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US 7,740,279 B2Granted
Shoulder restraint attachment device
OwnerWayne H. Wrightinventor
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Abstract
A shoulder restraint attachment device for a motor vehicle (comprising a bolt, a mandrel, a cup and a nut) can be employed to deform a portion of the motor vehicle's roof in such a manner that a shoulder strap, such as those employed in three point restraint systems, can be securely and aesthetically mounted to the motor vehicle roof.
Claims7
A shoulder restraint attachment device for anchoring a shoulder restraint to a motor vehicle roof, said device comprising:
- (1) a bolt having a head and a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt, a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding a hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration and a curved upper surface region and a countersunk region for receiving a head of the bolt having a curved top surface;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- and (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt.
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A shoulder restraint attachment device for anchoring a shoulder restraint to a motor vehicle roof, said device comprising:
- (1) a bolt having a head and a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a top surface region, a countersunk region in said mandrel's top surface region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding a hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity generally having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt;
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- (5) a shoulder restraint holder that is mounted on the bolt and positioned between the cup and the nut.
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A shoulder restraint device that is mounted to a dome shaped cavity in a motor vehicle roof and wherein said device comprises:
- (1) a bolt having a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a countersunk region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding the hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
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- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt.
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A shoulder restraint device that is mounted to a dome shaped cavity in a motor vehicle roof and wherein said device comprises:
- (1) a bolt having a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a countersunk region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding the hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt;
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- (5) a shoulder restraint device which further comprises a shoulder restraint holder.
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A shoulder restraint device that is mounted to a dome shaped cavity in a motor vehicle roof and wherein said device comprises:
- (1) a bolt having a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a countersunk region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding the hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt;
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- (5) wherein the mandrel has a curved upper surface region.
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A shoulder restraint device that is mounted to a dome shaped cavity in a motor vehicle roof and wherein said device comprises:
- (1) a bolt having a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a countersunk region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding the hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt;
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- (5) wherein said shoulder restraint device is capable of slidably passing a shoulder strap that is part of a three point restraint system.
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A shoulder restraint device that is mounted to a dome shaped cavity in a motor vehicle roof and wherein said device comprises:
- (1) a bolt having a threaded shaft capable of passing through a hole in a sheet of metal that constitutes a portion of the motor vehicle roof;
- (2) a mandrel having a countersunk region, a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a nose region capable of downwardly deforming a portion of the sheet metal surrounding the hole in the motor vehicle roof to create a downwardly directed cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration;
- (3) a cup having a hole capable of passing the shaft of the bolt and a downwardly directed interior cavity having a downwardly directed dome configuration that is generally complementary with the size and configuration of the nose region of the mandrel;
- (4) a nut having threads capable of threadedly cooperating with the threads of the bolt;
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- (5) wherein said shoulder restraint device is capable of terminally holding an end of a shoulder strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.