1.4. ‘Strap guide’ means a device which alters the lie of the strap in relation to the wearer of the belt assembly.
1.5. ‘effective belt anchorage’ means the point used to determine, as specified in point 4.4, the angle of each part of the safety belt in relation to the wearer, that is, the point to which a strap would need to be attached to provide the same lie as the intended lie of the belt when worn, and which may or may not be the actual belt anchorage depending on the configuration of the safety belt hardware at its attachment to the belt anchorage, for example, in the case:
1.5.1. where a safety belt incorporates a rigid part which is attached to a lower belt anchorage and which is either fixed or free to swivel, the effective belt anchorage for all positions of seat adjustment is the point at which the strap is attached to that rigid part.
1.5.2. where a strap guide is used on the vehicle structure or on the seat structure, the middle point of the guide at the place where the strap leaves the guide on the belt wearer's side shall be regarded as the effective belt anchorage; the strap shall lie in a straight line between the effective belt anchorage and the wearer,.
1.5.3. where he belt runs directly from the wearer to a retractor attached to the vehicle structure or the seat structure without an intervening st rap guide, the effective belt anchorage shall be considered as being the intersection of the axis of the reel for storing the strap with the plane passing through the centre line of the strap on the reel;
1.6. ‘seat’ means a structure which may or may not be integral with the vehicle structure complete with trim, intended to seat one adult person. The term covers both an inpidual seat or part of a bench seat intended to seat one person;
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1.6.1. a ‘front passenger seat’ means any seat where the ‘foremost H-point’ of the seat in question is in or in front of the vert ical tranverse plane through the drivers R-point.
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1.7. ‘bench seat’ means a structure complete with trim, intended to seat at least two adults;
1.8. ‘group of seats’ means either a bench-type seat, or seats which are separate but side by side (i.e. fixed so that the front seat anchorages of one of these seats are in line with the front or rear anchorages of the other or between the anchorages of the other seat) and seat one or more adults;
1.9. ‘folding ►M2-◄ seat’ means an auxiliary seat intended for occasional use and which is normally folded out of the way;
1.10. ‘seat type’ means a category of seats which do not differ in such essential respects as:
1.10.1. the shape, dimensions and materials of the seat structure,
1.10.2. the types and dimensions of the adjustment systems and all locking systems,