Patent ID: 7213308
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A seat belt cover for covering a seat belt used in a seat belt system of a motor vehicle for holding an occupant, said seat belt system comprising: a single seat belt which is fixed to the body of the motor vehicle at its lower end, a retractor which is provided on the body of the motor vehicle for retractably wind or unwind the seat belt at the upper end of the seatbelt, a slip guide which guides the seat belt to said retractor when the seat belt is wound up, and a through-tongue which has an aperture through which the seat belt passes and moves freely and which is detachably secured to the body of the motor vehicle; said seat belt cover comprising a flat tubular member through which said seat belt is passed to be covered partially therewith, wherein said flat tubular member has i) a slit-shaped opening provided at its lower end and having a width larger than the width of said through-tongue and ii) a slit-shaped opening provided at its upper end and having a width which is enough to pass the seat belt but not enough to pass the through-tongue, wherein the seat belt cover is so constructed that, when the seat belt is unused and the seat belt is wound up on said retractor, the upper end of said seat belt cover stops at said slip guide, and at the same time the through-tongue is received into the interior of said seat belt cover and stops at the upper end of the seat belt cover, and wherein said flat tubular member comprises: an outside beltlike member having a top end and a bottom end disposed away from the top end along a longitudinal axis, and first and second connecting edges disposed between the top and bottom ends and disposed opposite one another; an inside beltlike member comprising a left beltlike submember having two edges along a longitudinal axis, and a right beltlike submember having two edges along a longitudinal axis, one of the two edges of the left beltlike submember being connected to or integral with the first connecting edge of said outside beltlike member, and one of the two edges of the right beltlike submember being connected to or integral with the second connecting edge of the outside beltlike member, and the remaining edge of the left beltlike submember being adapted to detachably fasten with the remaining edge of the right beltlike submember.