Patent ID: 7036849
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A stop device for releasably gripping an inertia reel seatbelt provided in a motor vehicle comprising: a) a body adapted to be spatially movable along a seatbelt, the body being movable relative to the seatbelt and the motor vehicle to which the seatbelt is fitted; b) a gripping member pivotally joined to the body so that an opening is formed between the body and the gripping member, which opening is adapted to receive the seatbelt, and which gripping member is adapted to be pivoted between an open configuration, in which a seatbelt is movably located in the opening, and a closed configuration, in which a seatbelt is immovably located in the opening, and further that, in use in the closed configuration the seatbelt in the opening is deformed such that the gripping member is adapted to be pivoted into the open configuration by tensioning the seatbelt within the opening; and c) a locking formation associated with the body and the gripping member, the locking formation having associated first and second oppositely facing locking members, the first locking member being provided on the body and the second locking member being provided on the gripping member, the first and second locking members being adapted to releasably lockingly engage the seatbelt to prevent spatial movement of the body relative to the seatbelt, while allowing spatial movement of the body relative to the motor vehicle.