Engageable With Both Shoulders Of Occupant Patents (Class 297/484)
  • Patent number: 11932195
    Abstract: A restraint harness for securing a passenger in a seat of a vehicle includes a plurality of lateral straps, a pair of shoulder straps, a pair of crotch straps, and a plurality of D-ring connectors. The plurality of lateral straps may be configured to encircle a torso of the passenger. At least two lateral straps include a flexible portion allowing the restraint harness to accommodate a variety of torso diameters. The pair of shoulder straps generally extend over left and right shoulders of the passenger from an anterior side of the restraint harness to a posterior side of the restraint harness. The pair of crotch straps generally extend from an anterior side of the restraint harness to a posterior side of the restraint harness. The plurality of D-ring connectors is generally disposed on the posterior side of the restraint harness and configured to provide four points of attachment between the posterior side of the restraint harness and the seat of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Inventors: Jodi Marshell, Terry Marshell
  • Patent number: 11912175
    Abstract: A headrest height adjustment mechanism connected to a slider fixed to a headrest, comprising: an integral engaging member, for positioning the headrest; a connecting member, a first end of the connecting member is pivotally connected to the slider, and the second end of the connecting member is connected to the engaging member; an operating member, connected to the engaging member to operate the engaging member; and an elastic member, abutted between the connecting member and the slider. The headrest height adjustment mechanism according to the application can adjust the height of the headrest in a simpler and effective manner, and has reliable locking and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zongwang Cui
  • Patent number: 11904741
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism of nursery equipment includes a string connecting a fixed portion and a movable portion, a reel that is rotatable in both forward and reverse directions and that changes the position or shape of the movable portion by winding up and feeding out the string, a biasing member that biases the reel in such a way that the reel rotates in a winding direction of the string, and a lock member that prohibits rotation of the reel. A biasing force of the biasing member is selected to be smaller than a biasing force with which the movable portion tends to move downward in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Shibata, Tadashi Nishikawa, Tomoyuki Honda
  • Patent number: 11897415
    Abstract: An occupant restraint system for retaining an occupant in a vehicle seat includes a support extending adjacent a back of the vehicle seat so that the back of the vehicle seat extends between the occupant and the support. At least one strap has first and second ends attached to the support. The at least one strap extends around the occupant and the back of the seat so that the back of the vehicle seat and the occupant are between the support and the at least one strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
    Inventors: Hylus Ranjit Raj Jayakar, Wael Youssef-Agha
  • Patent number: 11845395
    Abstract: A motor vehicle, seat and multi-point restraint system combination may include one or a combination of means for selectively preventing forward pivoting of the seat, one or more web attenuators for dampen forces applied thereby by one or more respective shoulder webs of the multi-point restraint system, at least one sleeve received on at least one shoulder web and a corresponding sleeve adjuster for adjusting a position of the sleeve along the respective shoulder web, web retractors operatively coupled to each of a pair of lap webs and to each of a pair of thigh webs of the multi-point restraint system, and at least one web retractor operatively coupled to the shoulder webs of the multi-point restraint system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas W. Bittner, Jeffrey A. King, Steven Gale, Chris P Jessup
  • Patent number: 11827364
    Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat including a seat frame forming a seat back, the seat frame being configured to couple with an aerospace vehicle, and a seat pan coupled to the seat frame, where one or more of the seat frame and the seat pan is configured to couple the seat pan to the seat frame in one of a plurality of positions relative to the seat frame so that an eye position of a seat occupant relative to instrumentation within the aerospace vehicle is decoupled from a size of the seat occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael C. McCarley, Christopher Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11820261
