Patent ID: 6174032
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A combination comprising:a vehicle seat belt assembly including a lap belt and a diagonally-extending shoulder strap attached to one element of a buckle device; anda shoulder strap repositioner including a body having a top, bottom, left side and right side and positionable against a torso of a seated person, said body in turn including:left and right side wings each having a rear surface that faces the torso during use and an opposed front surface, said left and right side wings having respective generally vertically-extending outer edges defining the left and right sides of said body, and having respective generally vertically-extending inner edges facing towards each other;a center section having a rear surface, an opposed front surface, and generally vertically-extending left and right side edges;each of said side wings being joined to said center section at the top and bottom, the inner edges of said side wings and the side edges of said center section cooperating to define generally vertically-extending left and right side slots having respective relatively upper and relatively lower terminations and having closed peripheries; andsaid slots being configured such that said lap belt and shoulder strap pass through said slots, with said lap belt and shoulder strap crossing over portions of said front surfaces of said side wings and crossing over portions of said rear surface of said center section, with said lap belt positioned adjacent the relatively lower terminations of said slots, and with said shoulder strap contacting the relatively upper termination of one of said slots.