Patent ID: 7063389

Claim:
A seat belt system adapted for use with a seat having a seat-belt ready seat frame of a type having a substantially vertical, rectangular back seat frame formed by rigidly joined top, side, and bottom bar portions, a substantially horizontal, rectangular bottom seat frame formed by rigidly joined front, rear, and side bar portions and joined to said back seat frame, a seat back cushion removably attached to said back seat frame and a seat bottom cushion removably attached to said bottom seat frame, without further modification to said seat frame; said seat belt system comprising: a) a retractor and belt housing unit comprising: i) an enclosure portion; ii) a lid portion fixedly attached to said enclosure portion; iii) a seat belt retractor contained within said enclosure and lid portions and fixedly attached to said enclosure portion comprising: 1) a seat belt retractor mechanism; and 2) a retractor shoulder belt bounded by front and back sides mounted on said seat belt retractor mechanism and having at a distal end thereof a first seat belt connector; iv) a back cover portion, adapted at one end to be fixedly attached to said seat belt ready seat frame and at an opposite end to be removably attached to said retractor and belt housing unit and covering said back side of said retractor shoulder belt extending from said retractor and belt housing unit; said back cover portion in conjunction with said enclosure and lid portions forming an aperture for passage of said retractor shoulder belt such that said aperture permits said retractor shoulder belt to be withdrawn and retracted by use of said seat belt retractor mechanism through said aperture; and v) means enabling said retractor and belt housing unit to be adapted such that it can be fixedly attached to the underside of said seat belt ready seat frame; b) a multi-connecting lap and shoulder belt adapted to be fixedly attached at one end to said seat belt ready seat frame, and connected at a distal end by means of a Y-junction configuration to second and third seat belt connectors, wherein said second connector releasably interconnects with said first connector; and c) a single lap belt adapted to be fixedly attached at one end to said seat frame and connected at the opposite distal end to a fourth seat belt connector releasably interconnected with said third connector.