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an accessory and an infant seat having the accessory. The accessory includes a main body, an engaging portion and an operating member. The engaging portion is disposed on the main body and has a locking position for engaging with the infant seat and a releasing position for disengaging from the infant seat. The operating member is slidably disposed on the main body and is connected to the engaging portion. The operating member is operated to slide for switching the engaging portion between the locking position and the releasing position. The accessory moves the engaging portion to the locking or releasing position via sliding of the operating member, so that the accessory can be engaged with or detached from the infant seat. The accessory is convenient to operate and has a simple structure and a low manufacturing cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Hongbo Chen
  • Patent number: 11745629
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion and two sidewalls, the backrest portion having a front surface facing forward that is suitable to provide support for a child's back, the two sidewalls being respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the seat shell for restricting sideways movements of a child who sits in the seat shell, one of the two sidewalls having a sidewall portion located in front of the front surface. The buffering part is connected with the seat shell, the buffering part being operable to protrude sideways at an outer side of the sidewall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Xiao Long Mo, Da Liang Zhang, Zheng-Wen Guo, Ying-Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11731767
    Abstract: An adjustable vehicle seat including a seat frame forming a seat back, the seat frame being configured to couple with an aerospace vehicle, and a seat pan coupled to the seat frame, where one or more of the seat frame and the seat pan is configured to couple the seat pan to the seat frame in one of a plurality of positions relative to the seat frame so that an eye position of a seat occupant relative to instrumentation within the aerospace vehicle is decoupled from a size of the seat occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael C. McCarley, Christopher Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11413992
    Abstract: Provided is a child safety seat, comprising a seat body and a five-point safety belt disposed on the seat body, wherein the seat body comprises a housing, the five-point safety belt comprises a safety belt buckle, and the housing is internally provided with a storage slot used for storing the safety belt buckle; the seat body further comprises a head support assembly disposed on the housing in a sliding up and down manner, the head support assembly having a predetermined position; when the safety belt buckle is placed in the storage slot, the head support assembly is allowed to be higher than the predetermined position; according to the child safety seat, the five-point safety belt or a car safety belt can be correspondingly selected for use based on the size of a child, and the height of a head support can be adjusted in a corresponding range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Goodbaby Child Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Youcai Zhang, Binqing Zhou, Fuge Huang
  • Patent number: 11198412
    Abstract: The present invention relates to accessory systems for enhancing the security of restraint system used in a vehicle with a lap seatbelt system. A plurality of straps can placed on the upper surface of a vehicle seat and configured to provide a secure connection between the shoulders of the restraint system and an upper portion of the vehicle seat, the anchoring system securing the torso of the individual to the seat back. An optional plurality of straps are configured to provide a supplemental connection between the anchoring system and a rear portion of the seat, tethering the anchoring system to the vehicle to anchoring structures in the floor of the vehicle or the bottom portion of the seat. The straps can be adjusted to accommodate different heights in wearers, seats backs, and vehicle seats, making the restraint user adjustable for use by different wearers and in different vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Inventors: Hoon Y. Kim, Hyun S Kim
  • Patent number: 11167718
    Abstract: A seat mount, to be used with a school bus restraint vest or harness that provides a means where the passenger seated in the restraint cannot easily remove himself or herself from the seat mount without the assistance of another individual. The upper attachment of the seat mount loops-through D-rings on the passenger's vest, and then returns and attaches to the backside of the seat, out of reach of the passenger. The straps of the upper attachment may also be independently adjusted after the seat mount is attached to the passenger wearing the vest. The lower attachment at the hips includes a deterrent in which the passenger cannot easily remove the snap hook from the D-ring. This is accomplished by using a metal O-ring that is slipped over the snap hook tongue preventing it from opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: BESI, Inc.
