Patent ID: 8393061

Claim:
A seat belt safety device configured to prevent access to a release button located on a side of a seat belt housing opposite a housing side at which a first seat belt segment is affixed and proximate a housing slot for receiving a tongue latch affixed to a second seat belt segment, wherein the tongue latch is inserted in the housing slot to securely latch the first seat belt segment to the second seat belt segment, said seat belt safety device consisting of: a first planar member formed in a rectangular shape and including a slot opening for receiving the tongue latch of the second seat belt segment and a limited access opening, substantially centered and proximate the slot opening so that when the tongue latch is inserted through the slot opening into the housing slot to latch and secure the first seat belt segment with the second seat belt segment, the limited access opening is located proximate the release button; and a second planar member formed in a rectangular shape and extending from a first edge of the first planar member in an “L” shaped arrangement such that a plane of the second planar member is perpendicular to a plane of the first planar member and such that when the tongue latch is inserted through the slot opening into the housing slot to latch, the second planar member contacts the seat belt housing to lie substantially flat against a portion of an outer horizontal surface of the seat belt housing substantially immobilizing the seat belt safety device, wherein the first and second planar members are formed from a single sheet of rigid material.