Patent ID: 7322603
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A seat belt system comprising: a seat belt associated with a seat of a vehicle; a shoulder belt portion of the seat belt for extending across a torso of an occupant of the seat; a lap belt portion of the seat belt for extending across a lap of an occupant of the seat; a buckle anchored along the side of the seat; a tongue slidably mounted on the seat belt for being latched in the buckle to define the shoulder and lap belt portions extending therefrom; a single retractor for the seat belt for pay in and pay out of the seat belt into and out from the retractor; a guide loop for being positioned approximately adjacent to a shoulder of the occupant of the seat for slidably receiving the seat belt; and an airbag fixed to one of the tongue and the guide loop and configured to allow the shoulder belt portion to slide relative thereto so that with the tongue latched in the buckle the airbag extends along the shoulder belt portion from the same position irrespective of the size of an occupant of the seat.