Patent ID: 7832770

Claim:
A vehicle restraint system, comprising: left and right flexible, generally upwardly-extending strap portions, each of the strap portions having first ends adapted to be attached to the interior of a vehicle; respective flexible right and left positioning strap portions oriented substantially perpendicular to the pair of upwardly-extending strap portions, the left and right positioning strap portions crossing and being fixedly attached to the left and right upwardly-extending strap portions, respectively, the left and right positioning strap portions having first positioning strap ends adapted to be attached to the vehicle and second positioning strap ends adapted to be releasably connected to one another, wherein the first positioning strap ends of the positioning strap portions are attached to respective retractors; and respective flexible right and left lower strap portions oriented substantially parallel to the positioning strap portions, the left and right lower strap portions crossing and being fixedly attached to the left and right upwardly-extending strap portions, respectively, the left and right lower strap portions having lower strap first ends adapted to be attached to the vehicle and lower strap second ends adapted to be attached to one another, the lower strap portions being spaced from the positioning strap portions by a defined distance along the upwardly-extending strap portions.