Abstract: A child-restraint seat is provided including a seat shell adapted to be coupled to a vehicle seat by a seat anchor coupled to the vehicle, a child-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, a harness-control panel for adjusting the height of the harness, and a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the harness-control panel. The seat shell includes a bottom seat portion and a back support portion. The harness-control panel is mounted on the seat shell for up and down movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder belt portions of the child-restraint harness with respect to the bottom seat portion to harness small-sized children and large-sized children in a restrained position in the seat shell. The harness-control panel includes a belt-receiving opening for receiving a shoulder belt portion of the child-restraint harness.

Abstract: A safety car seat for a child is provided with a headrest vertical moving device, a shoulder belt position control device, a sleeping support position control device, a crotch belt position control device, a footrest step position control device and a moving device for changing the capacity of a support space for protecting the brain, the back and respiration of a child in the seat. By employing this mechanism, it is possible to provide a juvenile safety car seat enabling implementation of comfortability and safeness as well as protection of the brain, the neck and respiration of a baby based on medical criteria for the baby.

Abstract: A child safety seat for use in a vehicle has a seat body and a harness including a pair of shoulder straps which extend through respective slots in the seat back to a mechanism for adjusting the length of the shoulder straps. The height at which the shoulder straps project from the seat back can be varied by threading them through different slots. A pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap and has a cover formed of high friction material on the side thereof facing the child occupant's body. A tether strap has one end attached to each pad and projects through the same slot in the seat back as the corresponding shoulder strap for limiting movement of the corresponding chest pad along the shoulder strap to a predetermined limit distance away from the seat back. Such limit distance increases as the height at which the shoulder straps project from the seat back is increased.

Abstract: A restraint system is disclosed having an attenuator that attenuates the loading forces transmitted through the restraining system to the occupant's neck and shoulder areas during a crash, while at the same time increases the occupant's comfort during restraint usage. The attenuator is comprised of a pad constructed of a rate sensitive foam and enclosed in a casing.

Abstract: An improved harness (10) adapted to be worn by a person (12) preferably includes a continuous, unitary, non-segmented strap (34) which is threaded through an anchor member (36), side buckles (38, 40) and buckle connectors (78) to provide a harness allowing the person (12) to be secured by a standard safety belt (112). The harness presents first and second strap segments (96, 98) coupled to the anchor member (36) and extending over the shoulders (20, 22) of the person (12) and thence downwardly in crossing relationship to side buckles (38, 40) defining juncture regions (100, 102). The strap (34) is then extended rearwardly and threaded through the anchor member (36) to present third and fourth strap segments (104, 106). Finally, the strap (34) is extended downwardly from the side buckles (38, 40) and through the crotch (26) of the person upwardly for connection at the side buckles (38, 40) via buckle connectors (78).

Abstract: A child safety seat has a harness including a pair of shoulder straps extending through respective slots in the seat back and a respective lap strap connected to each shoulder strap. A shoulder pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap. Each shoulder pad has an upper loop attached to its upper end and a lower loop attached to its lower end, the corresponding shoulder strap being threaded through said upper and lower loops. A respective fixed-length tether extends between the upper end of each shoulder pad and the seat back. A separable link assembly has a first link part slidably mounted on one shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops and a second link part slidably mounted on the other shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops.

Abstract: A small child and infant restraint device is disclosed which can be used with an existing seat of a transportation member such as an aircraft passenger seat. The restraint device includes a base member connected to a back panel by a hinge member. A seat pan provides a seating surface for the child or infant. A seat belt path is defined between the seat pan and the base member for disposal across the base member of a seat belt associated with the existing passenger seat, for attaching the restraint device to the existing passenger seat. The restraint device can be utilized in a forward facing configuration or in an aft facing configuration. The forward facing configuration is utilized with small children and toddlers, while the aft facing configuration is utilized with infants and small children without sufficient neck development. When the device is not in use, the back panel is folded down towards the base member to form a relatively thin stowable assembly where it can be properly stored.

