Patent ID: 7004503

Claim:
A safety belt arrangement for a motor vehicle comprising: a safety belt; a belt roller rotatably secured at the vehicle body, the belt roller being biased in the belt wind-up direction and including a blocking mechanism to prevent the unwinding of the belt in the event that a rapid draw out the belt is attempted; a belt deflection device arranged above the shoulder of a passenger of the vehicle who is to be held by the safety belt, the belt deflection device receiving the belt from the roller and deflecting the belt toward the passenger; a belt lock attached to the vehicle body to which the belt extends from the belt deflection device; and a carrier attached to the vehicle body, to which the belt deflection device is mounted; wherein the belt deflection device includes an upper reversal member, which deflects the belt downwards, and a deflection member arranged below the reversal member and is secured to a rail mounted to the carrier so that the deflection member is vertically adjustable, wherein the upper reversal member is mounted to the carrier at the vertical top end of the rail and the deflection member is configured to deflect the belt from a substantially vertical direction to a direction toward the shoulder of the passenger which deviates significantly from the vertical.