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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 1979
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1977
Paul A Glinski, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat bottom and a seat back are pivotally mounted for movement between a normal seating position and a cargo floor position. A seat belt includes a strap having one end anchored on the vehicle body, a buckle attached to the other end of the strap, and a plastic stiffening boot which extends through the gap between the seat back and the seat bottom to position the buckle element in an occupant accessible position. A spring urges the boot into engagement with the seat back to establish the boot and buckle in a normal position in which the seat bottom may be pivoted between the normal seating position and the pivoted position without interference with the boot or buckle. The spring yields when the seat back is pivoted forwardly to the cargo floor position and then returns the seat belt to the normal occupant accessible position when the seat back is returned to its normal seating position.