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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1993
Rudy V Thomas, Sterling Hts., MI (US);
Robert C Pfeiffer, Troy, MI (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A height adjuster (10) useful to adjust the height of a safety belt webbing, comprising: a frame (12) having a plurality of spaced locking formations (18); a carrier (16) movably mounted upon the frame comprising; a handle assembly (40) for locking the carrier into a designated one of the locking formations (18) comprising: a locking pin (50) movable into and out from the designated locking formation and biased by a first spring (134) toward the locking formations: and activation assembly (60,70,90), comprising variable height spring (90) for initiating retraction of the pin from the designated locking formation in response to a squeezing or clamping action, the carrier being movable along the frame with the locking pin (50) disengaged from any locking formation.