Strap cover and positioner
AssigneeThe First Years Inc.
InventorsCarl J. Conforti, Alma B. Bair
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a strap cover adapted to receive a seat belt strap through a passage provided by the cover, the passage having a width that is smaller than a width of the seat belt to be received, at least a portion of the cover that is adapted to be disposed over an edge of the strap having a soft exterior surface, the cover including at least one pair of connectors adapted to selectively connect portions of the cover to enclose the seat belt.
Claims32
An apparatus comprising:
- a first strap cover adapted to receive a first section of a seat belt strap through a first passage provided by the cover, the passage having a width of between about 1.6 and 1.7 inches, selected to be smaller than a width of the seat belt strap, at least a portion of the cover that is adapted to be disposed over an edge of the strap having a soft exterior surface, the cover including at least one pair of connectors adapted to selectively connect portions of the cover to enclose a first section of the seat belt;
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- a second strap cover adapted to receive a second section of the seat belt strap through a second passage provided by the second cover, at least a portion of the second cover having a soft exterior surface;
- the first and second strap covers having connectors for releasably coupling the strap covers to each other to relatively position their seat belt strap sections.
A combination shoulder strap positioner and seat belt cover system comprising a plurality of strap covers each including tabs extending from edges of the covers, the covers adapted to be folded along a fold line such that an interior surface of the cover provides an opening for receiving a seat belt, each cover further including a plurality of connector pairs with one connector in each pair desposed a similar distance from, and on opposite sides of, the fold line, a fiest pair of connectors disposed a distance approximately 70 to 97 percent of a width of a seat belt of between about 1.75 and 2.25 inches in width and adapted to couple to each other, a second pair of connectors disposed in the tabs and adapted to couple to each other.
In combination,
- a seat belt having a nominal width;
- a first strap cover adapted to receive a first portion of the seat belt through a first passage provided by the cover, the passage having a width that is smaller than the nominal width of the seat belt, at least a portion of the cover that is adapted to be disposed over an edge of the strap having a soft exterior surface, the cover including at least one pair of connectors adapted to selectively connect portions of the cover to enclose the first portion of the seat belt;
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- a second strap cover adapted to receive a second portion of the seat belt through a second passage provided by the second cover, at least a portion of the second cover having a soft exterior surface;
- the first and second strap covers having connectors for releasably coupling the strap covers to each other to reletively position their seat belt strap sections.
The combination of claim14 wherein the first and second strap covers are of identical structure.
A method of covering and positioning portions of a seat belt, the method comprising
- securing a first strap cover about a first portion of the seat belt received in a first passage provided by the cover, the passage having a width that is smaller than the nominal width of the seat belt, at least a portion of the cover that is adapted to be disposed over an edge of the seat belt having a soft exterior surface, the cover including at least one pair of connectors adapted to selectively connect portions of the cover to enclose the first portion of the seat belt;
- securing a second strap cover about a second portion of the seat belt received in a second passage provided by the second cover, at least a portion of the second cover having a soft exterior surface;
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- releasably coupling the first and second strap covers to each other to relatively position their respective seat belt portions.
An apparatus comprising:
- a first strap cover adapted to receive a first section of a seat belt strap through a first passage provided by the cover, the passage having a width selected to be between approximately 70 and 97 percent of a width of a seat belt strap, at least a portion of the cover that is adapted to be disposed over an edge of the strap having a soft exterior surface, the cover including at least one pair of connectors adapted to selectively connect portions of the cover to enclose a first section of the seat belt;
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- a second strap cover adapted to receive a second section of the seat belt strap through a second passage provided by the second cover, at least a portion of the second cover having a soft exterior surface;
- the first and second strap covers having connectors for releasably coupling the strap covers to each other to relatively position their seat belt strap sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.