Patent ID: 7383620
Filing Date: 2008-06-10
Classification: A44B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A buckle support assembly for a vehicle, the buckle support assembly comprising: an anchor plate having a lower mounting portion configured for being secured to a vehicle body and an upper belt connecting portion; a buckle for receiving a tongue plate on a seat belt; a support member of belt webbing material extending between the upper belt connecting portion of the anchor plate and the buckle to position the buckle at an elevated position for receiving the seat belt tongue plate; a sleeve member extending about the support member and between the anchor plate and the buckle; and interfering portions of the sleeve and anchor plate that are positioned to engage each other to keep the sleeve extending upwardly beyond the upper portion of the anchor plate therein and avoid the need for fastening or clamping of the sleeve member with the anchor plate having a one-piece construction so that the upper and lower anchor plate portions are of a single piece and so that the lower portion projects down from the upper portion in a non-pivotable, fixed relation thereto and out from the sleeve member, and wherein the interfering portions comprise integral ribs in the sleeve and small, integral tab projections on the anchor plate.