Seatbelt positioning assembly for a pregnant person
OwnerSteinar Kruseinventor
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Abstract
A seatbelt positioning assembly for positioning a seatbelt of an automobile along the lower abdominal region of a pregnant person so as to avoid crossing over the womb. The seatbelt positioning assembly comprises a seat pad adapted to be positioned on the seat of the automobile being secured thereto by a securing strap fastened about the seat back portion. A sleeve is removably fitted along a portion of the length of the seatbelt wherein a pair of positioning straps connected to and extending from the seat pad are adapted for attachment with a bottom edge of the sleeve so as to pull the sleeve and, accordingly, the attached seatbelt downwardly in position along the lower abdominal region of the user.
Claims7
For use in combination with a seatbelt of an automobile, a seatbelt positioning assembly adapted to position the seatbelt along a lower abdominal region of a pregnant person, said assembly comprising:
- a seat pad for placement on a seat of the automobile having a substantially flat configuration and including an upper side and a lower congruent side connected thereto along an outer peripheral edge including a front edge, a rear edge and two opposite side edges,
- a sleeve structured and configured to be slidably received along a portion of the length of the seatbelt,
- an elongate securing strap fitted along said rear edge of said seat pad and adapted to extend around the seat, attaching at opposite free ends so as to secure said seat pad to said seat,
- positioning straps connected to said elongate securing strap and extending from said upper side of said seat pad, and
- said positioning straps including attachment means formed on a free distal end thereof for removable attachment with a bottom edge of said sleeve, said positioning straps being positioned and disposed so as to exert a downward pulling force on said sleeve when attached thereto, thereby pulling the seatbelt down to a position extending along the lower abdominal region of the pregnant person substantially below the womb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.