Twist-free seat belt
OwnerLeo Francis McGantyinventor
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Abstract
The twist-free belt is so designed to eliminate the frustrating fumbling with a twisted seat belt and the resulting distraction that probably has caused many accidents. The twist-free seat belt avoids this defect by incorporating in its construction a slightly semicircular curved belt, causing it to resist twisting. The curve would be side to side, across the width of the belt. The flexible curve would flatten when pushed against the body, allowing a comfortable fit.
Claims4
A twist-free seat belt used for restraining purposes, said belt having a flexible, curved, semicircular, cross-section, said seat belt being made from a material having a molecular memory therein, so that, when said seat belt is twisted, said seat belt will resist being twisted and return to its untwisted position, said belt being made with one of a structure of a fabric woven around a curved, spring-metal frame;
- a structure of fabric woven around a curved, plastic frame;
- a structure of solid plastic material;
- a fiber material, so woven so that a cross-sectional curvature would be formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.