Patent ID: 6293588
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
For a passenger-carrying vehicle equipped with seats, a passenger restraint system comprising:a. a first dual shoulder belt retractor reel means that locks due to inertia, said reel means being one of mounted substantially behind a seat occupant under a roof of the vehicle or mounted on a rear of a seat back,b. a pair of shoulder belts arranged to pass over the shoulders and chest area of the seat occupant, each shoulder belt having a first end arranged to be reeled onto one spool of the first retractor reel means, each shoulder belt having a second end attached to a padded and body-conforming force-distributing and fastening plate,c. each of the pair of shoulder belts being padded and of variable width, gradually widening from just above the shoulder area to maximum width at an attachment point to the force-distributing and fastening plate,d. a two-part lap belt, each part having a first end attached to the lower end of one part of the fastening plate,and having a second end attached to one of a pair of floor attached, electrically-lockable second retractor reel means,e. a two-part snap connecting means, one each of the two parts attached to one part of the fastening plate to enable application of the two shoulder belts and lap belt by the seat occupant, said connecting means also actuating a switch to channel electrical power to both said lower electrically-lockable second retractor reel means, to effect retractor lockup,f. spring loading of the second reel means being greater than spring loading of the first reel means to urge the plates toward the second reel means so that the shoulder belts and lap belt are self-storing toward sides of a seat when the seat is not occupied.