Locking Device for Maintaining Seat Belt Tension on a Child Car Seat
OwnerPeter Damian Millerinventor
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Abstract
A seat belt locking device (10) for a child car seat prevents relative movement of a typical automotive seat belt system, thereby maintaining tension upon the seat belt (8A) after the child car seat is installed to the vehicle. The device (10) described herein consists of a body (1) upon which pressure is applied and one or more keels (2) protruding from the body (1) inserted into the motor vehicle seat belt buckle tongue aperture (7) to prevent movement of the webbing strap (8A) through the buckle tongue aperture (7).
Claims14
A seat belt locking device for locking a vehicle seat belt and securing a child safety seat to a vehicle seat upon installation of the child safety seat, the vehicle seat belt including a tongue, a buckle and a webbing strap locatable about the child safety seat;
- the locking device including:
- a body;
- and
- a wedge-shaped keel projecting substantially perpendicularly from the body, the keel having a tip and a thickness decreasing towards the tip;
- wherein:
- the locking device is configured such that in a locked position:
- the body is positioned adjacent an aperture of the tongue;
- the keel is firmly positioned within the aperture of the tongue;
- the keel bears against the webbing strap without the webbing strap being inserted in the keel;
- the body bears against the webbing strap;
- the locking device secures the child safety seat to the vehicle seat by restricting movement of the webbing strap relative to the tongue aperture;
- and
- in an unlocked position, the locking device is separate from the vehicle seat belt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.