Automobile safety belt

Claim 1

FOR USE WITH A VEHICLE HAVING A SEAT INCLUDING A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL SEATING PORTION, AN UPRIGHT BACK-REST PORTION AND A FLOOR STRUCTURE BENEATH THE SEAT, A SAFETY BELT COMPRISING A WAIST-ENCIRCLING MAIN BELT HAVING SIDE PORTIONS AND A RELEASABLE FASTENING BUCKLE CONNECTING THE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE BELT ABOUT THE USER, SIDE BUCKLES ON RESPECTIVE SIDE PORTIONS OF THE MAIN BELT, EACH SIDE BUCKLE HAVING A RIGID UPPER PORTION, POSITIVE RELEASABLE INTERENGAGING MEANS ON EACH SIDE BUCKLE UPPER PORTION AND THE RESPECTIVE SIDE PORTION OF THE MAIN BELT FOR HOLDING THE SIDE BUCKLE IN SELECTED POSITIONS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ALONG THE SIDE PORTION OF THE MAIN BELT, EACH SIDE BUCKLE HAVING A RIGID LOWER PORTION PROJECTING DIAGONALLY DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARD FROM THE UPPER POSTION, A PAIR OF SIDE STRAPS FLANKING THE MAIN BELT AND HAVING UPPER ENDS SECURED TO THE LOWER PORTIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE SIDE BUCKLES, SAID SIDE STRAPS EXTENDING BETWEEN THE BACK-REST PORTION AND THE SEATING PORTION DOWNWARDLY TO THE FLOOR STRUCTURE, AND MEANS SECURING THE LOWER ENDS OF THE SIDE STRAPS TO THE FLOOR STRUCTURE.