Locking harness
AssigneeFriedman IP Holdings, LLC
InventorMark J. Friedman
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Abstract
A retainer apparatus including a first retainer portion, a second retainer portion, a transceiver, and a sensor comprising a motion detector. The retainer apparatus includes the first retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a first harness strap and a second retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a second harness strap. The first retainer portion is removably attached to the second retainer portion. The motion detector is configured to detect movement of the retainer apparatus and transmit a warning signal, via the transceiver, to a controller within a vehicle comprising the retainer apparatus to alert a user in the vehicle if the movement is detected.
Claims20
A retainer apparatus comprising:
- a first retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a first adjustable harness strap of a car seat;
- a second retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a second adjustable harness strap of a car seat, wherein said first retainer portion is removably attached to said second retainer portion;
- a transceiver;
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- a sensor comprising a motion detector, wherein said motion detector is configured to detect movement of said retainer apparatus, and wherein said motion detector is configured transmit a warning signal, via said transceiver, to a controller within a vehicle comprising said retainer apparatus to alert a user in said vehicle if said movement of said retainer apparatus is detected.
A retainer apparatus comprising:
- a first retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a first adjustable harness strap of a car seat;
- a second retainer portion configured to be slidably attached to a second adjustable harness strap of said car seat, wherein said first retainer portion is removably attached to said second retainer portion;
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- a sensor comprising a motion detector and an alarm, wherein said motion detector is configured to detect movement of said retainer apparatus, and wherein said alarm is configured to alert a user if said movement of said first retainer apparatus is detected.
A car seat apparatus comprising:
- a first adjustable harness strap;
- a second adjustable harness strap;
- a retainer apparatus comprising a first retainer portion slidably attached to said first harness strap and a second retainer portion slidably attached to said second harness strap, wherein said first retainer portion is removably attached to said second retainer portion, wherein said retainer apparatus further comprises a transceiver and a sensor comprising a motion detector, wherein said motion detector is configured to detect movement of said retainer apparatus, wherein said motion detector is configured transmit a warning signal, via said transceiver, to a controller within a vehicle comprising said car seat apparatus to alert a user in said vehicle if said movement of said retainer apparatus is detected;
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- a car seat structure comprising a harness apparatus mechanically attached to said car seat structure, wherein said retainer apparatus, said first adjustable harness strap, and said second adjustable harness strap are comprised by said harness apparatus, and wherein said harness apparatus is configured to restrain an occupant of said car seat apparatus and prevent said occupant from being ejected from said car seat apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.