Vehicle safety belt clamp for association with a child seat
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January 18, 2006
A clamp for a vehicle child seat to contain a child during transport thereof, said clamp (1) retaining a safety belt (14) of said vehicle when the child seat is mounted thereon and comprising an elongate element (20), rotating about and eccentric to a support pivot (24), positioned in proximity to a counteracting element (10) with which said elongate element cooperates when in its first working position to retain said safety belt (14) inserted in a recess (12) present between said elongate element (20) and said counteracting element (10), the elongate element (20) being able to assume a second working position in which it is spaced from said counteracting element (10) to free the access to said recess (12) for the safety belt (14); the clamp comprises a body (5) independent of the child seat (2), said body (5) presenting a substantially U shape and having a first arm (10) and a second arm (11), the first arm (10) being positioned in front of the elongate element and acting as a counteracting element to retain the safety belt in pincer manner when said elongate element (20) is in its first working position, said elongate element (20) being disposed in a seat (30) of the second arm (11) of said body (5) and projecting from this seat via an aperture (31) present in said recess (12) between the arms (10, 11) of said body.
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