Abstract: A car seat including a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon, and at least one shoulder harness coupled to the seat body and being located to fit over the torso of an occupant to retain the occupant on the seat body. The car seat further includes a buckle for releasably coupling the shoulder harness to the seat body, the buckle including a bracket coupled to the shoulder harness and a base coupled to the seat body. The bracket includes a gripping portion and a tongue and is releasably couplable to the base. The buckle is in a latched condition when the bracket is coupled to the base and is in an unlatched condition when the bracket is not coupled to the base. One of the gripping portion or the base includes a notification portion that has a visual property different from any adjacent areas of the one of the gripping portion or the base.

Abstract: A swing seat comprising a chair having a region for the placement of a child and a bar rotatably coupled to the chair at one end thereof. The opposite end of the bar is capable of engaging the bottom of the chair. When secured to the bottom of the chair, the bar is at such a position so as to allow a person to remove the child from the chair. A plurality of straps are removably coupled to the bar and are used for securing the child in the chair. At least one support rope is coupled to the chair, allowing the swing seat to be suspended above the ground or other surface.

Abstract: An apparatus suitable for safely restraining a child in a sitting position in a child transport or seat is disclosed. The apparatus may preferably be attached to a vehicular seat, infant carrier, stroller, high chair, booster seat, motion toy, or shopping cart.

Abstract: A safety seat built into a land, air or sea vehicle is provided. A structure is fixed to the vehicle and comprises vertically disposed side components that are anchored at seat-width intervals. A safety belt member is secured to the structure and has two shoulder belts and two lap belts that are joined at a fastener. A seat belt extends transversely between the side components and upwardly there along and in an upper region of the back area of the safety seat is connected to each side component. The two shoulder belts cross one another between the side components as they extend from a connection in the vicinity of a respective side component to the other side component and then to the fastener. Back belts are provided as support belts and extend from the seat belt, parallel to the side components, upwardly to the shoulder belts, where they are connected.

Abstract: A passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the device is a “soft” device, i.e., a safety harness comprising exclusively straps and fasteners. A horizontal strap wraps around the back-support of a vehicle seat to secure the harness to the vehicle seat. In a second embodiment, the device comprises a back-support portion and a seat-pan portion. When folded, the exterior frame resembles a small briefcase with a shoulder strap. In a third embodiment, the device comprises a rigid front-support with an inflatable cushion that fills up the space between the passenger and the front-support.

Abstract: This invention relates to an adjustable child-restraint seat for a vehicle comprising a seat shell, a harness panel, and a restraint harness, The seat shell has a top-portion formed to include two spaced-apart belt-receiving openings. The harness panel consists of a harness casing, a slot panel, an adjustable anchor-point shaft and a spring biased medium that retains the shaft in the corresponding slot of said slot panel . The restraint harness is coupled with the adjustable anchor-point shaft and couples with the restraint coupler which is attached to the bottom-seat portion to provide an adjustable shoulder harnessing system. The apparatus allows the user to easily adjust the height of the shoulder harness from the front of the seat shell.

Abstract: A restraint system of belts and buckles designed to protect every rider and passenger occupying conventional type seats in open vehicles, such as motorcycles, from injuries sustainable from flying off such vehicles in the event of a head-on collision, sudden stop or other such type circumstance. A restraint system also unique in being amenable to installation in such existing vehicles.

Abstract: The instant invention pertains to a child car seat body including a headrest, an abdominal support and a mechanism interconnecting the abdominal support and the headrest such that as the headrest is lowered the abdominal support moves toward the headrest.

Abstract: A seat belt restraint system is provided for a vehicle seat having a seat back extending between a top and bottom portion and a seat cushion extending between an inboard and outboard side. The seat belt restraint system includes a clasp interconnecting an inboard shoulder belt webbing with an inboard lap belt webbing adjacent the inboard side of the seat cushion. The seat belt restraint system further includes a buckle interconnecting an outboard shoulder belt webbing with an outboard lap belt webbing adjacent the outboard side of the seat cushion. The seat belt restraint system includes a buckle anchor mounted to the inboard side of the seat cushion for lockably receiving the buckle. The buckle includes an outboard connect mechanism for releasably locking the clasp to the buckle and define a four point seat belt configuration with the buckle and clasp positioned midway between the inboard and outboard side of the seat cushion.

