Vehicle passive occupant restraining belt arrangement

Claim 1

In combination with a vehicle body including a floor and a roof defining an occupant compartment in which is mounted a vehicle seat accessible through a vehicle body door opening selectively opened and closed by a vehicle body door whose front edge is pivotally secured to the vehicle body, a passive occupant restraining belt arrangement comprising, a first belt having one end fixed to an upper inboard portion of the seat and the other end fixed adjacent a lower inboard portion of the seat generally below the one end, an apertured member slidably receiving an intermediate portion of the first belt to define shoulder and lap beLt portions, a second belt having one end secured to the apertured member, an inertia retractor receiving the other end of the second belt, elongated slide means mounted on the door in an angular position with the front end above the rear end and supporting the retractor for longitudinal sliding movement with respect thereto between a lower rearward position and an upper forward position, and drive means for moving the retractor to the upper forward position during door opening movement to move the apertured member to an upper forward position and the shoulder and lap belt portions to easy-enter positions, the drive means moving the retractor to the lower rearward position during door closing movement to move the apertured member to a lower rearward position and the shoulder and lap belt portions to occupant restraining positions across the chest and lap of a seated occupant.