Patent ID: 6269991
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A45C,A45F,G10G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for recycling a seat belt assembly of an automobile by taking components of the seat belt and making a strap member therefrom, the method comprising the steps of:providing an automobile seat belt buckle system comprising a male seat belt buckle member insertably retainable within a female seat belt buckle member,providing a pair of elongate strap members comprising a first length of seat belt strap material and a second length of seat belt strap material;providing first and second slip buckles;providing first and second connecting members, each comprising a length of sheet material having an aperture defined adjacent an end thereof;attaching the first length of seat belt strap material to the female seat belt buckle member and attaching the first connecting member to the first length of seat belt strap material opposite the female seat belt buckle member so that the end of the connecting member having the aperture is free;attaching the second connecting member to the first slip buckles to provide a connecting/buckle member;attaching the second length of seat belt strap material to the male buckle member to provide a buckle/strap member having the male seat belt buckle defining one end thereof and a free end of the second length of seat belt strap material defining the other end thereof;slidably positioning the second slip buckle along the buckle/strap member intermediate the ends thereof;slidably positioning the connecting/buckle member along the buckle/strap member so that the connecting/buckle member is between the second slip buckle and the free end of the buckle/strap member;passing the free end of the buckle/strap member through a portion of the second slip buckle and attaching the free end of the buckle/strap member to a portion of the second length of seat belt strap material to fix the position of the free end of the buckle/strap member relative to the second slip buckle.