Abstract: A belt shortening device for winding and unwinding a vehicle seat belt includes an L-shaped spindle mounted in a frame and connected to a crank arm to facilitate winding. The spindle includes a longitudinally extending slot which communicates with a laterally extending entry opening. A spring-biased closure is connected to the spindle to close the laterally extending entry opening during winding. When the closure is open and access to the laterally extending entry opening is available, a seat belt is insertable, edge first, into longitudinally extending slot via laterally extending entry opening. Once the vehicle seat belt is positioned within the longitudinally extending slot, the closure closes the entry opening and the crank arm is manipulated to, thereby, rotate the spindle to wind the belt therearound. The laterally extending entry opening is positioned at one end of the length of the longitudinally extending slot.

Abstract: A spacer member for a sheet material dispenser. Desirably, the spacer member may be positioned between a first sheet material and a second sheet material for minimizing contact between the first and second sheet materials and preventing the inadvertent dispensing of the second sheet material.