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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1986
Arduino Colasanti, East Detroit, MI (US);
American Safety Equipment Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle is equipped with a knee bolster for restraining an adult passenger's lower torso within a seat during emergency conditions, and a chest belt having one end wound onto an acceleration-sensitive retractor located at the lower, inward side of the seat and a second end releasably-secured to first quick-release means attached to a door or door frame of the vehicle adjacent to the seat for restraining the passenger's upper torso within the seat. A dual mode retractor having both an acceleration-sensitive mode and an automatic-locking mode is providing along with control means for engaging the automatic-locking mode. A second quick-release means is provided at the lower, outward side of the seat for alternative releasably receiving the chest belt lower end. The second quick-release means is provided with switch means for switching the replacement retractor to the automatic-locking mode when the second end of the belt is engaged therewith. This enables the system additionally to function in a second mode as an automatic-locking lap belt for restraining small children or infant seats.