Patent ID: 8539862

Claim:
A buckle release tool comprising in combination: a) a housing element comprising a back surface, a rounded perimeter surface comprising a plurality of slots, and a planar front surface recessed within the housing element rounded perimeter surface, the housing element back surface further comprising a central convex portion sized to be received in the palm of a human hand, the housing element rounded perimeter surface and a plurality of slots are sized to be gripped by the fingers and thumb of the human hand receiving the housing element back surface central convex portion; b) a tool element comprising a planar back surface comprising a central opening, a perimeter surface comprising a plurality of slots sized to be received and fixedly housed against the housing element planar front surface recessed within the tool housing rounded perimeter surface, and a substantially planar tool element front surface further comprising a protruding, elongated rigid dome on the substantially planar tool element front surface and further comprising a dome top surface comprising a tip attachment assembly; and c) dome-tip assembly comprising a tip element and a dome-tip element attachment assembly sized to be fixedly received by the dome top surface tip attachment assembly, the dome-tip element attachment assembly comprising an attachment post and at least one locking element, whereby, the tip element of the buckle release tool as a separate stand alone assembly is adapted to engage and activate a release element of a separate seat belt assembly or a separate child safety seat assembly.