    Inventors: Kami J. Archibald, Brittany M. Swadener, Aaron H. Harris
  • Patent number: 11014526
    Abstract: A child safety harness for securing children to a seat of a vehicle is disclosed herein. The child safety harness comprises a pair of shoulder straps, a torso strap mounted to the pair of shoulder straps, and a back strap mounted to the pair of shoulder straps and the torso strap. As a result, the child safety harness can fit all children and relieves the discomfort caused by other harnesses. The child safety harness comprises a connector provided at the back strap. The connector allows the child safety harness to be easily removable from the seat of the car. The connector is used to mount the child safety harness to the seat belt via the back strap to secure the child to the seat of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the child safety harness is adapted to strap multiple children through the use of one lap belt and shoulder belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventor: Harvest Morgan
  • Patent number: 10994638
    Abstract: A web management system includes a base that is configured to be secured to the seat of a vehicle. A retraction member has a first end and a second end. The first end is fixedly secured to an anchor attached to the base. The retraction member is configured to expand and retract in length between a first length and a shorter second length. The expansion and retraction are biased in favor of retraction to the second length. A web having at least a portion is fixedly secured to the base. A roller is attached to the second end of the retraction member. The roller is configured to slidably couple the web to the retraction member. Retraction of the retraction member takes up slack in the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Geist
  • Patent number: 10933784
    Abstract: A seatback assembly includes a seatback frame having first and second side members that define a back support portion of the seatback frame. An upper frame member interconnects the first and second side members of the seatback frame to define a headrest support portion of the seatback frame. An upper mounting plate is coupled to the upper frame member. A retaining bar is coupled to the upper mounting plate. A retractor mechanism is operably coupled the back support portion of the seatback frame. A mounting bracket is operably coupled to the seatback frame. A seatbelt includes a webbing having a first portion which is operably coupled to and extending from the retractor mechanism towards the retaining bar within an interior of the seatback assembly. A second portion of the webbing extends from the retaining bar to the mounting bracket within the interior of the seatback assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Yilma, Edward Joseph DeSmet, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Spencer Robert Hoernke
  • Patent number: 10786409
    Abstract: A support belt assists caretaker in moving an ambulatory-impaired person. A strap has a plurality of attachment fixtures such as grommets that are longitudinally spaced and has a buckle for engaging the strap around a torso of an individual. The connector is engageable between a selected two of the attachment fixtures to draw one portion of the strap to closely encircle the ambulatory-impaired person and to form another portion of the strap into a grasping loop. A second support belt can be attached to the strap by two or more belt connector in order to double the portion of the torso encircled or to support buttocks or thigh of the ambulatory-impaired person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Concepto LLC
    Inventors: Sambhu Choudhury, Sean Lynch, Arturo David Sanchez
  • Patent number: 10703329
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat, and a first seatbelt having a first end and a second end. The first end of the first seatbelt is coupled to the seat. The seat assembly includes a latch plate and a second seatbelt. The latch plate is fixed to the second end of the first seatbelt, and the second seatbelt is slideably coupled to the latch plate. The first seatbelt and the second seatbelt increase lateral support of the occupant during, e.g., a rollover event, oblique or side impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
  • Patent number: 10668890
    Abstract: A system and method for securing a child in a typical adult-sized automobile seat are provided. The system includes a plurality of straps, or webbing, removably attached to the typical adult-sized automobile seat, an optional seat pad, two optional shoulder pads, two optional shoulder buckles, a chest buckle, and a hip buckle. The system is configured to safely and conveniently secure the child into the typical adult-sized automobile seat, thereby reducing or eliminating a need for a child-sized automobile seat. During use, the system secures the child into the typical adult-sized automobile seat, thereby preventing or ameliorating injury from an automobile collision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Winfield Rock
  • Patent number: 10485306
    Abstract: A closure system has a main body having a hollow cavity, a locking mechanism slidably disposed within the cavity, and a plurality of fastening elements. The locking mechanism is formed of a central post, a plurality of engagement pins connected to the central post, and an actuator, such that pulling the actuator causes the locking mechanism to move between a locked and unlocked position. Each fastening element has an aperture for connecting to the locking mechanism by inserting the fastening element into the cavity while the locking mechanism is in the unlocked position, and then pushing the actuator to slide the locking mechanism into the locked position. All of the fastening elements can then be released simultaneously from the locking mechanism by pulling the actuator to slide the locking mechanism from the locked position to the unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Duraflex Hong Kong Limited
