Patent ID: 7273232
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A webbing guide for redirecting a seat-belt webbing to a location adjacent to an upper portion of a seatback member of a vehicle seat assembly, said webbing guide comprising: a guide body mountable on the upper portion of the seatback member; and securing means engaging said guide body for selectively securing the seat-belt webbing to said guide body in readily releasable relation, said securing means being moveable between a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein, in said closed configuration, the seat-belt webbing is selectively securable to said guide body; and in said open configuration, the seat-belt webbing is readily releasable from said guide body; wherein said guide body defines a guide cavity for admitting the seat-belt webbing; and said guide body comprises a first guide portion and a second guide portion, which together define a web-receiving passage for facilitating insertion of the seat-belt webbing into said guide cavity, when said securing means is in said open configuration; wherein said securing means comprises an arm member having a first arm end portion, a second arm end portion, and an intermediate arm portion substantially juxtaposed therebetween, said intermediate arm portion being itself securely and pivotally mounted on said first guide portion, said second arm end portion being releasably engagable with said second guide portion, when said arm member is in said closed configuration, and said second arm end portion being spaced from said second guide portion, when said arm member is in said open configuration.