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US 12,262,803 B1Granted
Trifold seatbelt document holder
OwnerJonathan Stronginventor
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Abstract
A trifold document holder includes a first foldable section with a hook and loop fastener strip, an intermediate section with a transparent zippered pocket extending to the end of a second foldable section. The second section includes a second transparent pocket and a credit card holder. The second section is folded over the intermediate section and engages the first section in a hook and loop arrangement securing the holder about a seatbelt.
Claims5
A trifold document holder for attachment about a vehicle seatbelt, comprising:
- an elongated rectangular cloth member having inner and outer surfaces;
- an intermediate portion, a first side portion and a second side portion wherein said second side portion folds over to enclose the intermediate portion and the first side portion folds over and engages the second side portion to secure the holder about a seatbelt;
- and, wherein,
- the intermediate portion includes a transparent pocket for documents having an opening extending along the length of the intermediate portion and having a zipper portion mounted to the opening and a mating portion mounted to the cloth surface to secure documents in the pocket and, wherein the pocket extends over the second portion;
- and,
- the second portion includes a narrow cloth strip extending lengthwise between the ends of the cloth member and parallel to the pocket opening, a second transparent pocket mounted thereto and to the upper and outer surfaces of the second portion and a cloth member mounted to the strip and the lower and outer surfaces of the second portion and having a plurality of the transverse slots for credit cards, and wherein the outer exterior surface of the second portion includes a lengthwise strip to engage hook and loop fasteners;
- and,
- the first portion includes a lengthwise hook and loop strip to fold over and engage the strip on the exterior of the second portion for mounting about a seatbelt.
5 more elements
The method of using a document holder mounted about a seatbelt comprising the steps of:
- providing a rectangular seatbelt document holder with a first side portion, a second side portion and an intermediate portion;
- providing a lengthwise transparent zippered pocket extending within the intermediate and second side portion of the holder;
- inserting documents into the pocket;
- zippering the pocket to secure the documents in the pocket;
- providing hook and loop fasteners along the interior length of the first portion and the exterior length of the second portion;
- positioning the holder intermediate portion against a seatbelt;
- folding the second side portion over the seatbelt and the intermediate portion with the pocket being included in the fold;
- and,
- folding the first side portion to engage the outer surface of the second side portion with hook and loop fasteners to secure the document holder about the seatbelt and the documents internally in the pocket.
6 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.