Suspension seat safety belt mounting

Claim 1

A seat belt anchor mechanism for pivotally anchoring one end of a seat belt to each side of a suspension seat having an upper seat support frame movable vertically and horizontally relative to a lower seat frame and to the floor of a vehicle to which the lower seat frame is adapted to be fastened, characterized in that said anchor mechanism comprises: slide means including a guide member and a slide member slidable on said guide member; one of said members being fixed to said upper seat support frame and the other of said members being pivotally connected by a rearwardly and downwardly directed rigid pivot link to the vehicle frame at a pivot point behind the seat; and seat belt anchor support means integral with said other of said members and movable therewith; said anchor support means being movable vertically in response to up and down movements of said upper seat support frame but remaining stationary relative to the lower seat support frame in response to horizontal fore and aft adjustment movements of said seat support frame; and the pivot links on each side of said seat being positioned so as to receive all of the loading imparted to the seat belt by an occupant and transmit it to the vehicle frame.