Patent ID: 6016985
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A memory device for seat belt length, comprising:a plurality of bar codes attached along a length of a seat belt, each of the plurality of bar codes containing location information corresponding to seat belt length;a bar code reader designed to read the location information contained in the plurality of bar codes;an adjustable switch for initiating operation of the device to remember a particular seat belt length;an electronic controller 20 operatively coupled to both an output side of the adjustable switch and an output side of the bar code reader, wherein the location information read by the bar code reader is stored in the electronic controller when the adjustable switch is activated anda fixture operatively coupled to the output side of the electronic controller, for automatically providing a seat belt of a remembered length based on a signal from the electronic controller indicative of the location information stored in the electronic controller.