    Inventor: Attilio Lovato
  • Patent number: 10173553
    Abstract: A child car seat can include a seat base and a seat shell. The seat shell can include a seat bottom and a seat back along a front side of the seat shell. Shoulder straps can be provided to assist holding a child in place in the car seat. The shoulder straps can extend through openings in the seat back of the seat shell and can be coupled to a splitter plate positioned along a back side of the seat shell. The splitter plate can include a slot for receiving a tightening strap and a roller or radiused edge positioned adjacent the slot to help the tightening strap slide along the roller or radiused edge when tension is applied to it. The tightening strap can be routed through the slot and under the seat shell and can pass through another slot along the seat bottom to tighten the shoulder straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Jake Mitchell, Nicholas James Lombardi, Nicholas Henry Reaves, Daniel J. Brunick, Andrew Phillip Kitchens
  • Patent number: 10040418
    Abstract: A motor vehicle seatbelt restraint arrangement including a continuous seatbelt. When the occupant is seated the seatbelt buckle tongue is drawable across the body to engage the buckle providing firstly a pre-impact configuration of the seatbelt characterized by a lap belt portion resting on the hips or upper legs of the occupant, wherein the lap belt portion is rearward vertically offset relative to an underside belt portion of the continuous seatbelt across the seating surface of the seat, and secondly an impact configuration of the seatbelt characterized by the lap belt portion and the underside belt portion being less rearward vertically offset and substantially vertically aligned one with respect to the other to provide a more vertically aligned loop of the continuous seatbelt around the hips or upper legs of the occupant at impact preventing submarining of the occupant out from the motor vehicle seat during impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: LIFEBELT PTY LIMITED
    Inventors: Luigi Pisaniello, Marcel Stephan, Robert Judd, Lino Fusco
  • Patent number: 9981629
    Abstract: Systems for retraining an occupant within a vehicle seat as disclosed herein include a lap belt having connectable lap-belt segments along a seat bottom extending from respective connection points with the seat or the vehicle. A connection element extends upwardly along a seat back from an attachment point to a connecting member, and shoulder straps extend from the connecting member for placement over the occupant's shoulders when seated within the vehicle seat. The lap-belt segments may be connected directly or indirectly with the shoulder straps, and shoulder strap length may be adjusted via the lap-belt segments or an intermediate element used to connect the lap-belt segments with the shoulder straps. A vertical belt extends from the connecting member along the back portion of the vehicle seat to an attachment point within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Inventor: Darren Joseph Farrugia
  • Patent number: 9586505
    Abstract: A harness tensioner for a child safety seat has a lower lever part pivotable about an axis and an upper lever part above the lower lever part and pivotable about a different axis. A lower portion of the upper lever part contacts with an upper portion of the lower lever part. Harness straps of a child safety seat are coupled to the upper lever part. Upon an impact event, the lower part is moved against a biasing force, which in turn moves the upper part to apply rearward tension to the harness straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Alan Morgenstern
  • Patent number: 9555823
    Abstract: An infant seat support assembly is disclosed for supporting an infant seat relative to a structure, such as a shopping cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventor: Rachel Dehmer
  • Patent number: 9480308
    Abstract: A four-point seat belt system for restraining a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat is disclosed. The system includes a four-point seat belt restraint system mounted on a vehicle seat that includes a first lap belt portion having a back side and a second lap belt portion having a back side. A portion of at least one of the back side of the first lap belt portion or the back side of the second lap belt portion has a contour which substantially corresponds to the contour of the lap of the seated vehicle occupant. The contour is defined by a convex surface. Each of the buckle portion and the tongue portion may include a button release.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen William Rouhana, Paul George Bedewi, Frank A. MacKenzie, Sundeep Venkat Kankanala
  • Patent number: 9381834
    Abstract: The child safety seat disclosed in the present invention includes a seatback, a headrest and a belt. The headrest is disposed on the seatback, and is adapted to move relative to the seatback up and down. The headrest includes an inclined guiding portion disposed on a bottom portion of the headrest, and an indentation of the inclined guiding portion points upward. The belt is disposed between the seatback and the headrest. The belt slidably contacts the headrest when a passenger sits the child safety seat and is constrained by the belt, and the headrest moves downwardly so that the inclined guiding portion drives the belt to be close to a center of the headrest. A height of the headrest is adjustable, a shoulder belt of the belt automatically moves when the height of the headrest is adjusted, and the neck of the passenger can be constrained by the shoulder belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: James M.F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 9358947
