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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Alan George Smithson, Wetheral, GB;
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
A webbing guide for a vehicle safety comprises a guide surface in the form of a generally cylindrical bar ( ) which has a continuous outer surface over which seat belt webbing passes in use following an upside-down U-shaped path. The surface comprises a top portion and two side portions ( ) on either side of the top portion, and the top portion and at least one of the side portions are shaped so as to present a countered surface to the seat belt webbing. Preferably, the central area ( ) of the top portion is raised, and the central area ( ) of one or both side portions ( ), is recessed, but the opposite contour arrangement could be provided with the central area of the top portion recessed and the central area of one or both side portions raised.