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Child seat restraining system with tongue assembly

US5908223A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 15, 1998
Grant dateJun 1, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R22/105
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a left webbing having a shoulder portion and a lap portion separated by a tongue assembly, a right webbing having a shoulder portion and a lap portion separated by a right tongue assembly, and a buckle for receiving each of the tongue assemblies. Each tongue assembly includes a tongue defining a latch plate and a webbing slot. In addition, the tongue assemblies include a webbing guide having a channel extending from the top of the webbing assembly to adjacent the slot, the channel maintaining the tongue in substantial alignment with the shoulder portion of the webbing.

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