Chairs and seats – Body or occupant restraint or confinement – Safety belt or harness; e.g. – lap belt or shoulder harness
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-29
2005-11-29
Brown, Peter R. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Body or occupant restraint or confinement
Safety belt or harness; e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness
C280S801100
Reexamination Certificate
active
06969122
ABSTRACT:
The seat belt extender is a length of material having limited flexibility, with a male seat belt latch tongue extending from one end and a female seat belt latch receptacle extending from the opposite end. The seat belt extender is installed in an existing, conventional three point seat belt system in a vehicle by inserting the tongue into the receptacle of the short anchor strap generally located at the inboard side of the seat, near the center of the vehicle. The semi-rigid nature of the present extender causes it to remain generally upright when secured to the anchor strap, thus enabling a person having limited upper body mobility to easily access the receptacle end of the extender with the tongue of the existing belt and shoulder strap assembly. The present extender also serves to position the shoulder strap more toward the center of the upper body of an occupant.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4119344 (1978-10-01), Kondo
patent: 4157841 (1979-06-01), Bergman et al.
patent: 4408373 (1983-10-01), Miskowicz
patent: 4555832 (1985-12-01), Sano et al.
patent: 4610463 (1986-09-01), Efrom
patent: 4645231 (1987-02-01), Takada
patent: 4699401 (1987-10-01), Saenz
patent: 4758048 (1988-07-01), Shuman
patent: 4915451 (1990-04-01), Forget et al.
patent: 4966393 (1990-10-01), Tokugawa
patent: 5071193 (1991-12-01), Childress et al.
patent: 5080396 (1992-01-01), Vacanti
patent: 5080441 (1992-01-01), Stevenson et al.
patent: 5098162 (1992-03-01), Forget et al.
patent: 5135257 (1992-08-01), Short
patent: 5215333 (1993-06-01), Knight
patent: 5248187 (1993-09-01), Harrison
patent: D352591 (1994-11-01), Laney
patent: 5381590 (1995-01-01), Liou et al.
patent: 5570933 (1996-11-01), Rouhana et al.
patent: 5620231 (1997-04-01), Marker et al.
patent: 5788282 (1998-08-01), Lewis
patent: 5795030 (1998-08-01), Becker
patent: 5836656 (1998-11-01), Baggott
patent: 6312015 (2001-11-01), Merrick et al.
patent: 6343841 (2002-02-01), Gregg et al.
patent: 6520392 (2003-02-01), Thibodeau et al.
patent: 2002/0038809 (2002-04-01), Thibodeau et al.
patent: 3342594 (1995-06-01), None
Sachs David A.
Thome Donald J.
Brown Peter R.
Litman Richard C.
LandOfFree
Seat belt extender does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Seat belt extender, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Seat belt extender will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3480707