Abstract: A passive safety belt device for a vehicle having sash-less doors and a pair of seats, comprising a retractor provided on the floor of the vehicle between the seats, a belt supporting member upwardly extending from a rear portion of the sash-less door, and a safety belt connected between the retractor and the belt supporting member. The outer end portion of the safety belt is hardened in a predetermined range by a spring steel plate enclosed by the safety belt at an outer end portion of the latter and secured to the belt supporting member at an end thereof, the belt supporting member being a hollow body comprising a superimposed pair of plates, bolts securing the hollow body to an inside panel of the door, and the spring steel plate and the superimposed pair of plates being secured with each other so as to maintain the end portion in an upright position.

Abstract: A passive safety belt device for a vehicle having sashless doors, comprising a retractor provided on the floor at the central portion of the vehicle, a resilient support provided to upwardly extend from a rear portion of the sashless door, and a safety belt connected between the retractor and the resilient support. When the door is closed, the safety belt extends diagonally across the passenger's body and when the door is opened, the safety belt is positioned to permit the passenger to get in and get off the vehicle.