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US4810036A
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Shoulder belt restraint
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-12-02
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Granted: 1989-03-07
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Expires: 2007-12-02
Abstract
Abstract The stop where the shoulder belt restraint is composed of four parallel, coplanar, cylindrical rods bridging between side plates. Each end of each rod is connected to a side plate by a tongue joint including a bellied split tongue snap fitted into a socket. The webbing of the restraint passes sinuously through the stop rods having at least two convolutions under one rod and over the adjacent rod.
Inventors
- 👤 Warren H. Buser
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 16:31
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R22/00; B60R22/18; B60R22/19; A; A44; A44B; A44B11/00; A44B11/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/47; Y10T24/4764
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A shoulder belt restraint stop comprising at least three rods of equal length and substantially equal thickness, and two parallel side plates, each of said side plates connecting corresponding ends of said rods for holding said rods in parallel coplanar relationship with their lengths in registration and spaced apart transversely of the length of said rods a distance approximately equal to the thickness of said rods, corresponding end of said rods being removably connected to one of said side plates by tongue joints, each of which joints includes a tongue and socket.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
A shoulder belt restraint stop comprising at least three rods of equal length and substantially equal thickness, and two parallel side plates, each of said side plates connecting corresponding ends of said rods for holding said rods in parallel coplanar relationship with their lengths in registration and spaced apart transversely of the length of said rods a distance approximately equal to the thickness of said rods, corresponding end of said rods being removably connected to one of said side plates by tongue joints, each of which joints includes a tongue and socket.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The stop defined in claim 1, in which the end of the tongue of a tongue joint is split.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The stop defined in claim 2, in which the split tongue is bellied.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
The stop defined in claim 3, in which the mouth of the tongue joint socket for receiving the bellied split tongue is constricted to effect a snap fit between the rod tongue and socket.
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