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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1998
Kirk P Koenig, Waterford, MI (US);
Ricardo O Quincoses, Jr, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Lear Corporation, Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular seat assembly includes a seat bottom defining an occupant sitting area and a seat back defining an occupant back support and coupled to the seat bottom. A shoulder belt restraint is operatively connected to the seat back for restraining an occupant in the seat assembly. A telescoping tower is mounted to the seat back for selectively adjusting the shoulder belt restraint between a lower position immediately adjacent the seat back and a raised position spaced vertically from the seat back. A tower cover is fixedly secured to at least a portion of the tower and vertically movable therewith. The tower cover includes an expandable window portion coupled between the tower and the seat back for automatically expanding coverage of the tower upon movement of the tower between the lower position and the raised position.