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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cyril Henderson, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
American Safety Equipment Corporation, Encino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242107 ; 2421 / ;
Abstract
A safety belt retractor having a belt storage spool biased toward a belt storage position is provided with means for selectively applying a portion of the rewind torque of the spool rewind spring back on to the spool in a belt unwinding direction to produce a reduced torque effect upon the spool.