Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Mather

Bruce A. Mather has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Vehicle occupant restraint and method
    Patent number: 8087696
    Abstract: A component of a vehicle occupant restraint system, the vehicle occupant restraint system having a webbing with a lap belt portion and a shoulder belt portion contiguous with the lap belt portion, the component including a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, wherein in the open condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in two directions along the webbing, wherein in the engaged condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in only one direction along the webbing, and wherein the web engaging device is lockable in the open condition. A vehicle occupant restraint system including a webbing with lap and shoulder belt portions, a component having a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, and a tensioner configured to respond to at least one of the open and engaged conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Lap Belt Cinch, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Mather, Charles McLean Carter, Phillip Bruce Mather
  • Vehicle occupant restraint and method
    Publication number: 20090008919
    Abstract: A component of a vehicle occupant restraint system, the vehicle occupant restraint system having a webbing with a lap belt portion and a shoulder belt portion contiguous with the lap belt portion, the component including a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, wherein in the open condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in two directions along the webbing, wherein in the engaged condition the webbing is moveable relative to the web engaging device in only one direction along the webbing, and wherein the web engaging device is lockable in the open condition. A vehicle occupant restraint system including a webbing with lap and shoulder belt portions, a component having a web engaging device adapted to toggle between an open and an engaged condition, and a tensioner configured to respond to at least one of the open and engaged conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Inventors: Bruce Alan Mather, Charles McClean Carter, Phillip Bruce Mather
  • Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat
    Patent number: 7185919
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Lap Belt Cinch, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Mather, Paul Casimer Arone, Wesley J. Blanchard, Kenneth Gordon Grant, Jr., Philip Garret Kosarek, Richard Lonetto, Tom Manley, Richard McCulloch, Timothy Smith, Steven Thompson, Michael T. Vecchio, John H. Young
  • Apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat
    Patent number: 6938925
    Abstract: An apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Lap Belt Cinch, Inc.
    Inventor: Bruce A. Mather
  • Method and apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat
    Publication number: 20040195819
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a safety belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventors: Bruce A. Mather, Paul Casimer Arnone, Wesley J. Blanchard, Kenneth Gordon Grant, Philip Garret Kosarek, Richard Lonetto, Tom Manley, Richard McCulloch, Timothy Smith, Steven Thompson, Michael T. Vecchio, John H. Young
  • Apparatus for use on a safety belt system for restraining the movement of an occupant or child seat
    Publication number: 20030173766
    Abstract: An apparatus for reversibly locking a lap belt portion of a belt webbing in a three-point, continuous loop seat belt system which includes a tongue assembly having the belt webbing routed therethrough, includes a cinch body adapted to mount to the tongue assembly, and a cam coupled to the cinch body and adapted to urge the belt webbing against the cinch body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Bruce A. Mather
  • Method and apparatus for image capture, compression and transmission of a visual image over telephonic or radio transmission system
    Patent number: 6181954
    Abstract: An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily available, standard equipment receiving stations. The system is adapted to be installed in a standard cellular phone configuration, providing a portable, hand held, wireless transmission system for transmitting video image signals to a remote receiving station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Inventors: David A. Monroe, Richard Berlint, Michael Forman, Bruce Mather