Patent ID: 7364201

Claim:
A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising: a safety belt arrangement, which has a belt webbing, a belt buckle and one of an end fitting and a deflection fitting; two tracks with which a vehicle seat is connected and which, for displacement of said vehicle seat, are constructed for engagement into counter-tracks fixed to a vehicle floor; an elongated, rigid fastening element which extends beneath said seat between said tracks and which is fixedly connected with both of said tracks; and at least one belt tensioner mounted on said fastening element intermediate said tracks, at a fixed location and orientation relative to said seat and tracks; wherein, said belt tensioner includes means for generating a retraction motion lengthwise along said fastening element; and said fastening element includes deflection means for redirecting and applying said retraction motion to at least one of said buckle and said fitting in a direction along a longitudinal axis of said webbing.