Patent ID: 7703150

Claim:
A multi-purpose garment for use with an existing vehicle seatbelt system comprising a child's vest having a pair of front panels, means interconnecting the front panels, a shoulder portion on each front panel and a primary guide means on each shoulder portion for accommodating a vehicle shoulder strap of the seatbelt system extending thereunder at the mid-clavicle of the wearer, each said primary guide means having a pivotal connection with each said shoulder portion so as to open away from the neck of the wearer and to urge the vehicle shoulder strap angularly downward and away from the neck of the wearer, a first pair of anchoring means positioned on one of said front panels on a first side of the interconnecting means, and a second pair of anchoring means positioned on the other of said front panels on a second side of the interconnecting means, and secondary guide means selectively and releasably connected to one of said anchoring means of each pair of anchoring means on each front panel and extending across the interconnecting means at a point located at the lower mid-sternum of the wearer for accommodating the vehicle shoulder strap extending thereunder from the primary guide means according to the child's seated position in the vehicle.