Seatbelt protector device
OwnerBernard McDuelinventor
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Abstract
A seatbelt protector device for storing eyeglasses of a user while the user includes a vehicle that has a seatbelt and a panel that is wrappable around the seatbelt. The panel is comprised of a compressible material to inhibit the seatbelt from damaging clothing of a user when the user is wearing the seatbelt. A pocket is coupled to the panel to insertably receive eyeglasses when the panel is wrapped around the seatbelt. A flap is movably coupled to the panel. The flap is positionable in a closed position to retain the eyeglasses in the pocket. Conversely, the flap is positionable in an open position to have the eyeglasses be insertable into the pocket.
Claims19
A seatbelt protector device for storing eyeglasses while a user is seated in a vehicle, said device comprising:
- a vehicle having a seatbelt wherein said seatbelt is configured to be worn by a user when the user is seated in said vehicle;
- a panel being wrappable around said seatbelt wherein said panel is configured to be positioned between said seatbelt and the user, said panel being comprised of a compressible material wherein said panel is configured to inhibit said seatbelt from damaging clothing of the user when the user is wearing said seatbelt;
- a first mating member being coupled to said panel;
- a second mating member being coupled to said panel, said second mating member being positioned on an opposite side of said panel from said first mating member, said second mating member being releasably matable to said first mating member, said first mating member and said second mating member forming said panel into a tubular shape when said first mating member is releasably mated to said second mating member wherein said seatbelt is configured to extend through said tubular shape;
- a pocket being coupled to said panel wherein said pocket is configured to insertably receive eyeglasses when said panel is wrapped around said seatbelt, said pocket being comprised of a friction inhibiting material wherein said pocket is configured to resist scratching lenses of the eyeglasses when the eyeglasses are inserted into said pocket;
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- a flap being movably coupled to said panel, said flap being positioned above said pocket, said flap being positionable in a closed position having said flap extending downwardly over said pocket wherein said flap is configured to retain the eyeglasses in said pocket, said flap being positionable in an open position having said flap being displaced from said pocket wherein said flap is configured to have the eyeglasses being insertable into said pocket.
A seatbelt protector device for storing eyeglasses while a user is seated in a vehicle, said device comprising:
- a vehicle having a seatbelt wherein said seatbelt is configured to be worn by a user when the user is seated in said vehicle, said seatbelt having a shoulder strap wherein said shoulder strap is configured to be extended across a torso of the user when the user wears said seatbelt;
- a panel being wrappable around said seatbelt wherein said panel is configured to be positioned between said seatbelt and the user, said panel being comprised of a compressible material wherein said panel is configured to inhibit said seatbelt from damaging clothing of the user when the user is wearing said seatbelt, said panel having a front surface and a back surface and a perimeter edge extending between said front surface and said back surface, said perimeter edge having a top side and a bottom side and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, each of said first lateral side and said second lateral side being perpendicular to each of said top side and said bottom side such that said panel has a rectangular shape, said panel being foldable onto itself having said first lateral side resting against said front surface and having said second lateral side resting against said back surface, said panel forming a tubular shape when said panel is folded onto itself, said shoulder strap of said seatbelt extending through said tubular shape formed by said panel when said panel is folded onto itself;
- a first mating member being coupled to said panel, said first mating member being positioned on said back surface of said panel, said first mating member extending between said top side and said bottom side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said first mating member being aligned with said first lateral side of said perimeter edge, said first mating member having an exposed surface, said exposed surface being exposed with respect to said back surface of said panel;
- a second mating member being coupled to said panel, said second mating member being positioned on an opposite side of said panel from said first mating member, said second mating member being releasably matable to said first mating member, said first mating member and said second mating member forming said panel into said tubular shape when said first mating member is releasably mated to said second mating member wherein said seatbelt is configured to extend through said tubular shape, said second mating member being positioned on said front surface of said panel, said second mating member extending between said top side and said bottom side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said second mating member being aligned with said second lateral side of said perimeter edge, said second mating member having an exposed surface of said second mating member, said exposed surface of said second mating member being exposed with respect to said front surface of said panel, said exposed surface of said first mating member being releasably matable to said exposed surface of said second mating member;
