Low profile seat belt retractor system
View Patent ↗A wheelchair restraint system which includes a floor mounting track, an anchor slidably mountable in said mounting track, and a seat belt retractor directly swivelly mounted on the anchor for movement in a single plane. In a preferred embodiment the seat belt retractor has a planar lower surface which lies in a substantially horizontal plane which is parallel to the mounting track when in operative position.
1. In a wheelchair restraint system for use in a passenger carrying vehicle, which comprises a longitudinal floor mounting track, anchor means releasably mountable at a selected position on said mounting track, and a seat belt retractor means mounted on said anchor means, the improvement wherein said retractor means is pivotally mounted directly on said anchor means, for movement in a single plane, which is substantially horizontal and parallel to said floor mounting track.
2. A restraint system as claimed in claim 1 including a lap belt attachment bracket mounted on said anchor means so as to overlie said retractor means.