Patent ID: 7604081

Claim:
A vehicle passenger restricting system comprising: a passenger seat; a rollover detector configured to detect a vehicle rollover condition; a vehicle passenger restricting device including a seat belt system having a shoulder belt and a lap belt, the vehicle passenger restricting device being configured to restrict passenger movement on the passenger seat such that webbing of the shoulder belt moves upwardly across a front portion of the passenger seat in response to detection of the vehicle rollover condition by the rollover detector; a seat tilting device configured to tilt the seat in a backward direction; a controller configured to activate the seat tilting device to tilt the seat backwards in response to detection of the vehicle rollover condition by the rollover detector; a mechanical coordinating device mechanically coupling the seat tilting device to the webbing of the shoulder belt of the passenger restricting device and configured to synchronize operation of the seat tilting device and operation of the passenger restricting device in a coordinated manner such that the seat tilting device operates in direct mechanical response to operation of the passenger restricting device.