Patent ID: 7699348
Filing Date: 2010-04-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A detachable safety belt for use in a vehicle with a shoulder/lap belt combination seat belt system including a first buckle and a first prong to securely restrain a pet, the detachable safely belt comprising: a restraint strap removably couplable to the torso of the pet, the restraint strap to wrap around a body portion of the pet for restricting movement of the restraint strap on the torso of the pet in response to an impact force that the vehicle to experience during at least one of a collision of the vehicle or sudden braking of the vehicle; and a harness coupled to the restraint strap, the harness to releasably couple to the seat belt system for controllably restraining movement of the body of the pet in response to the impact force, the harness having a second buckle and a second prong adapted to releasably couple to the first prong and first buckle of the shoulder/lap belt combination seat belt system respectively, wherein the harness includes a first harness portion between a first harness end and a second harness end and wherein the first harness portion has a first distance from the first harness end and a second distance from the second harness end, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, wherein the first harness portion being the length of strap between the first and second harness ends, wherein the first distance being the length of strap between the first harness end and a first strap end of the first harness portion, which is being coupled to the restraint strap and the second distance being the length of the strap between the second harness end and a second strap end of the first harness portion, which is being coupled to the restraint strap.