What are anti-submarining ramps in front seats?
What are anti-submarining ramps in front seats?
An anti-submarining seat is defined as a forward-facing, upwardly-inclined ramp located in the base of the seat. If the seat occupant is pressed deep into the seat cushion during a collision, the ramp prevents them from slipping out from under the lap belt, reducing the risk of injury.
What are Volvo anti-submarine seats?
Anti-Submarine Seats Both the front and rear seats feature anti-submarining guards. The contoured shape of the seat frame with the high front edge helps to prevent occupants from sliding under and out of their belts in a collision.
What is submarining in car seats?
Submarining occurs when the rider is propelled underneath the lap seat belt during a collision. Sometimes the rider is propelled out of the vehicle. Submarining can result in severe injuries like internal bleeding, spinal injuries, injuries to the lower limbs, and death, even in low-speed collisions.
What is submarine effect seat belt?
Some of the most severe car accident injuries are caused by the so-called “submarine effect.” Seat belt submarining injuries occur when the force of a collision causes a driver or passenger to slide out from under the lap belt. The seat belt submarine effect occurs when a vehicle suddenly loses momentum.
What is an anti-submarine slot?
Corbeau offers the option to add a 5th slot, otherwise known as an anti-submarine slot, to any of Corbeau’s reclining seats. Having this 5th slot installed eliminates having to run the submarine strap up the front of the seat and is recommended if using a 5 of 6-point harness belt.
What is anti-submarine strap?
Sub-belts are also called anti-submarine, crotch belts or submarine belts. They are called submarine or sub belts, because they protect the occupant from “submarine-ing” (slidding out from underneath the restraint during an impact).
What does submarining mean?
If you couldn’t guess from its name, submarining is when someone you’ve been seeing/talking to vanishes without a trace (much like a submarine when it sinks to the depths of the ocean), then without warning, they “resurface” and slide back into your inbox like nothing ever happened.
What is a submarine effect?
The submarine effect actually means the sliding of the pelvis underneath the seat belt, due to the occupant’s sinking in the seat. Thus, in order to monitor the occurrence of this effect, we had to observe the displacements suffered by the occupant’s pelvis, mainly in relation to the vertical direction.
How much do Corbeau seats weigh?
Thanks, so the Corbeau FX1 Pro Racing Seats weight about 22.5 lbs each right? No, it’s sold individually, so it’s likely around 40lbs. The shipping weight is the total weight of the package, so account for about 5 lbs of packing material and boxing.