Patent ID: 7513558

Claim:
A safety seat for land vehicles, aircraft, or vessels, comprising: a harness ( 10 ) that is adapted to be suspended from fixed points of a vehicle and to be placed on an occupant of the vehicle, without fixed components, for supporting the occupant; belt retractors ( 18 , 20 , 22 , 24 ) disposed at the fixed points of the vehicle; fabric supporting belts ( 17 , 19 , 21 , 23 ) that extend from said harness ( 10 ) to said belt retractors ( 18 , 20 , 22 , 24 ), wherein said belt retractors pretension said supporting belts in a direction of retraction; and a switching device ( 25 , 26 ) that is adapted to be operated by the occupant for switching said belt retractors ( 18 , 20 , 22 , 24 ) into a free running state, a blocking state, or a positioning state, wherein said free running state permits free withdrawal of said supporting belts in a direction opposite to said pretension, wherein said blocking state effects a complete blocking of said supporting belts in both said withdrawal and said retraction directions, and wherein said positioning state effects a blocking of said supporting belts in only said withdrawal direction.