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US 10,471,928 B2Granted
Safety device for use with a safety harness
OwnerCatherine Davisinventor
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Abstract
A child safety device for use with a safety harness comprising first and second shoulder straps, the device comprising: an elongate belt comprising fastening means located at or adjacent each end of the belt, and in which each fastening means is arranged in use to fasten an end of the belt in a folded arrangement about a shoulder strap of the harness.
Claims16
A safety device comprising:
- an elongate belt having a first end, a second end, a front side, a rear side, a top edge and a bottom edge, a length being defined between the first end and the second end and a width being defined between the top edge and the bottom edge;
- the belt includes a first fastening means located at each of the first end and the second end, and a second fastening means located adjacent each of the first end and the second end of the belt, each of the fastening means being arranged in use to fasten each of the first end and the second end of the belt in a folded arrangement about a respective shoulder strap of a safety harness, wherein
- the first fastening means is located on the rear side adjacent each of the first end and the second end of the belt;
- and
- the second fastening means is adapted to releasably engage the first fastening means;
- the second fastening means being provided on the rear side of the belt and spaced at a distance from each of the first end and the second end of the belt;
- the length of the belt is greater than the width, and each of the first end and the second end of the belt is configured to fold so as to allow the first fastening means and the second fastening means to releasably engage one another, the distance being selected in order to allow the respective shoulder strap of the safety harness to pass between the respective first fastening means and second fastening means and the folded arrangement.
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A method of deploying a safety device comprising the steps of:
- fixing a first end and a second end of the safety device around shoulder straps so that a front of the safety device faces in a forwards direction;
- folding the first end and the second end around each of the shoulder straps;
- fastening together fastener parts at the first end and the second end of the safety device so that a child is able to be placed in a seat associated with the safety device with a portion of the safety device adjacent to the child's back;
- fastening the shoulder straps to restrain the child within the seat;
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- folding an upper padded part at a top edge of the safety device so that the top edge of the safety device is adjacent to the front in order to adjust a width of the safety device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.