Seat belt assembly for personal transport vehicles
AssigneeTextron Inc.
InventorsBenjamin Garten, Rosemary Durant, Cary Steyer
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Abstract
A personal transport vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a seat belt assembly. The seat belt assembly includes a rail coupled to the vehicle frame, a crossbar spaced from the rail, a first buckle coupled to the rail, a second buckle coupled to the crossbar, a first belt, and a second belt. The first belt has a first belt first end coupled to the crossbar and a first belt second end coupled to the rail. The first belt is configured to be removably coupled to the first buckle. The second belt has a second belt first end coupled to the crossbar and a second belt second end coupled to the crossbar. The second belt is configured to be removably coupled to the second buckle.
Claims20
A personal transport vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame;
- and
- a seat belt assembly including:
- a rail coupled to the vehicle frame;
- a crossbar spaced from the rail;
- a first buckle coupled to the rail;
- a second buckle coupled to the crossbar;
- a first belt having a first belt first end coupled to the crossbar and a first belt second end coupled to the rail, the first belt configured to be removably coupled to the first buckle;
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- a second belt having a second belt first end coupled to the crossbar and a second belt second end coupled to the crossbar, the second belt configured to be removably coupled to the second buckle.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle frame having a canopy strut;
- a vehicle body coupled to the vehicle frame;
- a first seat assembly coupled to the vehicle frame;
- a second seat assembly coupled to the vehicle frame, the second seat assembly having a seat body and a seat back;
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- a seat belt assembly including:
- a rail coupled to the vehicle frame;
- a crossbar positioned between the first seat assembly and the second seat assembly;
- a first belt having:
- a first belt first end coupled to the crossbar;
- a first belt second end, opposite the first belt first end, coupled to the rail;
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- a first belt middle portion, between the first belt first end and the first belt second end, coupled to the canopy strut;
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- a second belt having:
- a second belt first end coupled to the crossbar;
- a second belt second end, opposite the second belt first end, coupled to the crossbar;
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- a second belt middle portion, between the second belt first end and the second belt second end, coupled to the canopy strut.
A seat belt assembly for a vehicle, the seat belt assembly comprising:
- a rail having a rail first end and a rail second end, opposite the rail first end;
- a crossbar configured to be spaced from the rail, the crossbar having a crossbar first lateral end and a crossbar second lateral end, opposite the crossbar first lateral end;
- a first buckle configured to couple to the rail between the rail first end and the rail second end;
- a second buckle configured to couple to the crossbar between the crossbar first lateral end and the crossbar second lateral end;
- a first belt having a first belt first end configured to couple to the crossbar and a first belt second end configured to couple to the rail, the first belt configured to be removably coupled to the first buckle;
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- a second belt having a second belt first end configured to couple to the crossbar and a second belt second end configured to couple to the crossbar, the second belt configured to be removably coupled to the second buckle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.