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US 6,783,185 B1Granted
Bib for attachment to a seat belt
OwnerEugene Sutton, Irwin Silbermaninventors
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Abstract
A bib and method for constructing a bib designed for attachment to a vehicular seat belt is disclosed. The embodiments disclosed and illustrated protect the clothing of a driver or passenger of a motorized vehicle from any spilled food and/or beverage while in a vehicle.
Claims2
A method of protecting a person's clothing from spilled food and beverages while driving or riding in a motorized vehicle, said method comprising:
- attaching a bib to a shoulder harness portion of a vehicular seat belt system said bib comprising:
- a front protective portion having an outer surface and an inner surface whereby, when said bib is secured to said shoulder harness portion, said inner surface is aligned against said person's clothing and wherein, either before or after attaching said bib to said shoulder harness portion, creating a reservoir to trap any spilled food or beverage, wherein said step of creating of said reservoir includes the step of folding upward a lower portion of said front protective portion and adhering each lower corner of said front protective portion to said outer surface.
A method of protecting a person's clothing from spilled food and beverages while driving or riding in a motorized vehicle, said method comprising:
- attaching a bib to a shoulder harness portion of a vehicular seat belt system, said bib comprising:
- front protective portion having an outer surface and an inner surface, whereby, when said bib is secured to said shoulder harness portion, said inner surface is aligned against said person's clothing, said bib further comprising a flap disposed near, or integral with, said top edge of said front portion and is adapted to slide behind said shoulder strap portion such that said shoulder strap portion is disposed between said inner surface of said front protective portion and said flap, and wherein, either before or after said step of attaching said bib to said seat belt system, a step of creating a reservoir on said bib is included to trap any spilled food or beverage, wherein said step of creating said reservoir includes the step of folding upward a lower portion of said front protective portion and adhering each lower corner of said front protective portion to said outer surface.
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