Patent ID: 7461866
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A height adjuster for a vehicle safety restraint comprising: a web guide; a rail for providing a vertical path guide for a carrier; the carrier configured to be vertically movable along the rail to one of a plurality of locations, the carrier also configured to rotationally support the web guide; a lock mechanism movable between a locked and an unlocked condition, when in a locked condition the carrier is prohibited from moving down the rail and when in an unlocked condition the carrier is free to be moved; a release mechanism operatively connectable to said lock mechanism, said release mechanism having a released position disengaged from the lock mechanism and an engaged position in contact with the lock mechanism for moving the lock mechanism to the unlocked condition; and a return spring mechanism for at least partially assisting vertical movement of the carrier and components carried by the carrier, the return spring mechanism including a spring cassette fixable to the rail, the spring cassette having a spring arbor therein and a coiled return spring, an internal end of the return spring secured in non-rotating engagement to the spring arbor, and a distal end of the return spring secured to one of the carrier and release mechanism.