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Abstract

A belt for restraint of a seat occupant has an upper end mounted on the vehicle body generally above and rearward a door opening and a lower end mounted on the body generally adjacent the occupant hip. A retractor mounts one of the belt ends and winds the belt to a stowed position extending partially across the door opening and partially obstructing access to a vehicle compartment located behind the occupant seat. A track extends along the roof rail forwardly from the upper end of the belt. A carriage is slidably movable along the track and has a belt loop slidably encircling the belt. A hand grip is provided on the carriage by which the carriage may be manually gripped for forward sliding movement along the track to unwind the belt from the retractor and stow a belt portion along the roof rail and thereby substantially lessen the belt obstruction of access to the compartment behind the seat. A latch is provided to latch the carriage at the forward position and is releasable to permit rearward movement of the carriage by the retractor to reestablish the shoulder belt in the normal stowed position in readiness for donning by the occupant.

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