Device for height adjustment of a safety belt fitting

Claim 1

A device for the height adjustment of a safety belt fitting in motor vehicles, comprising a load-receiving guide rail adapted to be mounted in a vehicle, an anchoring element which is displaceably accommodated in said guide rail and to which said safety belt fitting is secured, a detent means comprising a plurality of pawl members spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail which pawl members are movable against spring force out of a normal locking position into a release position, a latch element on said anchoring element cooperating with said pawl members for locking engagement therewith, and a release element for releasing the locking between said latch element and said pawl members in an actuated state thereof, said release element being mounted on said anchoring element and having a blocking extension which in the actuated state of said release element and upon downward displacement of said anchoring element engages the first pawl member encountered on said downward movement to stop downward displacement of said anchoring element, said pawl members when in said release position being located out of the path of movement of said blocking extension.

Claim 2

A device for the height adjustment of a safety belt fitting in motor vehicles, comprising a load-receiving guide rail adapted to be mounted in a vehicle, an anchoring element which is displaceably accommodated in said guide rail and to which said safety belt fitting is secured, a detent means comprising a plurality of pawl members spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail which pawl members are movable against spring force out of a normal locking position into a release position, a latch element on said anchoring element cooperating with said pawl members for locking engagement therewith, and a release element for releasing the locking between said latch element and said pawl members in an actuated state thereof, said release element being mounted on said anchoring element and having a blocking extension which in the actuated state of said release element and upon downward displacement of said anchoring element engages the first pawl member encountered on said downward movement to stop downward displacement of said anchoring element, said pawl members when in said release position being located out of the path of movement of said blocking extension.

Claim 3

A device for the height adjustment of a safety belt fitting in motor vehicles, comprising a load-receiving guide rail adapted to be mounted in a vehicle, an anchoring element which is displaceably accommodated in said guide rail and to which said safety belt fitting is secured, and a detent means comprising a plurality of detent element spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail, a latch element on said anchoring element cooperating with said detent elements for locking engagement therewith, and a release element releasing the locking between said latch element and said detent elements in an actuated state thereof, said release element comprising a blocking extension which in the actuated state of said release element and upon a downward displacement of said anchoring element describes a path which meets any of said detent elements which is the first detent element encountered on said downward movement to be stopped at said first detent element, said detent elements with the exception of a lowermost one of said detent elements being each formed as a pawl member which is movable against spring force out of a normal locking position into a release position out of said path described by said blocking extension.

Claim 4

A device for the height adjustment of a safety belt fitting in motor vehicles, comprising a load-receiving guide rail adapted to be mounted in a vehicle, an anchoring element which is displaceably accommodated in said guide rail and to which said safety belt fitting is secured, and a detent means comprising a plurality of detent element spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of said guide rail, a latch element on said anchoring element cooperating with said detent elements for locking engagement therewith, and a release element releasing the locking between said latch element and said detent elements in an actuated state thereof, said release element comprising a blocking extension which in the actuated state of said release element and upon a downward displacement of said anchoring element describes a path which meets any of said detent elements which is the first detent element encountered on said downward movement to be stopped at said first detent element, said detent elements with the exception of a lowermost one of said detent elements being each formed as a pawl member which is movable against spring force out of a normal locking position into a release position out of said path described by said blocking extension.