Patent ID: 7131668

Claim:
An anti-submarining seat-belt assembly for a seat having a seat cushion, comprising a seat belt, comprising a shoulder belt portion ( 1 . 2 ), a lap belt portion ( 1 . 3 ) and an extending belt portion ( 1 . 4 ); a main buckle assembly ( 9 . 1 ), having a master release button ( 84 ) and attached to a stiff first transport-system member, which is a floor of the transport system adjacent to a first seat-side or a seat-cushion frame at the first seat-side or a mid-tunnel of a motor vehicle adjacent to the first seat-side; a lower belt deflector ( 17 ), which, thereto a belt end of the lap belt portion ( 1 . 3 ) is connected, is attached to a stiff second transport-system member, which is the floor of the transport system adjacent to a second seat-side or the seat-cushion frame at the second seat-side or a post section of the motor vehicle adjacent to the second seat-side or a side rail of the motor vehicle adjacent to the second seat-side; at least two latch plates ( 9 , 11 , 25 ), the first of which is a main latch plate ( 9 ), moveable along the lap- or shoulder belt portion, and the second of which is an anti-submarining latch plate ( 11 , 25 ), moveable along the lap belt portion; and anti-submarining buckle assemblies, attached to a seat frame of the seat, which is the seat-cushion frame or a seat-backrest frame; whereby a lower part of the body ( 96 ) of the passenger and an upper part of the body ( 95 ) are restrained by the lap- and shoulder belt portions ( 1 . 2 , 1 . 3 ) when the main latch plate ( 9 ) is plug-in connected to the main buckle assembly ( 9 . 1 ); and the lap belt portion ( 1 . 3 ) is subdivided into two anti-submarining belt portions ( 1 . 3 R, 1 . 3 L) to restrain thighs of the passenger when the anti-submarining latch plate is plug-in connected to one of the anti-submarining buckle assemblies.