VEHICLE SAFETY BELT SYSTEMS

摘要

A vehicle safety belt system with which at least one safety belt is attached to at least one attachment point in the vehicle door adjacent the seat served by the belt and to a further attachment point on the opposite side of the seat. At least one of the belt attachment points cooperates with an automatic belt collecting device which holds the belt in tension and the belt is provided with a latch member arranged to cooperate with a belt holding device located on a vehicle portion generally in front of the vehicle seat and with which the belt can be held extended in front of and away from the seat. The belt holding device incorporates latching means connected to a conventional, actuatable vehicle component, the manner of connection being such as to operate the latching means upon actuation of the conventional vehicle component.