Patent ID: 6782587
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
A shoulder strap repositioner for use in combination with a vehicle seat belt assembly having a lap belt and a diagonally-extending shoulder strap, said shoulder strap repositioner having a top, a bottom, a front and a rear, being generally â€œSâ€  shaped in cross section, and comprising:a generally flat panel-like intermediate portion; a generally flat panel-like upwardly extending tongue at the rear of said repositioner attached at said repositioner bottom by a lower connecting web to said intermediate portion, defining a space for the lap belt between said upwardly extending tongue and said intermediate portion; a generally flat panel-like downwardly extending tongue at the front of said repositioner attached at said repositioner top, by an upper connecting web to said intermediate portion, defining a space for the shoulder strap between said downwardly extending tongue and said intermediate portion; and either said downwardly extending tongue having an upper weakened portion extending laterally across said downwardly extending tongue near said upper connecting web, or said upwardly extending tongue having a lower weakened portion extending laterally across said upwardly extending tongue near said lower connecting web, or both, such that said repositioner releases itself in the event of a collision.