Torso restraining assembly for automobile seat

Claim 1

A torso restraining assembly to restrain the torso of a passenger in a vehicle seat for use in a passenger vehicle with a vehicle safety belt having a lap strap divided between tow sections, one lap strap section having a buckle and the other lap strap section having a catch, said buckle and catch capable of joining together to join said sections of said lap strap, said vehicle seat having a seat back and a seat cushion extending forwardly of said seat back, the torso restraining assembly comprising: strap restraining means for attaching the torso assembly to the vehicle rearwardly of the vehicle seat; a Y-section having a pair of straps extending from said strap restraining means and over sad seat back, having a convergence of said straps, and having a loop stem extending from said convergence of said straps, said loop stem for retaining one section of said lap strap; whereby when a passenger is seated in said vehicle sat and said passenger pulls said convergence over the head of said passenger and down in front of said passenger and when said passenger joins together said buckle and catch, said torso restraining means restrains the torso of said passenger against the back of said vehicle seat.