Abstract: A slip-retarding upper torso restraint harness and system for supporting a pilot seated in a vehicle during crash impact. The restraint harness includes a pair of retractably anchored left and right shoulder webbings each having a friction area on its respective inner surface, and at least one anchored base webbing releasably connectable to the pair of left and right shoulder webbings by a buckle. The friction areas operate to prevent the pilot from sliding forward along the inner surfaces of the left and right shoulder webbings during crash impact. Additionally, the restraint system further includes a one-piece pilot suit having secondary friction areas which work together with the friction areas of the restraint harness to provide even greater restraint during crash impact.

Abstract: A safety harness having a chest strap received over a user's shoulders, a crotch strap received between a user's legs and selectively attachable to the chest strap, and a back panel received against a user's back, the back panel being interposed between the crotch strap and chest strap. The back panel is substantially the width of the user's shoulders and the height of the user's torso to evenly disperse and dissipate forces from sudden movements acted upon a user when the harness is secured to a vehicular seatbelt.

Abstract: A chair is disclosed which includes a posture improving harness 100. The chair is particularly adapted for use by a child, the harness asserting a biasing force on the child to urge the child to adopt an upright posture.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect a vehicle occupant (12) seated in a vehicle seat (14). The apparatus (10) includes first and second shoulder belt portions (30, 32), first and second lap belt portions (74, 85), and a buckle mechanism (49). The first and second shoulder belt portions (30, 32) are connected with the vehicle (16) and extend from an upper portion (20) of the vehicle seat (14) adjacent the shoulders of the occupant (12). A first end portion (62) of the first lap belt portion (74) is connected at a first location (64) with the vehicle (16) adjacent a first side (22) of the vehicle seat (14). A first end portion (66) of the second lap belt portion (85) is connected at a second location (68) with the vehicle (16) adjacent a second side (24) of the vehicle seat (14). Each of the first and second lap belt portions (74, 85) extends from one of the first and second sides (22, 24) of the vehicle seat (14) and partially across the lap of the occupant (12).

Abstract: A four point restraint apparatus for a vehicle includes in a preferred embodiment a first pair of flexible lap belts connected at laterally opposite sides of a seat cushion with inner ends transversely connectable to one another across pelvic regions of an occupant and a second pair of flexible shoulder belts connected to a support in the vehicle body and extending forward of the seat back adjacent the neck and across the clavicle of the occupant. The shoulder belts extend from the clavicle essentially parallel downward across front edge portions of the occupant's rib cage to laterally spaced attachment with the lap belts adjacent pelvic regions of an occupant.

Abstract: An advanced automobile passenger restraint and deceleration system is defined, the design of which is centered on retractible belts comprised of a unique, two-part combination of a single lap belt and dual shoulder belt restraints with the lap belt retractors automatically electrically locking upon application of restraint for firmly-located, tension-free lap belt comfort. This belt system features a padded body-centered, abdominal-force-distributing and fastening plate consisting of two halves, each half being attached to one shoulder belt and to one half of the lap belt with the two halves snapping together to apply said belt restraint system with one simple manual action.

Abstract: A child safety seat for use in a vehicle has a seat body and a harness including a pair of shoulder straps which extend through respective slots in the seat back to a mechanism for adjusting the length of the shoulder straps. The height at which the shoulder straps project from the seat back can be varied by threading them through different slots. A pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap and has a cover formed of high friction material on the side thereof facing the child occupant's body. A tether strap has one end attached to each pad and projects through the same slot in the seat back as the corresponding shoulder strap for limiting movement of the corresponding chest pad along the shoulder strap to a predetermined limit distance away from the seat back. Such limit distance increases as the height at which the shoulder straps project from the seat back is increased.

