Patent ID: 6428044
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
In a vehicle an occupant restraint system comprising:a) an occupant restraining strap; b) a buckle; c) the buckle having a component attached to the strap and a mating component attached to the vehicle for releasably connecting the strap to the vehicle at a buckle location; d) an anchor securing the strap to the vehicle at a location spaced from the buckle location; e) the mating component to vehicle connection including a pivot and a frangible connection; and, f) the frangible connection maintaining the mating component in a use position during normal vehicle operation and being designed to break upon vehicle impact causing a force of a magnitude greater than a predetermined normal magnitude whereby to permit the mating component to rotate about the pivot to position a section of a span of the strap around an occupant and a further section in a linear orientation between such occupant and the anchor.