Patent ID: 7469928

Claim:
A safety restraint system for a vehicle, the safety restraint system comprising: a seat belt webbing for restraining an occupant of the vehicle; a seat belt retractor mounted to a first structural member of the vehicle for securing the seat belt to the vehicle and allowing protraction and retraction of the seat belt, the retractor having at least two load limiting modes; a deflector for receiving the seat belt webbing and directing the seat belt webbing across the shoulder of the occupant; a height adjuster for securing the deflector to a second structural member of the vehicle, wherein the deflector is positionable between at least two locations along the height adjuster including a first deflector location associated with a relatively smaller size occupant and a second deflector location associated with a relatively larger size occupant; a latch plate deflector for receiving the seat belt webbing and redirecting the seat belt webbing across the lap of the occupant; a buckle for receiving and removably securing the latch plate deflector when the seat belt is in use by the occupant; and a communication link attached at a first end adjacent the height adjuster and at a second end to the retractor for switching the retractor to a low load limiting mode when the height adjuster is positioned to the first deflector location and to a high load limiting mode when the height adjuster is positioned to the second deflector location.