Safety harness for motor vehicles

Claim 1

An improved device in safety harnesses for motor vehicles, said device comprising a first fastening device for securement, of the harness at its lower end inwardly of a vehicle seat and a second fastening device for securement of the harness at the upper end outwardly of the vehicle seat, a slide provided on at least one of said fastening devices, said slide having one end of said harness attached thereto and arranged to be set in various positions of adjustment, the improvement comprising a guide member along which said slide is arranged to run, said guide including a pair of parallel rods, brackets affixed to both ends of the rod pair to retain same in fixed relative position, means on said brackets for attaching said guide to the desired vehicle portion, said slide comprising a body portion having parallel openings therein sized to slidably fit on the aforesaid parallel rods, said slide body having a bore made therein and provided with at least one locking means, said locking means moving freely in said bore in said slide body in a direction towards and away from one of the guide rods, the inner end of said locking means having a conical configuration, said slide body also provided with a clamp bolt formed with a conical portion and disposed in a position wherein it is at an angle to said bore containing said locking means, said clamp bolt arranged, upon its displacement in the axial direction, to urge its conical portion against the conical end of said locking element so as to press said locking means into abutment against one of the guide rods.