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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:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
William G Drinane, New Lenox, IL (US);
Gerald A Doty, Crown Point, IN (US);
Assignee:
Occupant Safety Systems Inc., Olympia Fields, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A62B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280808 ; 280801 ;
Abstract
A free-falling, self-locking adjustable tip assembly is provided for a safety belt apparatus, which has a seat belt retractor at one belt end and for rewinding the belt and pulling one belt portion into a generally vertical position at belt release. A tip-assembly engagement means contacts the belt and acts on a slide with a first set of teeth to move the slide to bite and grip the belt, and force the belt against a second set of teeth on a tongue plate for locking the belt against transfer, which tip-assembly tongue plate has an opening for the belt and is connectable to a buckle.