Claims
- 1. In a motor vehicle having:
- a front-hinged door for access to the interior of the vehicle;
- a door post behind said door;
- a seat next to said door;
- and a seat belt system having a release position enabling a person to enter upon and leave said seat and an operating position restraining a person sitting on said seat, said seat belt system including an elongated, upwardly and forwardly inclined guideway on said door, and a slide which is slidable along said guideway between an upper position which establishes said release position of said seat belt system and a lower position which establishes said operating position of said seat belt system;
- the improvement which comprises an auxiliary lock for said door having;
- a keeper mounted on said door post and presenting an upwardly and forwardly inclined socket which is aligned with said guideway when said door is closed, said socket being open at its upper front end;
- a holder mounted on said door;
- a lock bolt slidably mounted in said holder behind said guideway and projecting upward and forward from said holder into the path of movement of said slide downward and rearward along said guideway, said lock bolt having a rear end segment which is engageable in said socket when said lock bolt is moved rearward and downward by said slide in the movement of said slide to its said lower position thereof;
- and spring means in said holder biasing said lock bolt forwardly and upwardly to a position disengaging said rear end segment of the lock bolt from said socket in the keeper.
- 2. In a motor vehicle having:
- a front-hinged door for access to the interior of the vehicle;
- a door post behind said door;
- a seat next to said door;
- and a seat belt system having a release position enabling a person to enter upon and leave said seat and an operating position restraining a person sitting on said seat, said seat belt system including an elongated, upwardly and forwardly inclined guideway on said door, and a slide which is slidable along said guideway between an upper position which establishes said release position of said seat belt system and a lower position which establishes said operating position of said seat belt system;
- the improvement which comprises an auxiliary lock for said door having;
- a holder mounted on said door;
- a keeper mounted on said door post and presenting a forwardly opening socket which is aligned with said guideway when said door is closed;
- a lock bolt slidably mounted in said holder and projecting from said holder into the path of movement of said slide downward and rearward along said guideway, said lock bolt having a rear end segment which is engageable in said socket when said lock bolt is moved by the downward and rearward movement of said slide;
- and spring means in said holder biasing said lock bolt forwardly and upwardly to a position disengaging said rear end segment of the lock bolt from said socket in said keeper.
RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation in part of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/682,357 filed Apr. 9, 1991.
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Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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164538 |
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (1)
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"AAA World", Jan./Feb. 1989, pp. 10 and 11. |
Continuation in Parts (1)
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