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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:
Jun. 01, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Peter E Miller, Noblesville, IN (US);
Assignee:
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47D / ; A62B / ; B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297484 ; 297467 ; 297468 ; 297481 ; 297482 ; 297486 ;
Abstract
A seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant includes a left webbing having a shoulder portion and a lap portion separated by a tongue assembly, a right webbing having a shoulder portion and a lap portion separated by a right tongue assembly, and a buckle for receiving each of the tongue assemblies. Each tongue assembly includes a tongue defining a latch plate and a webbing slot. In addition, the tongue assemblies include a webbing guide having a channel extending from the top of the webbing assembly to adjacent the slot, the channel maintaining the tongue in substantial alignment with the shoulder portion of the webbing.