Double locking retractable seat belt assembly

Abstract

Abstract A RETRACTABLE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A U-SHAPED SUPPORT BRACKET ROTATABLY SUPPORTING A REEL MEANS FROM WHICH THE SEAT BELT IS PROTRACTED AND RETRACTED BY BEING UNWOUND AND WOUND THEREABOUT. A LOCKING PAWL IS SUPPORTED BY THE BRACKET FOR MOVEMENT TO AND FROM A LOCKING POSITION FOR PREVENTING ROTATION OF THE REEL MEANS IN THE UNWINDING DIRECTION. A CLUTCH MEMBER ENGAGES THE LOCKING PAWL AND IS ROTATED BY THE REEL MEANS FOR MOVING THE LOCKING PAWL TO THE LOCKED POSITION. A CAM OPERATED STOP MEMBER IS MOVABLE TO AND FROM A POSITION FOR PREVENTING THE MOVEMENT OF THE CLUTCH MEMBER WHICH WOULD MOVE THE LOCKING PAWL TO THE LOCKED POSITION UNTIL A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF THE SEAT BELT IS UNWOUND FROM THE REEL MEANS. THE LOCKING PAWL HAS AN EXTENSION EXTENDING THROUGH AN OPENING IN ONE OF THE WALLS OF THE BRACKET AND WHICH COACTS WITH A RECESS IN A LATCH PLATE FOR MAINTAINING THE LOCKING PAWL IN THE LOCKED POSITION TO PREVENT PROTRACTION OR RETRACTION OF THE SEAT BELT IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED PROTRACTION AND RETRACTION OF THE SEAT BELT. THE LATCH PLATE MAY BE MOVED OUT OF THE LATCHED POSITION FOR ALLOWING THE LOCKING PAWL TO MOVE TO THE UNLOCKED POSITION BY A MANUALLY OPERATED PUSH-PULL REMOTE CONTROL ASSEMBLY. D R A W I N G

Inventors

• 👤 Gerald J Partridge

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