    Abstract: The heavy equipment seat restraint is a four point belt in seat restraint system for use in heavy equipment such as forklifts or bulldozers. The heavy equipment seat restraint provides a chest strap worn horizontally across the chest, a lap strap worn horizontally across the lap, and a torso strap worn diagonally across the torso. The heavy equipment seat restraint comprises chest straps, torso straps, lap straps, a chest buckle, a torso buckle, a lap buckle, a first tension adjustment device, a second tension adjustment device, a third tension adjustment device, a fourth tension adjustment device, a first anchor, a second anchor, a third anchor, and a fourth anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Inventor: Billy Zorn
  • Patent number: 9295343
    Abstract: Restraining and supporting a child in a chair using a combination vest and chair attachment is disclosed herein. The vest can include two straps, each of which can have two loops. One loop can be located under the arm hole of the vest and may include a second portion of a connector. The other loop may be removably attached to a pole on the back of a chair and can also include a first portion of the connector. The loops containing the first portions of the connectors can be removably attached to separate poles on either side of a back of a chair. The connectors allow the vest to be removably attached to the chair. In one embodiment, the two loops removably attached to the chair are formed by using a buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Inventor: Chavie Gratt
  • Patent number: 9278666
    Abstract: The object to provide a child safety seat for a vehicle with a harness that can be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension is solved by the child safety seat for a vehicle according to the invention with a harness for restraining a passenger in said seat, whereas said harness is to be tightened and clamped at a predetermined tension when in use and at least one adjuster strap of said harness is guided through a spring loaded element enabled to maintain the predetermined tension in the at least one adjuster strap of said harness and whereas that adjuster strap runs then through a clamping device to avoid slip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
    Inventor: Gavin Paul Leese
  • Patent number: 9233628
    Abstract: A seat assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly includes a shell portion, a pair of harness straps, a seat cover, and a harness pad. The shell portion has an outer surface. The pair of harness straps have an upper portion. The seat cover has an inner surface. The harness pad includes a first portion and a pair of elongated pads. The first portion may be positioned between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the seat cover. The pair of elongated pads may be connected to the head portion. The elongated pads may each be configured to slidably receive the upper portion of a respective one of the harness straps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: RECARO CHILD SAFETY LLC
    Inventor: Chad Allen Sparling
  • Patent number: 9162593
    Abstract: A vehicle safety seat and infant carrier system allowing height adjustment of a shoulder harness strap without rethreading the harness strap through the seat. A positioning member is normally biased out of engagement with a toothed rail, allowing a harness strap carried by the positioning member to be adjusted up or down to fit the size of a child. As the harness strap is pulled tight, the positioning member is brought into engagement with the toothed rail, fixing the position of the strap relative to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: KIDS II, INC.
    Inventors: Scott R. Spence, Jacob Sclare, Michael A. Dotsey, Noah E. Dingler, Patrick B. Nolan
  • Patent number: 9156433
    Abstract: A four-point seat belt device includes right and left lap belts to press the hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat, two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger, a driving unit to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts, and a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle. The driving unit controls the lap belts in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa, Sr.
  • Patent number: 9138073
    Abstract: A removable seat restraint apparatus intended to restrain a child on a variety of seats is provided. The apparatus may include an adjustable waist strap that fits snugly around the waist of the child and at least two connecting straps that are transversely attached at opposing end of the waist strap. The connecting straps may connect on the periphery of the seat to a support strap assembly which may be attached to one or more support structures such as a chair leg or pedestal. The length of the support straps may be adjustable to keep the waist centered on the seat when secured around the waist of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Farva Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Michael Margolius
  • Patent number: 9120448
    Abstract: A four-point seat belt device includes: a right hip belt and left hip belt to press against the hip bone of a passenger: a right shoulder belt and a left shoulder belt to press against both shoulders: a drive unit to retract the right and left hip belts, and the right and left shoulder belts: an engagement detection unit to detect that the right and left hip belts and the right and left shoulder belts are engaged via a buckle: and a detection unit to detect that the right hip belt and the left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger. The drive unit retracts the right and left hip belts after the engagement detection unit detects an engagement and the detection unit detects that the right hip belt and left hip belt are not making contact with the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Isamu Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 9022471
