Interpretation ID: nht76-5.5

DATE: 11/10/76

FROM: AUTHOR UNAVAILABLE; F. Berndt; NHTSA

TO: General Motors Corporation

TITLE: FMVSS INTERPRETATION

TEXT: This is in response to your September 14, 1976, request for confirmation that seat belt webbing with one woven selvage and one knitted selvage qualifies as "webbing", as that term is defined in paragraph S3 of Safety Standard No. 209, Seat Belt Assemblies.

The definition of "webbing" in Standard No. 209 does not specify that selvages must be woven. Rather, the definition only specifies that selvages be "finished", for the purpose of ensuring that the webbing will not ravel. We conclude that the new webbing you submitted, with one woven and one knitted selvage, has "finished selvages" and would qualify as "webbing" within the meaning of Standard No. 209.