Patent ID: 7328918

Claim:
A seat belt device for a vehicle, in which there are provided a vehicle roof, a pair of left-and-right roof rails that extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and constitute left-and-right side edge portions of the vehicle roof, and a rear header that constitutes a rear edge of the vehicle roof, comprising: a rearmost row seat disposed in a vehicle compartment, the rearmost row seat being available for plural passengers sitting in a vehicle width direction and including a central seat portion for a passenger sitting in a central position thereof; and a seat belt device disposed for said passenger sitting on the central portion of said rearmost row seat, the seat belt device including a seat belt, a retractor for winding up the seat belt, and a seat belt anchor which the seat belt withdrawn from the refractor extends through; wherein a first reinforcement is provided below the vehicle roof so as to extend in a vehicle width direction and connect to the left-and-right roof rails at both ends thereof, the first reinforcement being located between a headrest of the rearmost row seat in a normal-use upright position and a headrest of a forward row seat in a normal-use upright position that is disposed in front of the rearmost row seat in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, said retractor is fixed to said first reinforcement, said seat belt anchor is fixed to said rear header, and a second reinforcement is provided below the vehicle roof so as to extend in the longitudinal direction and connect said first reinforcement with the rear header.