Patent ID: 8925967
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat belt arrangement for a vehicle seat having a seat part and a back part and which is positioned substantially centrally between the nearside and offside of a vehicle, the arrangement comprising: first and second anchorage points on the vehicle structure on opposite sides of the seat part, the first anchorage point providing an anchorage for one end of the seat belt and the second anchorage point comprising a latching mechanism for receiving a latch carried by the seat belt; a third anchorage point comprising a retractor system located on the vehicle structure behind the seat, the first, second and third anchorage points each being located at a relatively low position; a relatively lightweight structural member which extends from the seat part of the back part thereof; and an upper mounting comprising a bracket fixedly secured to the back part of the seat back having a slot or channel through which the seat belt passes and provided on said back part at or towards an upper end thereof and thus at a higher level than the first, second and third anchorage points, whereby, in the secured position, a seat belt can extend behind the back part of the seat from the retractor system to the upper mounting, through the upper mounting, in front of the front of the back part diagonally from the upper mounting to the latching mechanism of the second anchorage point and over the seat part from the latching mechanism to the first anchorage point.