Abstract: A modular system that allows a child seat manufacturer to combine the installation of the crotch belt assembly and the shoulder belt adjuster assembly in one step, and which allows the child seat manufacturer to vary the type of components without having to alter the design of the child seat. A module for use with a child seat that has a shoulder harness, an interengageable combination of a tongue and seat belt buckle, and has a seat portion that has been adapted to receive the module. The module, itself, has a pan that is mountable within the seat portion of the child seat, a belt retractor fixedly attached to the bottom of the pan, and a crotch assembly that is designed to attach either to the buckle or the tongue of the seat belt harness.

Abstract: The safety and torso positioning apparatus consists of three straps removably anchored to a wheelchair or the like and adjustably fastened to hold the seated occupant and stabilize the occupant's torso in a vertical position.

Abstract: A passenger restraint system for use with a vehicle having a seat includes an inflatable member fixed to the seat and having a guide channel. The passenger restraint system further includes a safety belt system having a torso section extending through the guide channel, wherein the torso section is moveable with respect to the inflatable member.

Abstract: A small child and infant restraint device is disclosed which can be used with an existing seat of a transportation member such as an aircraft passenger seat. The restraint device includes a base member connected to a back panel by a hinge member. A seat pan provides a seating surface for the child or infant. A seat belt path is defined between the seat pan and the base member for disposal across the base member of a seat belt associated with the existing passenger seat, for attaching the restraint device to the existing passenger seat. The restraint device can be utilized in a forward facing configuration or in an aft facing configuration. The forward facing configuration is utilized with small children and toddlers, while the aft facing configuration is utilized with infants and small children without sufficient neck development. When the device is not in use, the back panel is folded down towards the base member to form a relatively thin stowable assembly where it can be properly stored.

Abstract: A child restraint car bed is disclosed comprising a shell body (12) including a chamber (5) sized to receive an infant; and first and second through-slots (44, 46) extending through the shell body and communicating with the chamber. A lower surface portion (42) of the first sidewall is concave to support an infant in an on-side position and the bottom chamber surface (40) is substantially planar to support the child in a supine position. A harness assembly (78) is further provided for engaging the shell body and includes retention straps (80, 82, 84) having hook and loop end portions (86, 92, 94) that extend through the through-slots (44, 46) and attach to an infant positioned within the chamber to fixedly secure the infant to the shell body. The harness assembly laterally moves within the through-slots (44, 46) into alternative locations to adjust to a variable body position assumed by an infant in the chamber.

Abstract: A restraint harness that reduces frontal and lateral upper body movement of a vehicle occupant during a crash by substantially one-half over conventional restraint harnesses. In addition, the restraint harness further distributes crash load more on the occupant's shoulders, which are better able to handle the load. The restraint harness further distributes the crash load over a greater surface area than conventional restraint harnesses. In the preferred embodiment, the restraint harness is routed in a pulley configuration that restricts occupant movement to approximately one-half the distance that the occupant would move during a crash with a conventional harness restraint. The pulley action reduces slack in the straps, secures the occupant tightly to the seat, and limits the frontal and lateral displacement of the occupant's upper body, arms, and head.

Abstract: A child restraint seat is shown having a system for tightening the safety harness belt that includes an adjuster plate with the adjuster plate being slidably mounted on a guide track on the back side of the restraint seat. The adjuster plate includes a belt tensioning portion that contacts the safety harness belt at various positions between two opposite fixed ends of the safety harness belt. Movement of the adjuster plate along the guide track on the back side of the restraint seat causes the belt tensioning portion of the adjuster plate to change the slack length of the safety belt by an amount approximately equal to two times the distance which the adjuster plate is moved along the guide track. A pawl is part of the adjuster plate assembly and is biased into contact with teeth on the guide track to hold the adjuster plate in a predetermined position along the guide track.

Abstract: A four point seat-mounted restraint apparatus for a vehicle includes in a preferred embodiment a first pair of flexible lap belts connected at laterally opposite sides of a seat cushion with inner ends transversely connectable to one another across pelvic regions of an occupant and a second pair of flexible shoulder belts connected to a seat back and extending forward of the seat back adjacent the neck and across the clavicle of the occupant. The shoulder belts extend from the clavicle essentially parallel downward across front edge portions of the occupant's rib cage to laterally spaced attachment with the lap belts adjacent pelvic regions of an occupant.

