Patent ID: 7475909

Claim:
A seat belt apparatus, comprising: a seat belt to be worn by a vehicle passenger sitting in a seat; a seat belt retractor for retracting and winding off the seat belt; a guide member guiding the seat belt wound off from the seat belt retractor so as to be deflected downwards from an upper region in a vehicle, located higher than the seat belt retractor; an anchor member fixing a front-end of the seat belt that is guided by the guide member to a vehicle body side in a lower region in the vehicle, located lower than a seating surface of the seat; and a driving device for moving the seat belt front-end between a first setting position close to the vehicle passenger and a second setting position remote from the vehicle passenger, wherein, when the seat belt is to be worn, the seat belt front-end is set at the first setting position by the driving device, and when the seatbelt is stored, the seat belt front-end is set at the second setting position by the driving device, wherein the driving device includes the seat belt retractor, wherein the seat belt retractor is adapted to perform a seat belt retracting operation when the seat belt is stored, thereby causing the anchor member to move toward a rear end of the vehicle and set the seat belt front-end at the second setting position.