Abstract This invention consists of an ordinary seat belt embodying two straps that are buckled together over the lap of a person sitting in the seat of an automotive vehicle or the like; and a shoulder harness having one end riveted or otherwise secured to one of the aforesaid straps of the seat belt. The shoulder harness passes upward, around and down over a rotatably mounted pulley that is in the lower end of a pulley support. The aforesaid pulley support is swingably secured to a toggle bracket which is riveted or otherwise fastened to the underside of the roof of an automotive vehicle or the like. The rear and lower end of the aforesaid shoulder harness is now secured to a retrieving and storing pulley, after passing over the aforesaid pulley as previously stated, the retrieving and storing pulley being secured to the upper end of a vertically disposed strap that has its lower end firmly secured to the body of the aforesaid automotive vehicle or the like.
A combination seat belt and shoulder harness for automotive vehicles and the like, comprising a seat belt to which is suitably secured a shoulder harness that is supported by structure which is secured to the underside of the roof of a vehicle as well as being secured by suitable means to the body of the same vehicle, the said structure which is secured to the underside of the roof comprising a pulley rotatably mounted in the lower and open end of a pulley support; and a toggle bracket, the said pulley support being swingably secured to the said toggle bracket by means of a horizontally disposed pin projecting outward from the back of the said pulley support and extending through an angularly disposed opening in the front side of the said toggle bracket, the said toggle bracket being rectangular in configuration and having an integrally formed, horizontally disposed lug extending outward from onE end and the top side thereof, the said lug having a screw or bolt securing the said toggle bracket to the underside of the said roof of the said vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A combination seat belt and shoulder harness for automotive vehicles and the like, comprising a seat belt to which is suitably secured a shoulder harness that is supported by structure which is secured to the underside of the roof of a vehicle as well as being secured by suitable means to the body of the same vehicle, the said structure which is secured to the underside of the roof comprising a pulley rotatably mounted in the lower and open end of a pulley support; and a toggle bracket, the said pulley support being swingably secured to the said toggle bracket by means of a horizontally disposed pin projecting outward from the back of the said pulley support and extending through an angularly disposed opening in the front side of the said toggle bracket, the said toggle bracket being rectangular in configuration and having an integrally formed, horizontally disposed lug extending outward from onE end and the top side thereof, the said lug having a screw or bolt securing the said toggle bracket to the underside of the said roof of the said vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The invention of claim 1, wherein the said pulley support consists of a lower section, trapezoidal in shape, and an upper section that has a side configuration of an equilateral triangle, the said lower section being secured to the said upper section by means of a rivet or the like.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
The invention of claim 2, wherein the means of securing the said harness strap to the said body of a vehicle is by having the lower and rear end of the said harness strap encompassing and securing a retrieving and storing pulley that is secured to the upper end of a vertically disposed strap that has its lower end firmly secured to the said body.