Abstract: A lift vest to enable a caregiver to assist a patient in moving from one position to another includes a base garment having an exterior surface that is shaped to cover at least a substantial portion of the upper torso of a patient, a horizontal waist belt supported to the exterior surface of the garment and dimensioned to surround the torso of the patient, a horizontal chest belt supported to the exterior surface of the garment and dimensioned to surround the upper torso of the patient, a left shoulder strap supported on the exterior surface of the garluent and configured to extend over the left shoulder of the patient is secured at opposed end portions to the horizontal waist and chest belts and a right shoulder strap is supported on the exterior surface of the garment and is configured to extend over the right shotulder of the patient and is secured at opposed end portions to the horizontal waist and chest belts, the belts and straps providing hand holds for use by the caregiver when assisting the patient.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing a child to an adult on a vehicle having lap safety belts having a first strap formed into a loop and sized for placing over the head and resting on an adult's shoulders; a first gender portion of a mating buckle assembly secured to the first strap; a second strap sized for reaching from the first strap, under the adult's torso, between the adult and child's legs, and reaching to engage the first portion of the buckle assembly, and having a mating buckle portion; a third strap secured on both ends to the strap and forming a sleeve; a forth strap suitably sized to reach around the adult and child's torso when the child is seated on the adult's lap, threaded through the sleeve, with mating buckle assemblies on both ends of the strap.

Abstract: This multi-purpose child safety harness (10) is wearable and is used to support, hold, restrain, and protect a child (33) during a variety of the child's activities. In FIGS. 1-4, the harness (10) includes a torso band (11), a pair of shoulder straps (19, 21), an inner crotch strap (15), an outer crotch strap (16), and underarm securing straps (23, 25). The outer crotch strap is attached at the rear of the torso band and is used to secure the child to a seat (36) by looping the free end underneath the seat so as to attach it to the chest portion of the torso band thereby securing the child to the seat. The shoulder straps provide ejection protection of the child during swinging and other active pursuits. The securing straps are attached to the harness underneath each arm of the child and are terminated in means for securing the child to swing chains or ropes, and to various types of chairs, shopping carts, strollers, or other fixtures desired to safely retain the child.

Abstract: A modular item of child's furniture can be converted from a high chair to a child's chair by removing four chair leg extensions. A lumbar support is provided for the child occupying the chair that is shaped to match the average physiological needs of an infant from birth to two years of age. An adjustable safety strap that is drawn over the child's shoulders restrains dangerous side-to-side swaying motion. A tray also is provided that can be installed on the chair or removed from the chair through a single adult hand manipulation as well as being assembled into a table by attaching the chair leg extensions to the tray.An arcuate rung also can be attached to the chair legs in order to convert the chair into a rocking chair.

Abstract: A child restraint seat assembly integral with a passenger seat in a vehicle. The child seat includes a back support constructed and arranged to support a torso of a child in a seated posture. A bottom support is pivotally mounted to the back support and moveable between a stowed position and a deployed position for supporting the child in the seated posture when in the deployed position. A pair of shoulder belts extend over the back support and are constructed and arranged to secure the torso of the child to the back support. A pair of lap belts extend over the bottom support and are constructed and arranged to secure a lap region of the child. A crotch belt is integrally connected to the lap belts and extends upwardly from the bottom support for locking engagement with the shoulder belts.

Abstract: An adaptive patient support and restraint system provides (i) selective delivery of physical support, physical restraint, or physical support and physical restraint to control movement of the patient's upper body and lower body, (ii) adjustable delivery of physical support, physical restraint, or physical support and physical restraint to accommodate a range of patient sizes, various chair, gerichair, wheelchair, and bed sizes and types, (iii) variable delivery of physical support, physical restraint, or physical support and physical restraint to accommodate a range of patient medical and safety needs, and (iv) distributive delivery of physical support, physical restraint, or physical support and physical restraint to distribute stresses associated with support and restraint over a broad area of a patient's body. The adaptive patient support and restraint system includes a belt system, a garment system, and seating cushion system.

