Casing for seat-belt retractor

Claim 1

A casing for a seat-belt retractor comprising: (a) a housing for retracting a seat belt therein when the tension of the seat belt is released, said housing having an opening for passing the seat belt therethrough and a dumbbell shaped slot provided on each of two opposite side thereof; (b) a flexible rectangular webbing guide sleeve through which the seat belt is passed, said sleeve being fitted within the opening of said housing; and (c) a pair of pins implanted in said sleeve for connecting said sleeve to said housing, said pins extending through the slots in a manner to permit said sleeve to telescopically extend from a first position essentially within said housing to a second position extending therefrom, said pins being snap-fitted to the wider end portions of respective slots for selectively retaining said sleeve in either of its two positions, whereby when said sleeve is in its second position, said sleeve is permitted to bend from the axis of movement within said housing.