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The child restraint also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement relative to a seat back included in the juvenile seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul D. Gaudreau, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8992337
    Abstract: A portable toddler swing is provided. The swing includes a compliant shell, an upper adjustable strap, a fastener coupled to the upper adjustable strap, a lower adjustable strap, a pair of support straps and a pair of safety fasteners. The shell defines an inner cavity, including an upper portion defining a top opening and a circumferential passage, a bottom portion, a front portion defining a pair of leg openings, a back portion, and a pair of side portions. The upper adjustable strap is slidingly disposed within the circumferential passage, and adjusts the size of the top opening of the shell. The lower adjustable strap is connected to the bottom portion of the shell, and secures the shell to a playground swing seat. The pair of safety fasteners are coupled to upper portions of the support straps, and secure the support straps to the playground swing chains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: HoneyBee Child LLC
    Inventors: Jill P. Koziol, Katherine C. Stewart
  • Publication number: 20150069813
    Abstract: A restraint system for restraining a prisoner or the like comprising a left belt which has a generally horizontally extending left hip belt and a generally vertically extending left shoulder strap, a right belt which has a generally horizontally extending right hip belt releasably securable to the left hip belt and a generally vertically extending right shoulder strap, and a shoulder strap spacer operable to maintain a selected spacing between the left and right shoulder straps. The free ends of the left hip belt and right hip belt and the shoulder strap spacer are adapted to be releasably attached to a fixed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventor: Darrin Keith Furr
  • Patent number: 8973945
    Abstract: A retention harness for restraining a user within a vehicle. The harness includes a waist strap, a waist strap buckle assembly, two over the shoulder straps, a rear connector, and a forward connector. The waist strap is attachable to the waist strap buckle assembly. Each over the shoulder strap is attached to the waist strap buckle assembly. The two over the shoulder straps form an X on a user's back via a shoulder strap crossover plate, while each over the shoulder strap is adjustable via an adjustment slider. The rear connector is attached to the waist strap, and is attachable to retention hardware. The retention hardware is attachable to a bar attached to the vehicle. The forward connector is attached to the waist strap buckle assembly and attachable to forward retention hardware, the forward retention hardware attachable to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Peter Seidenberger, William Reason, Zachariah Thull, Patrick Dillon
  • Patent number: 8974005
    Abstract: A child restraint harness includes first and second shoulder straps, a first chest clip connector held with the first shoulder strap and having an engaging part, and a second chest clip connector held with the second shoulder strap and having a catch structure. The engaging part is operable to engage and lock with the catch structure selectively at a first position to hold the first and second shoulder straps apart from each other at a first distance, and at a second position to hold the first and second shoulder straps apart from each other at a second distance greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, James M. F. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 8960804
    Abstract: A child restraining system for a vehicle the system comprising: at least one web (60), suitable for attachment to a harness comprising a shoulder strap (14); wherein in use the one or more webs (60) covers an area substantially below the scapula and the same or a different web covers at least part of the side of the abdomen; thereby limiting the ability of a child to slide an arm or a shoulder out from under the strap (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Systematic Strategy Limited
    Inventor: Richard Knight
  • Patent number: 8944503
    Abstract: A harness retractor (62) for a harness system (60) of a child safety harness, which has a tensioning web (80) and buckle connectors (70) coupled to straps of the safety harness. The tensioning device has a rotatable retractor mechanism (90) connected to the tensioning web (80) and biased to wind up the tensioning web in a wind up rotation direction. The tensioning device has a locking device (110) biased to a first position preventing rotation of the retractor mechanism in the wind up direction. The tensioning device has a buckle housing (64) coupled to the retractor mechanism. The buckle connectors (70) are releasably connectable to the buckle housing (64). A release mechanism is connected between the locking device (110) and the buckle housing (64) and can switch the locking device from the first position to a second position permitting rotation of the retractor mechanism in the wind up direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Luther Gates, Fred Buckingham, Mark Main
  • Patent number: 8919889
