Device for use with a safety belt
OwnerKjell Korneliusseninventor
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Abstract
A device for use with a safety belt (8), e.g. a three-point safety belt, and a seat in a car to prevent the transverse belt (8a) of safety belt (8), which in a normal position lies in loose contact across the user's thighs, from sliding up to and pressing against the user's abdomen in case of abrupt braking or a possible car clash, in which case it might injure internal organs, especially the womb and foetus of pregnant women. The transverse belt (8a) is releasably fastened to a connector (5), which is fastened between the user's thighs to a sitting support (3). Sitting support (3) may consist of the seat portion (3a) of the car seat.
Claims8
An automobile seat belt assembly which comprises a transverse belt which in normal position lies in loose contact across the user's thighs, a flat flexible seat cushion adapted to rest removably on a seat of the automobile, and connecting means extending between a central portion of the transverse belt and secured to the flexible seat cushion between the user's thighs.
A seat belt assembly for an automobile seat, comprising a shoulder strap which extends diagonally downward from one side of the seat to a point of retention at the other side of the seat, a transverse belt which extends from adjacent said point of retention across the seat to a point of securement on the other side of the seat, said transverse belt being free from securement to any member intermediate the length of said transverse belt which would prevent downward movement of said transverse belt, and connecting means connected to and extending downwardly from an intermediate portion of said transverse belt and limiting upward movement of said intermediate portion of said transverse belt, said connecting means being secured to a flat flexible seat cushion adapted to rest removably on the automobile seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.