Patent ID: 6871894

Claim:
A passenger vehicle accessory comprising a web adapted to be drawn across a portion of a vehicle and having an elongated withdrawing element adapted to be retained in the vehicle, said element comprising: a tube extending over at least a portion of a length of said element and formed with at least one constriction; a carrier having an elongated first portion in said tube and a second portion extending out of said tube and provided at an end with a formation engageable with said vehicle so as to be retained thereby, said first portion having a thickened end with a cross section substantially greater than a cross section of a shank of said first portion adjacent said thickened end; and a deformation body of deformable material on said carrier, fixed on said thickened end and positioned so that said constriction forms directly or indirectly a stop for said deformation body, said thickened end having surfaces exerting thrust on said deformation body in the direction of said constriction whereby, upon high loading of said element in case of a crash, said surfaces cause compressive deformation of said body enabling said body to take up kinetic energy of loading of said element.