Patent ID: 8801038

Claim:
A tongue for a seat belt device, comprising: a tongue main body that is provided at an intermediate portion of a webbing in a longitudinal direction of the webbing, and at which the webbing is folded over in a state in which the tongue main body is inserted in a buckle; a train-around portion that is provided at the tongue main body, and at which the webbing is bent due to the webbing being trained therearound; and a bending angle increasing section that includes a movable portion provided so as to be apart from the train-around portion by more than a thickness dimension of the webbing, and that, in a case in which tension of the webbing is a predetermined magnitude or greater, moves the movable portion in a predetermined direction to cause the movable portion to push the webbing, and trains the webbing around the train-around portion and increases a bending angle of the webbing in a state in which the movable portion is apart from the train-around portion by more than the thickness dimension of the webbing, wherein the movable portion is a folded over portion at which the webbing is folded over, and the movable portion is a slider member that can slide at the tongue main body.