Emergency vehicle seat with integrated seat belt and height adjustable webbing guide

摘要

An arrangement is provided for vertically adjusting a bezel and a bezel support defining a webbing guide for a seat belt webbing integrated into a vehicle seat. The adjustment arrangement includes a bearing block arrangement and a slotted latch plate mounted in a frame channel of the seat. A spring biased height adjustment frame extends from the bezel support and a spring biased release member is pivotally mounted within the bezel support and provided with a latching tooth engageable and disengageable with the latch plate for establishing various vertical positions of the bezel and the bezel support relative to an upper end of the frame channel.

主权项

1. An adjustment arrangement for a seat belt webbing device mounted on an upper end of a frame member of a vehicle seat, the adjustment arrangement comprising:
a webbing guide disposed at the upper end of the flame member, and provided with a guide slot for guiding a seat belt webbing therethrough; a bearing block arrangement mounted to the frame member; a latch plate spaced from the bearing block arrangement and secured to the flame member, the latch plate being with formed a series of vertically spaced slots; a height adjustment frame extending downwardly from the webbing guide into the frame member; a release member movably mounted to the webbing guide, and provided with a latching tooth which is selectively engageable and disengageable with one of the slots in the latching plate; and a first spring engaged with and biased against the release member for normally urging the tooth into latching engagement with the one slot in the latching plate for maintaining one vertical position of the webbing guide relative to the upper end of the frame member, wherein application of a force on the release member against the bias of the first spring moves the release member relative to the webbing guide to move the tooth away from the latch plate and to disengages the tooth from the one of the slots in the latch plate enabling the height adjustment frame, the release member, and the webbing guide to be moved to a second vertical position relative to the upper end of the frame member as defined by another one of the slots in the latch plate, and wherein release of the force on the release member causes the tooth by means of the first spring to engage the other one of the slots to maintain the second vertical position.