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US 4,028,742 AGranted
Motorcycle safety belt
OwnerWilfred Marquisinventor
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Abstract
A safety belt device for drivers of high speed unenclosed vehicles that includes upper and lower belt bands with coupling means associated therewith and connecting means for joining the respective belt bands together. Loop means in the form of shoulder straps further support the device by extending over the shoulders of the wearer and around the lower belt band. A pair of resiliently mounted spaced apart handles are provided that return to their original position when not in use and thereby remain fixed.
Claims10
A safety belt adapted to be worn by a driver of a vehicle, said belt comprising:
- a. a lower elongated belt band terminating in ends,
- b. lower coupling means releasably interconnecting the ends of said lower belt band,
- c. an upper elongated belt band terminating in ends,
- d. upper coupling means releasably interconnecting the ends of said upper belt band,
- e. connecting means joining said lower belt band to said upper belt band in spaced relationship to each other,
- f. a pair of shoulder straps extending from said upper belt band,
- g. loop means extending from the free end of each of said shoulder straps, said straps adapted to extend over the shoulder of the wearer of the safety belt with said lower belt band extending through said loop means to firmly secure the safety belt around the wearer, and
- h. handle means to be grasped by a passenger riding in tandem behind the driver wearing the safety belt, said handle means including a pair of spaced apart handles resiliently pivotally connected to said lower belt band such that said handles return to their original position with respect to said lower belt band when said handles are released.
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