Lap Belt Cinch, Inc.

Bruce Alan Mather

Michael T Vecchio

Wesley J Blanchard

Philip Kosarek

Richard McCulloch

Tom Manley

Paul Casimer Arone

Steven Thompson

Timothy Smith

Charles McLean Carter

Kenneth Gordon Grant, Jr

John H Young

Phillip Bruce Mather

Richard Lonetto

A component of a vehicle occupant restraint system, the vehicle occupant restraint system having a webbing with a lap belt portion and a shoulder belt portion contiguous with the lap belt portion, the component including a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, wherein in the open condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in two directions along the webbing, wherein in the engaged condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in only one direction along the webbing, and wherein the web engaging device is lockable in the open condition. A vehicle occupant restraint system including a webbing with lap and shoulder belt portions, a component having a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, and a tensioner configured to respond to at least one of the open and engaged conditions.

Vehicle occupant restraint and method

In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.

Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat

An apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.

Apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat

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Hockessin, DE, United States of America

Bruce Alan Mather