Patent ID: 6655718
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A police vehicle having a rear passenger compartment configured to transport a prisoner comprising:a vehicle seat within the rear passenger compartment having a center mount location; a retractor disposed at the center mount location, including a mode switching mechanism capable of changing the mode of operation of the retractor between an automatic locking retractor mode and an emergency locking retractor mode in response to an amount of seat belt webbing extracted from the retractor; seat belt webbing operatively coupled to said retractor; a seat belt tongue coupled to said seat belt webbing; and wherein the rear passenger compartment defines a first coupling position located adjacent to the vehicle seat and a second forward position coupling, said first and second coupling positions being configured to mate with the tongue and wherein the retractor is configured to resist movement of the prisoner while the seat belt tongue is in the second location and the retractor is in the automatic locking retractor mode.