摘要 |
A belt holder (36) for a passive seat belt assembly, which connects first and second belts (16, 22) extending from different portions of a motor vehicle. The belt holder comprises a base plate (38) fixed to the first belt and having spaced side walls (38b, 38c), the side walls being formed with respective elongate slots (42, 44) at positions manually facing each other; a shaft (62) passing through the elongate slots to span between the side walls, the second belt passing round the shaft, the shaft taking both a first position where the shaft is freely rotatable about the axis thereof permitting the second belt to be freely movable longitudinally with rotation of the shaft and a second position where the shaft tightly grips the second belt thereby fixing the second belt to the base plate; and means (46) for holding the shaft in the first position until a predetermined magnitude of force is applied thereto. |