Inventors:
Jeffrey E. Peterson - Indianapolis IN
Niels Dybro - Carmel IN
Ronald F. Homeier - Plainfield IN
Allan R. Lortz - Noblesville IN
Assignee:
Indiana Mills and Manufacturing, Inc. - Westfield IN
International Classification:
A62B 3500
Abstract:
A seat belt assembly includes a tongue, a buckle, a frame mountable to a vehicle seat, linking articles for linking the tongue and buckle to the frame, a retractor assembly operable to pay out and retract linking articles connected with said tongue, the tongue thereby extendable from a retracted position to an extended position lockingly engaged with said buckle. The tongue, buckle, linking articles and retractor assembly are all mounted in operable combination to the frame, the resulting frame means combination being mountable as a unit to a vehicle seat. The seat belt assembly also includes tongue and buckle sleeve assemblies which are mountable to the frame and which cover the linking articles in the retracted position, and which support the tongue and the buckle in a desired user access position.