Patent ID: 6715792
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A seat belt system for a vehicle for restraining an occupant in a first seat mounted in a passenger compartment of the vehicle, the vehicle including an opening formed on at least one side of a vehicular body, the seat belt system comprising:a belt webbing having a first and second end; a retractor disposed at a door of the vehicle for retracting the first end of said belt webbing; and lap-anchor means disposed at the door of the vehicle for fixedly supporting said belt webbing below and outward of the first seat, wherein said lap-anchor means includes an anchor bracket to which the second end of said belt webbing is connected, said anchor bracket including an engaging portion which communicates with an engageable part disposed on the vehicular body below the opening, said anchor bracket being movable between a first position above the lower edge of the door where said anchor bracket does not impede the opening and closing motion of the door and a second position below the lower edge of the opening where said engaging portion engages the engageable part when the door is closed, and a moving means for moving said anchor bracket between the first position and the second position.