Patent ID: 7073823
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat belt system for a vehicle, the vehicle including a seat disposed on a floor of the vehicle and a recess formed downwardly in the floor immediately behind the seat, comprising, a cross member fixed to a vehicle body at its opposite ends so as to extend across the width of the vehicle above the recess, and a buckle connecting member connected with a buckle of a seat belt for the seat at one end and connected with said cross member at another end; wherein the seat is selectively arranged into an upright position where a seat back of the seat is substantially upright near the rear edge of a seat cushion of the seat, or into a folded position where the seat back is forwardly folded down onto the seat cushion of the seat, and the seat cushion is mounted on the vehicle floor movably in at least one of the longitudinal direction and vertical direction of the vehicle following the selective arrangement operation of the seat back, wherein said buckle connecting member is fixed to said cross member at a first fixing portion and fixed to the seat cushion at a second fixing portion between said first fixing portion and the buckle, and the length between said first fixing portion and said second fixing portion is predetermined so as to allow said buckle connecting member to accomodate the motion of the seat cushion.