Patent ID: 7581758

Claim:
A guide loop element for a seat belt in a motor vehicle comprising: a one-piece metal body with a fixing eye and a belt guidance slit provided with a rounded running surface and configured to accept a webbing of the seat belt, a cladding part coupled to the metal body, and a displacement body configured to couple with and limit the height of the guidance slit through which the webbing runs, wherein the cladding part is formed as a one-piece body at least partially formed of a flexible material such that edge areas arranged to at least partly enclose the metal body and configured to be bent open and fitted and fit over and enclose at least part of the metal body such that tension within the edge areas acts upon the metal body to secure the cladding part in position, the metal body includes a lower bar forming a running surface and having a C-shaped cross-section open to the outside, and the cladding part includes a groove configured to accept an outer wall of the C-shaped cross section in the portion of the cladding part coupled to the lower bar of the metal body.