Individual restraining device for a vehicle user
OwnerJohn J. Chikainventor
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Abstract
An individual, personalized body restraining device for seat occupant of a seat of any fast moving conveyance, the device including in its basic configuration the protective elements of the seat belt, two shoulder straps, chest shield, head and chin guard, with a head rest and stomach plastron optional; the assembly including easily adjustable, quickly attachable and detachable means of fastening it to secure members of said conveyance; two of them at the usual locations used by the existing safety belts, and the third positioned back of and preferably substantially inboard of its user's head, together with means of adjustments to allow positioning of this unique device into any desired relationship to its user's body when he is seated in said seat.
Claims40
An individual body restraining device for protection of an occupant of a transport vehicle having a rigid structure and seats, comprising in combination:
- a flexible lap-belt element transversely spanning the lap of the seated occupant and adjustably connectable and disconnectable to the vehicle structure on the left and right side of the seated applicant;
- a flexible left and right side shoulder-strap elements anchored at their lower ends to the lap-belt element, with their upper ends reaching upwardly over the occupant's shoulders and joining behind his head for connecting, adjusting and disconnecting to and from the structure of said vehicle and comprising easily operable means to adjust the relative size of the loop formed by them around and back of said occupant's head;
- a semi-rigid chin-and-neck guard element positioned below said occupant's chin and supported there by a rigid means transversely spanning his upper chest between the shoulder-strap elements and securely attached to them.
An individual body restraining device of the character described for protection of an occupant of a transport vehicle having a rigid structure and seats, comprising in combination:
- a flexible lap-belt element transversely spanning the lap of the seated occupant and adjustably connectable and disconnectable to the vehicle structure on his left and right side;
- a flexible left and right side shoulder-strap elements anchored at their lower ends to the lap-belt element, with their upper ends reaching upwardly over the occupant's shoulders and joining behind his head for connecting, adjusting and disconnecting to and from the structure of said vehicle back and inboard of his head and comprising easily operable means to adjust the relative size of the loop formed by them around and back of his head;
- a semi-rigid chin-and-neck guard element positioned below said occupant's chin and supported there by a rigid means transversely spanning his upper chest between said shoulder-strap elements and securely attached to them;
- and a stomach-plastron element in form of a plyable panel positionable in front of said occupant's torso by attaching it at its top transverse edge to said rigid element spanning his chest, its bottom edge to said lap-belt element and its left and right side edges to said left and right shoulder-strap means.
An individual body restraining device of the character described for protection of an occupant of a transport vehicle having a rigid structure and seats, comprising in combination:
- a flexible lap-belt element transversely spanning the lap of the seated occupant and adjustably connectable and disconnectable to the vehicle structure on his left and right side;
- a flexible left and right side shoulder-strap elements anchored at their lower ends to the lap-belt element, with their upper ends reaching upwardly over the occupant's shoulders and joining behind his head for connecting, adjusting and disconnecting to and from the structure of said vehicle back and inboard of his head and comprising easily operable means to adjust the relative size of the loop formed by them around and back of his head;
- a two-section semi-rigid head-guard assembly loosely positioned around occupant's neck comprising:
- the front section configured as a semi-rigid specially shaped and modified form of a collar positioned loosely below said occupant's chin and partially around the sides of his neck and attached on its front lower edge to a rigid means transversely spanning his upper chest between the shoulder-strap means and secured to them, and the back section configured as a semi-rigid head-rest assembly easily positioned back of occupant's head by means allowing easy connecting and disconnecting of it to the rearward portions of the front collar section.
An individual body restraining device of the character described for protection of an occupant of a transport vehicle having a rigid structure and seats, comprising in combination:
- a specially designed chin-and-neck-guard assembly configured of pressure yealding materials where it is in proximity to occupant's chin and neck, and of semi-rigid materials where it is in proximity to occupant's chest and shoulders, the assembly adapted for loose, adjustable positioning in front and partly around his neck and resting on the top of his shoulders and reaching downwardly and over his chest where it ends in a rigid transverse section configured for easy attachment to a stomach plastron means in form of a soft, plyable panel positionable substantially transversely and vertically in front of his torso and having its bottom section configured to function as a lap-belt transversely spanning his lap and adjustably connectable and disconnectable to the vehicle structure on his left and right side, and two flexible, adjustable securing means quickly attachable and detachable to the left and right shoulder portions of said chin-and-neck-guard assembly at one end, with their other ends joining behind his head for quick connecting, adjusting and disconnecting to and from the structure of said vehicle back and inboard of his head and comprising easily operable means to adjust the relative size of the loop formed by them back of his head.
An auxiliary individual body restraining device for protection of an occupant of a transport conveyance having a rigid structure and seats equipped with the lap-type safety belts, comprising in combination:
- a flexible left and right side shoulder strap elements provided at their lower ends with means for quick connecting and disconnecting to said existing lap-type belts, and with their upper ends reaching upwardly over the occupant's shoulders and joining behind his head for adjustable connecting and disconnecting to and from the structure of said vehicle and comprising easily operable means to adjust the relative size of the loop formed by them around and back of his head;
- a semi-rigid chin-and-neck guard element positioned adjustably below said occupant's chin and supported there by a rigid means transversely spanning his chest between the shoulder strap elements and adjustably secured to them.
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