Retractable seat belt

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A SEAT ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE, SAID SEAT HAVING A SEAT CUSHION AND A SEAT FRAME AND SPRING MEANS SUPPORTING SAID CUSHION ON SIAD FRAME, A RETRACTABLE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A SEAT BELT SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID VEHICLE IN SPACED RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SEAT, RETRACTING MEANS NORMALLY, YIELDINGLY EXERTING A FORCE ON SAID BELT IN A RETRACTING DIRECTION, SAID RETRACTING MEANS INCLUDING A SPRING ASSEMBLY, GUIDE MEANS ATTACHED TO SAID FRAME AND SUPPORTING SAID SPRING ASSEMBLY, A FLEXIBLE CABLE HAVING ONE END CONNECTED TO SAID ASSEMBLY, A FLEXIBLY AND THE OTHER END CONNECTED TO THE OTHER END OF SAID BELT, STOP MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE ENDS OF SAID BELT, STOP MEANS CONNECTED SAID GUIDE MEANS FOR TRAVEL THEREIN IN RESPONSE TO EXTENSION AND TETRACTION OF SAID BELT, A CANTILEVER SPRING SUPPORTED BY SAID SEAT FRAME AND IN ABUTTING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SPRING MEANS, A PAWL PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON AID CANTILEVER SPRING, SAID CANTILEVER SPRING ADAPTED TO BE DIFLECTED WHEN SAID SEAT IS OCCUPIED TO PLACE SAID PAWL IN THE PATH OF MOVEMENT OF SAID STOP MEANS, SAID PAWL ADAPTED TO ALLOW TRAVEL OF SAID STOP MEANS IN RESPONSE TO EXTENSION OF SAID BELT TO AN OPERATIVE POSITION AND TO THEREAFTER PREVENT TRAVEL OF SAID STOP MEANS IN A BELT RETRACING DIRECTION WHEREBY SAID FORCE IS AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED DURING USE OF SAID BELT, SAID CANTILEVER SPRING RETURNING TO A NON-DEFLECTED POSITION WHEN SAID SEAT IS NO LONGER OCCUPIED TO ALLOW AUTOMATIC RETRACTION OF SAID BELT