Seat belt gripping device for use with child safety seats
OwnerKeith T. Smith, Gord McDougallinventors
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Abstract
Improved seat belt gripping devices are provided for clamping and locking the shoulder portion and lap portion of a seat belt together in order to adequately secure a child safety seat in place on a car seat. The devices disclosed herein are tamper-resistant so that children and infants will not be able to remove the devices while in use and further the devices disclosed herein are easy to use. The safety devices of the present invention eliminate the need for removing slack from the shoulder portion of the seat belt in order to ensure that the child safety seat will not move in a forward direction during a sudden stop, collision or normal traffic maneuver.
Claims4
A device for holding a child car seat in position by preventing relative movement of overlying shoulder and lap seat belt portions with respect to each other, the device comprising:
- a plate including a first finger and a second finger,
- each of said fingers including a distal end, a proximate end, and an underside,
- the proximate end of each of said fingers being connected together, the distal ends being spaced apart,
- the undersides of each of said fingers including a slot disposed between the distal and proximate ends thereof, said slots accommodating seat belt portions extending transversely across the undersides of said fingers,
- a middle finger including a distal end and a proximate end, the distal end of the middle finger being positioned between the distal ends of the fingers of the plate and the proximate end of the plate being positioned between the proximate ends of the fingers of the plate when the device is in a clamping position,
- means for tightening and locking the plate and middle finger together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.