Abstract: A seat belt system (10) comprises first and second shoulder belt portions (30, 32) extensible from an upper portion (20) of the vehicle seat adjacent the shoulders of an occupant. The first and second shoulder belt portions (30, 32) are connected with the vehicle. First and second lap belt portions (74, 85) are extensible from sides (22, 24) of the vehicle seat (14) adjacent sides of the occupant (12) and partially across the lap of the occupant. A first anchor (64) connects a first end portion (62) of the first lap belt portion (74) with the vehicle adjacent one side of the occupant (12). A second anchor (68) connects a first end portion (66) of the second lap belt portion (85) with the vehicle adjacent another side of the occupant (12). The first and second shoulder belt portions (30, 32) and the first and second lap belt portions (74, 85) are interconnected adjacent a waist of the occupant (12). The first lap belt portion (74) has a second end portion (98) wound on a spool (96) of a retractor (76).

Abstract: A vehicle set back frame that is lightweight and sufficiently rigid to be incorporated in an all-belts-to-seat seat belt mechanism. A seat back shaped back frame is C-shaped in cross-section and wrapped with a load-transfer panel and a lumbar panel to form a box frame which houses seat belt retractors and resists back frame deformation due to frontal impact of the vehicle. A method of distributing seat belt loads is also disclosed.

Abstract: A seat belt clip for preventing the shoulder strap portion of a seat belt from being pulled too tight on the chest of a user by the seat belt retracting mechanism. The seat belt clip includes first and second arms each having inner and outer faces, a tab portion, an elongate cross portion coupled to the tab portion of the respective arm and a plurality of spaced apart elongate fingers outwardly extending from the cross portion of the respective arm. The inner faces of the first and second arms face. The first and second arms are pivotally coupled together at a fulcrum positioned between the tab portions of the arms adjacent the cross portions of the arms. The fingers of the first arm and the fingers of the second arm are biased towards one another.

Abstract: A child seat is provided wherein the distance between shoulder belts can be adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the height of a seat plate. The seat plate formed of a front seat plate and a rear seat plate is supported to a seat body attached to a seat back such that the seat plate can be moved up and down. The seat plate is supported by a front link and a rear link. As the seat plate is moved up and down, an interlocking member is also moved up and down so that shoulder belt guides engaged with elongated holes of the interlocking member slide closer to and apart from each other, thereby adjusting the distance between the shoulder belts.

Abstract: A child-restraint seat for a vehicle comprising a seat shell including a bottom seat portion, a back support portion and a child-restraint harness wherein a harness-control panel positioned to lie adjacent to a front surface of the back support portion to cause a child seated in the seat shell to rest against the harness-control panel and formed to receive a shoulder belt portion of the child-restraint harness is mounted on the seat shell for up and down movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder belt portion of the child-restraint harness with respect to the bottom seat portion to harness small-sized children and large-sized children in a restrained position in the seat shell.

Abstract: A child safety restraint system is provided for a car seat, and a method of using the same. The restraint system comprises a left and a right shoulder straps that are coupled with the seat, and pass over the left and right sides of the child. The shoulder straps are complete loops that are wrapped around the back cushion of the car seat. A crotch strap is coupled with the seat and passes between the thighs of the child. The crotch strap terminates in a loop passing through the car seat belt that is fastened to itself. A left and a right buckle are slidably coupled with the shoulder straps. A crotch buckle is coupled with the crotch strap, and is fastened together with the left and right buckles. The shoulder straps are passed over the sides of the child, the crotch strap is pulled up between the thighs, and the crotch buckle is fastened together with the left and right buckles.

Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises a safety belt (24) having three anchoring points borne by the seat (10). The belt (24) has two straps--a diagonal strap (26) and a lap strap (28)--which are connected to the anchoring points. The diagonal strap (26) has an upper end (E1) and a lower end (E2) which is common to the lap strap (28). This upper end (E1) and this lower end (E2) are placed on opposite sides--left and right--of the seat, so that the diagonal strap (26) extends obliquely from top to bottom of the seat. The upper end (E1) and lower end (E2) of the diagonal strap (26) can be switched over between the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the seat. The seat (10) preferably comprises two upper belt turn fixtures--a left-hand one (40) and a right-hand one (42)--and the belt (24) has two catches (36,38) which are intended to be fastened into two buckles--a left-hand one (32) and a right-hand one (34)--borne by the seat.

