Vehicle semi-passive occupant restraining belt arrangement

Claim 1

In combination with a vehicle body including a floor and a roof defining an occupant compartment having a vehicle seat accessible through a vehicle door opening selectively opened and closed, a vehicle body door having a front edge pivotally secured to the vehicle body for selectively opening and closing said vehicle door opening, a semi-passive occupant restraining belt arrangement comprising: a first belt having one end fixed to an inboard lower rear portion of the door; a first releasable automatic locking inertia retractor mounted adjacent a lower inboard portion of the seat, the releasable locking retractor receiving the other end of the first belt; a second belt having one end secured to an intermediate portion of the first belt; a second releasable automatic locking inertia retractor mounted adjacent an upper outboard portion of the seat, the second releasable locking retractor receiving the other end of the second belt; releasable means for releasing the first and second locking inertia retractors; a belt hanger fixedly mounted on the vehicle body within the occupant compartment forward and above the seat and having a hook, the hook having an operative position in which if the second belt is manually hung on the hook, the hook will receive the second belt; motor means for moving the hook from the operative position to an inoperative position in which the hook will release the second belt therefrom; and control means for actuating the motor means to move the hook from the operative position to the inoperative position upon closure of the door with the seat occupied, the control means actuating the release means to release the first and second locking retractors during door opening and closing movements.