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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
H. John Miller, III, Macomb Township, Macomb County, MI (US);
Jon E. Burrow, Clawson, MI (US);
Lynette M. Norgan-Curtiss, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/100 ;
Abstract
A multi-point seat belt system (,′) for protecting an occupant seated upon a vehicle seat, the system comprising: a shoulder belt (,) and a lap belt (,) securable, with some amount of slack, about the occupant, a seat belt buckle (,) attached to one end of the lap belt (,) at an inboard location and a belt tightener secured to an opposite end (,) of the lap belt for eliminating any slack in the lap belt, the belt tightener located at an outboard location.