Abstract: A device and method contemplated for vertically positioning infants who do not have the muscular control necessary to sit upright unassisted for extended periods of time. The device supports such infants in an essentially upright position so that they can more easily interact with people and objects adjacent to them without an adult or older child having to hold them and support them about the waist. The device comprises a rigid bottomless U-shaped support having a slightly rearwardly inclined inside back surface, a wide chest strap, flexible padding attached against the U-shaped support, and sides which are approximately half the height of its back. The bottom edges of the U-shaped support are outwardly flared and wedge shaped to prevent the device from unpredictably moving backward and laterally as a result of abrupt infant movement.

Abstract: A child restraint system including a seat back pivotably connected to a seat bottom and having a fabric cover thereon. The seat back includes two oblong openings defined therein which are covered by mesh portions provided on the fabric cover to allow for the improved flow of air between the area behind and to the side of the seat back and the area in the vicinity of the torso of the child occupying the child restraint system and to allow for the easy connection of the child restraint system to the seat of the motor vehicle. A guide providing multiple possible positions for a shoulder belt of the motor vehicle seat belt system is provided on the seat back. The guide may be fixed with a plurality of fixed channels thereon for receiving and retaining the shoulder belt or the guide may be movable relative to the seat back, being yieldingly held in place by a spring and a pattern of serrations defined on the guide.

Abstract: A seat for use in an emergency vehicle includes a base portion and a seat back extending up from the base portion. The seat back includes a pair of vertical cushions spaced apart and positioned on opposite sides of a central recess that houses a self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA). A lower end of each vertical cushion includes a removable insert and an upper end includes a retaining tab adapted to retain a shoulder strap of the SCBA. The base of the seat includes portions of reduced width along opposite edges of the base to provide clearance for a seat belt or seat tether. Attached to the seat back is a headrest frame having a curved top handle portion that facilitates inserting the SCBA into the recess, provides clearance for removal of the SCBA, and provides added structural stability to the seat.

Abstract: A support unit for a shoulder belt of a safety belt system provided with a rolling mechanism in the form of an integrated component of a seat structure of an airplane seat. A sectional traverse girder is mounted approximately on shoulder level between the side walls of the seat structure of an airplane seat. The transverse girder has a guide slot for the shoulder belt and at least two support webs for the rolling mechanism are clamped in a frictionally engaging manner into the transverse girder.

Abstract: A flexible and adjustable harness used by drivers of cranes and earth moving equipment is disclosed. In its preferred embodiment, the flexible and adjustable harness is used when it is necessary for a driver of a crane or an earth moving equipment to lean over to view objects such as loads and obstacles directly below his or her seat. The flexible and adjustable harness includes a flexible slip-on portion that easily slips onto the driver seat. The harness also includes a flexible right wrap and a flexible left wrap which enclose the driver's abdominal and chest areas and bear the weight of the driver when he or she leans over to view loads or obstacles under his or her seat. The flexible and adjustable harness also comprises left and right wrap elastic safety bands that add to the protection and safety provided by the left and right wraps. The flexible and adjustable harness further includes back side left and right safety bands to safely secure the harness' slip-on portion to the driver seat.

Abstract: A small child and infant restraint device is disclosed which can be used with an existing seat of a transportation member such as an aircraft passenger seat. The restraint device includes a base member connected to a back panel by a hinge member. A seat pan provides a seating surface for the child or infant. A seat belt path is defined between the seat pan and the base member for disposal across the base member of a seat belt associated with the existing passenger seat, for attaching the restraint device to the existing passenger seat. The restraint device can be utilized in a forward facing configuration or in an aft facing configuration. The forward facing configuration is utilized with small children and toddlers, while the aft facing configuration is utilized with infants and small children without sufficient neck development. When the device is not in use, the back panel is folded down towards the base member to form a relatively thin stowable assembly where it can be properly stored.