Seat belt securing device

摘要

A seat belt securing device includes a C-shaped hook member which has upper and lower legs spaced apart to define a belt receiving slot having a forwardly facing open end. A pivot is provided between the lower leg and a vehicle body mounted bracket to permit pivotal movement of the hook member between an open belt receiving position, a forwardly pivoted belt capturing position and a rearwardly pivoted belt releasing position. A spring acts between the bracket and the hook member and goes overcenter between a compressed condition biasing the hook member to a belt capturing position and a relaxed condition maintaining the hook member in the open belt receiving position. The spring is yieldable from the relaxed condition to a tensioned condition upon rearward pivotal movement of the hook member from the open position to the belt releasing position.