Patents by Inventor Robert Mader

Robert Mader 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).

  • Patent number: 4848794
    Abstract: A safety belt connector fitting is disclosed in association with a three-point safety belt harness wherein the connector fitting is mounted on a mid-portion of the belt to be releasably anchored to an associated push button type buckle positioned inboard of the vehicle passenger seat. The slide bar of the connector fitting has a web spanning the belt receiving aperture of the fitting base plate for entraining the safety belt through the fitting. The web has upper longitudinal corner surfaces which are truncated to provide flattened surfaces facilitating sliding movement of the belt thereby when the fitting is suspended on the belt in a stored condition. Lower longitudinally extending corners of the web have conventional right angle corner configurations to cinch the safety belt between the slide bar and the fitting base when the connector is in use to hold a passenger via lower portions of the safety belt in his vehicle seat in an emergency condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Mader, Gary P. Staniszewski