- a pocket being coupled to said panel wherein said pocket is configured to insertably receive eyeglasses when said panel is wrapped around said seatbelt, said pocket being comprised of a friction inhibiting material wherein said pocket is configured to resist scratching lenses of the eyeglasses when the eyeglasses are inserted into said pocket, said pocket having a rear surface and an exterior edge, said exterior edge having a lower side and an upper side and a first sidelong side and a second sidelong side, said rear surface being coupled to said front surface of said panel at a first connection point, said first connection point extending along said first sidelong side of said exterior edge, said rear surface being coupled to said front surface of said panel at a second connection point, said second connection point extending along said second sidelong side of said exterior edge, said rear surface being coupled to said front surface of said panel at a third connection point, said third connection point extending along said lower side of said exterior edge, said upper side being spaced from said front surface of said panel, said upper side defining an opening into said pocket wherein said opening is configured to insertably receive the eyeglasses, said first connection point comprising a first stitch, said first stitch extending through said pocket and said panel, said second connection point comprising a second stitch, said second stitch extending through said pocket and said panel, said third connection point comprising a third stitch, said third stitch extending through said pocket and said panel, said lower side of said exterior edge being spaced upwardly from said bottom side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said lower side extending along a line being oriented parallel to said bottom side, said first sidelong side of said exterior edge being spaced inwardly from said first lateral side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said first sidelong side extending along a line being oriented parallel to said first lateral side, said second sidelong side of said exterior edge being spaced inwardly from said second lateral side of said perimeter edge, said second sidelong side extending along a line being oriented parallel to said second lateral side, said upper side of said exterior edge being spaced downwardly from said top side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said upper side extending along a line being oriented parallel to said top side, said pocket being positioned closer to said bottom side of said perimeter edge of said panel than said top side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said pocket being centrally located between said first lateral side of said perimeter edge of said panel and said second lateral side of said perimeter edge of said panel;
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- a flap being movably coupled to said panel, said flap being positioned above said pocket, said flap being positionable in a closed position having said flap extending downwardly over said pocket wherein said flap is configured to retain the eyeglasses in said pocket, said flap being positionable in an open position having said flap being displaced from said pocket wherein said flap is configured to have the eyeglasses being insertable into said pocket;
- said flap having a rearmost surface and an outside edge, said outside edge having a topmost side and a bottommost side, said outside edge having a first lateral side of said outside edge and a second lateral side of said outside edge, said topmost side being positioned between said upper side of said exterior edge of said pocket and said top side of said perimeter edge of said panel, said topmost side extending along a line being oriented parallel to each of said upper side and said top side, said first lateral side of said outside edge being positioned between said first lateral side of said perimeter edge of said panel and said first sidelong side of said exterior edge of said pocket when said flap is in said closed position, said second lateral side of said outside edge being positioned between said second lateral side of said perimeter edge of said panel and said second sidelong side of said exterior edge of said pocket when said flap is in said closed position, said bottommost side of said outside edge being positioned between said top side of said perimeter edge of said pocket and said bottom side of said perimeter edge of said pocket when said flap is in said closed position, said pocket having a forward surface, said rearmost surface of said flap resting against said forward surface of said pocket when said flap is in said closed position, said rearmost surface of said flap being displaced from said forward surface of said pocket when said flap is in said open position, said opening defined in said pocket being exposed when said flap is in said open position wherein said flap is configured to have the eyeglasses being insertable through said opening defined in said pocket when said flap is in said open position, said rearmost surface of said flap being coupled to said front surface of said panel at a connection point of said flap, said connection point of said flap extending along said topmost side of said outside edge of said flap, said connection point of said flap comprising a flap stitch, said flap stitch extending through said flap and said panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.