Patent ID: 6438247
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H04R

Abstract:
In a vehicle seatbelt of the type that has a deployment and retraction cycle at each use, and that has at least a portion extending from a seatbelt hanger that is positioned in the vicinity of the shoulder of the person wearing said seatbelt extending diagonally and across the sternum in the torso of said person and ending at a location at the edge of the lap of said person,the microphone positioning improvement for repeated precise positioning of a voice communication microphone for said person wearing said seatbelt, comprising, providing a microphone bearing slider member, said slider member being positioned on and being adapted for slidable travel along said diagonal portion of said seatbelt, and providing a distance defining tether capability between said slider member and at least one location on said diagonal portion of said seatbelt whereby said slider member returns to the same position along said diagonal portion of said seatbelt each time said seatbelt is deployed.