    Abstract: An adjustable harness and a chair therewith are disclosed. The adjustable harness includes an attachment component, an adjustment component, and a shoulder strap. The attachment component is fixedly disposed on a backrest of a chair. The adjustment component is disposed on the attachment component and capable of being operated to move relative to the attachment component. An end of the shoulder strap is connected to the adjustment component. Thereby, the attachment component and the adjustment component function as an adjustment mechanism, by which a user can simply and fast adjust the shoulder strap, so as to solve the problem of tediousness and time consuming in adjusting restraint systems in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Schantal M. Kane, Curtis M. Hartenstine
  • Patent number: 8911013
    Abstract: A safety seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat unit and a back unit having an upper part and a lower part. The safety seat can be connected by way of the upper part to the structure of a motor vehicle, and the lower part can be dropped with respect to the upper part. The lower part is guided on the upper part and is connected to the upper part by at least one energy-absorbing support strap. The seat unit has a forward part connected in articulated fashion to the upper part of the back unit, and a rear part which is connected in articulated fashion to the lower part of the back unit. The rear part of the seat unit drops farther than the forward part of the seat unit when a force resulting from an accident or an explosion acts on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Schroth Safety Products GmbH
    Inventor: Wilko Reinck
  • Patent number: 8851575
    Abstract: A harness apparatus including a first adjustable harness strap, a second adjustable harness strap, and a retainer apparatus. The retainer apparatus includes a first retainer portion slidably attached to the first harness strap, a second retainer portion slidably attached to the second harness strap, and a braking mechanism configured to prevent the first retainer portion and the second retainer portion from moving along the first harness strap and the second harness strap. The first retainer portion is removably attached to the second retainer portion. The braking mechanism includes a braking device configured to apply resistance to the first harness strap and/or the second harness strap and to hold the retainer apparatus in a stationary position along the first harness strap and the second harness strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Mark J. Friedman
  • Publication number: 20140284992
    Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in safety Seat Belt, and seat Belt devices for drivers and passengers of vehicles, the invention being particularly designed to be applied to various vehicles for securing and retraining the driver and or passengers from being injured in case of a accident, collision, or crash of any kind and adapted to be applied to the seats of various vehicles, such occupants of automobiles, buses, trucks, trains, airplanes, Race cars, and is a continuation in part of my prior application for dual seat belt. Observation, study, and being catastrophic injured myself in a automobile accident has led me to the conclusion that a large number of injuries and fatalities could be avoided if proper safety devices are placed on the seats of vehicles, and persons using the seat utilize the safety devices. (Dual Seat Belt).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Antonio Chambers
  • Patent number: 8820789
    Abstract: Various embodiments of seat harness pretensioning devices for use in land, air, and sea vehicles are described herein. In one embodiment, a seat unit for use in a military land vehicle or helicopter includes a stroking device that enables the seat to move downwardly in response to sudden movement. The seat unit also includes a seat belt or harness that extends around the occupant in the seat. Sudden movement of the seat in response to an explosion or hard landing causes a tensioning system to automatically pretension the seat harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: AmSafe, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Merrill, Todd J. Humbert
  • Patent number: 8783782
    Abstract: A safety belt for a vehicle which can be worn in a manner of wearing suspenders to prevent a concentration of pressure to a part of the body of a seat occupant, and to uniformly distribute impact to thereby safely protect the seat occupant even upon the occurrence of an emergency during travel. To accomplish the above-described object, the safety belt for a vehicle according to the present invention comprises a pair of belts spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction on the front surface of a seatback and a connection unit for interconnecting the pair of belts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Inventor: Nam-Young Park
  • Patent number: 8777323
    Abstract: Various embodiments of restraint harnesses for use in land, air, and sea vehicles are described herein. In one embodiment, for example, a restraint harness can include a first shoulder web, a second shoulder web, and a torso web. A first end portion of the torso web can include a buckle that is configured to engage a connector at a second, opposite end portion of the torso web. The restraint harness can further include first and second portions of a stiffening material attached to first and second portions of the first and second shoulder webs, respectively. The stiffening material can form the first and second shoulder webs into preformed openings with inverted U-like shapes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: AmSafe, Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Merrill, Michael J. Walton, Zulma Y. Estrada
  • Patent number: 8777322
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: William R Horton, David Amirault
  • Patent number: 8764108
    Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The child restraint also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement relative to a seat back included in the juvenile seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul D. Gaudreau, Jr.