Patent ID: 8056927

Claim:
A detachable safety belt kit 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 kit comprising: a restraint strap having a coupling member, the restraint strap configured to removably couple to the torso of the pet for restricting movement 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 having a securing member configured to couple to the coupling member of the restraint strap such that the harness is configured to detachably couple to the restraint strap, the harness having a first connector and a second connector 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, 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, wherein the coupling member includes third and fourth connectors and the securing member includes fifth and sixth connectors.