Abstract: A three-way seat belt device for use in a vehicle body employs a seat belt having one end secured within a retractor fixed to the vehicle body, the belt passing upward from the retractor through an elevated guide ring and then downward so that the other end of the belt extends to a lower part of the interior of the vehicle body to a slider guided for longitudinal movement relative to a stationary guide member. The guide member may take the form of a guide channel or a guide bar. Power means for moving the slider longitudinally along the guide member may comprise an electric motor driving through a reduction gear or may comprise apparatus for moving the slider responsive to movement of a door of the vehicle.

Abstract: A three-way seat belt device for a vehicle has a retractor mounted on the side wall of the vehicle body. A seat belt is connected at one end thereof to the retractor and is adapted to be drawn upward from said retractor and then downward through a guide ring fixed to a pillar of the vehicle body. An anchor plate is pivotally mounted at one end on the body for swinging motion. A motor and reduction gear are provided for swinging the anchor plate. Means connect the other end of the seat belt to the swinging end of the anchor plate. A tongue member slidable on the seat belt is detachably received in a central socket on the body. Releasable means, solenoid operated, are provided to lock the anchor plate in a forward horizontal position substantially parallel to an inside surface of the vehicle body.