Controlling means for vehicle seat belts

Claim 1

CONTROL MEANS FOR VEHICLE SEAT BELT SECTIONS THAT ARE ADAPTED TO HAVE COMPANION ENGAGEMENT WITH SEAT BELT SECTIONS IN A VEHICLE SEAT THAT COMPRISES A RIGID U-SHAPED FRAME, HAVING A FLAT BOTOM AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, TH E BOTTOM BEING ANCHORED TO A FLOOR AREA OF THE VEHICLE AT EACH END OF THE SEAT, A COVER THAT IS ADAPTED TO OVERLIE THE FRAME AND TO BE FIXED THERETO, THE COVER IN A FORWARD WALL BEING SLOTTED TO RECEIVE A SEAT BELT SECTION, THE FRAME BEING PROVIDED WITH A WINDING DRUM THAT IS JOURNALED IN THE END WALLS OF THE FRAME, THE SEAT BELT AT IS INNER TERMINAL END BEING FIXED TO THE DRUM, A WINDING SPRING FIXED UPON THE DRUM AT ONE END WHEREBY TO BIAS THE DRUM IN A DIRECTION TO WIND THE SEAT BELT THEREON, THE WINDING DRUM AT EACH END BEING PROVIDED WITH RATCHETS, PAWLS FOR ENGAGING THE RATCHETS AND WITH THE PAWLS BEING ANCHORED UPON A CROSS SHAFT THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FRAME AND WITH THE PAWLS BEING BIASED IN ONE DIRECTION TO ENGAGE THE RATCHETS BY SPRING DEVICES, A DRIVE MOTOR FIXED UPON THE BOTTOM OF THE U-SHAPED FRAME AND HAVING THE SLOT IN ITS FORWARD WALL TO A SHAFT THAT IS JOURNALED IN ONE SIDE WALL OF THE FRAME, THE SHAFT HAVING FIXED THEREON A CAM THAT ENGAGES ONE OF THE PAWLS AND IN ONE POSITION OF THE CAM, THE PAWLS ARE RELEASED FROM THE RATCHETS AND IN A DIFFERENT POSITION OF THE CAM, THE PAWLS ARE BIASED TO ENGAGE THE TEETH OF THE RATCHET TO LOCK THE DRUM AND THE SEAT BELT IN A PREDETERMINED POSITION OF EXTENSION, A SECOND CAM FIXED UPON THE SHAFT OF THE MOTOR FOR ACTUATING A MICRO-SWITCH THAT IS FIXED TO ONE SIDE WALL OF THE FRAME AND WITH THE LAST NAMED CAM CONTROLLING THE MICRO-SWITCH TO ENERGIZE THE MOTOR AND A PUSH BUTTON THAT IS DISPOSED IN A POSITION ADJACENT TO THE SEAT OF THE VEHICLE WHEREBY TO ACTUATE THE MOTOR AND THE MICRO-SWITCH TO CONTROL THE MOTOR FOR A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ROTATIONS WHEREBY THE ACTUATION OF THE PUSH-BUTTON RELEASES THE PAWLS WITH RESPECT TO THE RATCHETS TO PERMIT THE SEAT BELT SECTION TO BE EXTENDED FOR COUPLING ENGAGEMENT WITH A COMPANION SEAT BELT SECTION CARRIED BY THE VEHICLE SEAT.