Patent ID: 8684414

Claim:
A seat belt device operable to provide restraint to a passenger in a vehicle seat wherein the passenger is in a supine position comprising: a first upper belt, said first upper belt having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first belt being anchored behind the seat back of the associated seat, said first upper belt extending downward across the seat back; a second upper belt, said second upper belt having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second belt being anchored behind the seat back of the associated seat, said second upper belt extending downward across the seat back of the associated seat, said second upper belt being located at least one foot apart from said first upper belt, said second end of said first upper belt and said second end of said second upper belt further include tongue plates, said tongue plates being integrally secured to said second end, said tongue plate further including an aperture, said tongue plate further including an angular perimeter edge; a lower belt, said lower belt having a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, said first portion of said lower belt having a first end and a second end, said first end of said first portion being anchored to the floorboard of the vehicle in which the seat belt device is disposed, said first portion of said lower belt being retractably mounted to the floorboard, said second portion and said third portion being integrally secured to said second end of said first portion, said second portion having a first end and second, said third portion having a first end and a second end, said first end of said second portion and said third portion being angularly secured to said first portion so as to traverse across the restrained passenger at different points on the passenger's body, said second end of said second portion of said lower belt further including a buckle, said buckle configured to releasably secure said tongue plate of said first upper belt; and wherein the seat belt device is configured to provide at least two points of restraint for a passenger superposed on the associated seat in a supine position.