Patent ID: 7699402

Claim:
A restraint system for securing a passenger in a motor vehicle seat, the seat having a seat back having a head rest and a lap belt arranged to be deployed across the lap of an occupant sitting in the seat, the restraint system comprising: a restraint belt attached to a vehicle seat, the restraint belt having a plurality of straps extending vertically with respect to said passenger with one of said plurality of vertically extending strays having a portion disposed alongside and adjacent one side of said head rest and another one of said plurality of vertically extending straps having a portion disposed alongside and adjacent the other side of said head rest and an attachment mechanism for connecting said vertically extending straps across said passenger's chest; each of said vertically extending straps having a first end with a forward attachment member selectively attached to said lap belt when the lap belt is in a deployed position; each of said vertically extending straps having a second end operatively connected to a connector strap by a length adjustable fastener with the connector strap having one end attached to the length adjustable fastener and the connector strap having its other end attached to a rear latch that is permanently attached to said vehicle at a position behind said vehicle seat and below a top of said seat back.