Patent ID: 7232154

Claim:
A height adjuster for a vehicle safety restraint comprising: a web guide ( 38 ); a track ( 84 ) for said web guide ( 38 ), said web guide ( 38 ) vertically movable along said track ( 84 ); a lock ( 76 ) having a locked condition for preventing vertical movement of said web guide ( 38 ) along said track ( 84 ) and an unlocked condition for allowing vertical movement of said web guide ( 38 ) along said track ( 84 ); a release mechanism ( 50 , 80 ) operatively connectable to said lock ( 76 ), said release mechanism ( 50 , 80 ) having a released position for placing said lock ( 76 ) in said unlocked condition and an unreleased position for maintaining said lock ( 76 ) in said locked condition; and a lift mechanism ( 66 ) for at least partially assisting vertical movement of said web guide ( 38 ) along said track ( 84 ) and for biasing said release mechanism ( 50 , 80 ) toward said unreleased position, wherein said lift mechanism ( 66 ) comprises a spring ( 64 ) having a first end attached to a fixed base ( 48 ) and a second end of said spring ( 66 ) being operatively connectable to said web guide ( 38 ) and to said release mechanism and any downward movement of the release mechanism extends the spring to create additional lifting force.