Clothing protection system
OwnerDaniel R. Romesburginventor
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Abstract
Disclosed is a clothing protection system that is adapted for use within a motor vehicle. The vehicle includes a passenger restraint with lap and shoulder belts. The system includes a bib including a panel and receptable. A magnet is embedded in the back of the panel. A clip includes a metallic backing plate and two opposing C-shaped arms. The arms are attached to the clip and form a channel. The metallic backing plate can be magnetically secured to the bib and the shoulder belt can be threaded between the opposing C-shaped arms. This allows the bib to be slidably positioned anywhere along the length of the shoulder belt.
Claims3
A clothing protection system for use by a user in a motor vehicle, the user having a lap and a chest, the clothing protection system comprising in combination:
- a vehicle restraint including a lap belt and a shoulder belt, the shoulder belt having a width and an intermediate extent, the lap belt extending over the lap of the user, and the intermediate extent of the shoulder belt extending across the chest of the user;
- a bib formed from a pliable silicone-based material, the bib including a panel having a height, a width, forward and rearward faces, and upper and lower extents, the bib further including a receptacle having a depth, a width, and an opened peripheral extent, the receptacle formed upon the forward face and lower extent of the panel, the width of the panel being equal to the width of the receptable, an upstanding edge formed along the opened peripheral extent;
- a magnet fully contained within the bib, the magnet being positioned within the rearward face of the panel at the upper extent, the magnet forming a raised area on the rearward face of the panel;
- a clip formed from a metallic backing plate and two opposing resilient C-shaped arms, each of the C-shaped arms having a lateral edge that is connected to the backing plate, the C-shaped arms being spaced above the backing plate to form a channel between the backing plate and the two opposing C-shaped arms;
- the clip being slidably positioned upon the vehicle restraint by threading the width of the shoulder belt into the channel formed within the clip;
- whereby the metallic backing plate of the clip can be magnetically and removably secured to the magnet contained within the bib to thereby slidably position the bib upon the intermediate extent of the shoulder belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.