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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1994
David D Merrick, Ethel, IN (US);
Allan R Lortz, Noblesville, IN (US);
James R Chinni, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Jeffrey E Peterson, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Abstract
A retractor for controlling the withdrawal of a belt therefrom operated by the locking engagement of a buckle and buckle tongue. A retractor frame having a spring biased rotatably mounted spool wrappingly receives one end of a belt harness, with the opposite end of the belt harness having fixed thereto either a buckle or a buckle tongue. Attached to a seat is either a buckle or a buckle tongue that receives the corresponding mating part of the buckle tongue combination which is attached to the belt harness. A locking bar is engagable with the ratchet shaped end plates of the spool to prevent further withdrawal of the belt harness. The locking engagement of the buckle and tongue causes movement of the locking bar into contact with the ratchet shaped end plates, which prevents the spool from rotating to allow any further withdrawal of the belt harness.