Patent ID: 7971908
Filing Date: 2011-07-05
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A guide assembly configured for selectively adjusting a safety belt of a seat, said guide assembly comprising: a clip configured for operative attachment to webbing of the safety belt; a cord operatively extending from said clip; an attachment mechanism operatively connected to said cord; wherein said attachment mechanism is configured for selective attachment to the seat; and a breakaway mechanism operatively interconnecting said cord and said clip; wherein said breakaway mechanism includes a male portion inter-engaging a female portion; wherein said male portion includes a base operatively connected to said cord and a pair of fingers resiliently extending from said base in spaced and generally parallel relationship to one another; wherein said female portion defines a cavity within said clip and said female portion is configured for receiving said male portion such that said fingers extend into said cavity to inter-engage said female portion; and wherein said pair of fingers are configured to pull free of said female portion and out of said cavity upon the application of a sufficient force to said cord to separate said breakaway mechanism such that said cord pulls free from said clip.