464   297/482   297/483   297/487   297/488   297/DIG.2   297/485   297/468   297/469   297/470  
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