Patent ID: 7264275

Claim:
A seat assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a seat including an occupiable surface that is configured to be generally horizontally oriented when the seat assembly is installed in the vehicle, the occupiable surface being sufficiently sized to support a generally horizontally-oriented occupant and having a forward edge and a rearward edge; a belt having first and second ends being spaced a transverse distance apart from one another and mounted with respect to the seat; a buckle being rearward of the forward edge; a latch plate being releasably engageable with said buckle and being operatively connected to the belt; said belt being selectively movable to a deployed position in which the latch plate is engaged with the buckle, a first segment of the belt extends from the first end to the latch plate and over the forward edge of the occupiable surface, and a second segment of the belt extends from the second end to the latch plate and over the forward edge of the occupiable surface.