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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104841 | Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats An attachment assembly for securing a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle is provided. The attachment assembly may include a guide having a channel, and a metal strap positioned in the channel of the guide in a retracted configuration such that a fr... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7997657 | Belt buckle attachment assembly An assembly to attach a belt buckle (12) to a vehicle, especially to a vehicle body part (16), has an attachment fitting (14) which is fixed in place directly at the belt buckle (12), is made in one piece, and is movable together with the... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7497521 | Seat belt retractor mounting system A seat belt retractor mounting system for a vehicle seat includes a bracket having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A generally planar plate is located generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first sidewall of the bracket. The plate is coupled to the ... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7441823 | Tether routing apparatus and method of using same A child seat mounting arrangement includes a frame member of a vehicle having an inner surface and an outer surface. A base plate has an engaging surface and an opposite surface. The engaging surface is fixedly secured to the frame member inner surface. A rigid rod ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7429079 | Child's booster seat A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7422283 | Child restraint system and method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system A child restraint system and a method for monitoring installation of the child restraint system are provided. The child restraint system includes a child seat configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat has at least a first seat belt guide member configur... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7407518 | Method for production of seat belt webbing A method of producing seat belt webbing is proposed in which the webbing is first woven using at least two synthetic yarns of different colours of which at least one yarn is spun-dyed, and using weaves that are known per se, and that is distinguished in that the web... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7407193 | Seat belt buckle A buckle device that includes a buckle with which a tongue supported by a seat belt becomes engaged, and buckle-moving device which moves the buckle between a storage position at which the buckle is stored when the buckle is not used and a use position at which the ... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7404579 | Arrangement for the step-by-step height adjustment of a holding or deflecting fitting of a seat belt on a hollow body part of a motor vehicle An arrangement for step-by-step height adjustment of a holding or deflecting fitting of a seat belt on a hollow body part of a motor vehicle, particularly on a B-column or a C-column, includes a guide rail mounted on the body part, and a carriage which can be displa... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403845 | Child seat monitoring system and method for determining a type of child seat A child seat monitoring system for a child seat and a method for determining a type of child seat are provided. The child seat has a first region and an opposite second region. The child seat has first and second patterns disposed on the first and second regions, re... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7384103 | Longitudinal guide rail for motor vehicle seat A longitudinal guide rail for a motor vehicle seat. The rail includes two elongated guide rails that engage with one another and are displaceable in relation to one another in the longitudinal direction of the rails, a retaining bracket for a seatbelt buckle, which ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7383620 | Buckle support assembly A buckle support assembly is provided including an anchor member and a buckle with a support member extending therebetween. A sleeve member is supported in position to extend between the anchor member and buckle and about the support member via interfering portions ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377590 | School bus passenger seat with energy absorbing occupant restraint A vehicle passenger seat active occupant restraint provides for absorbing energy from a passenger during sudden deceleration of a vehicle. The torso belt portion of a three-point restraint system is anchored using a spring and a displacement limiting linkage at the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7370887 | Rider restraint apparatus To provide rider restraint means capable of allowing a rider to freely leave a vehicle without a manual release operation when there is no need to restrain the rider to the vehicle. The rider restraint means includes a belt restraining a rider, buckles making the be... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7370393 | Seat belt buckle for use with pretensioner A seat belt buckle for use with a tongue of a seat belt includes a latch that engages the tongue, and a release bar that releases the latch. An inertia locking device mounted to a frame portion is normally biased in an unlocking position and rotates to a locking pos... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367630 | Integrated seat of an automotive vehicle The invention relates to an integral seat of an automotive vehicle having an underframe, a seat pan carried by underframe, a seat back and a seat belt mechanism, where the seat belt mechanism includes a seat belt with a tongue member that divides the seat belt in a ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364200 | Vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus A vehicle structure is provided with a vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus. The vehicle structure includes a lower vehicle portion and an upper vehicle portion. The vehicle seatbelt restraining apparatus includes a lower seatbelt anchor, an upper seatbelt anchor,... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360287 | Coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor vehicles A coupling device for restraining belts, particularly for children's safety seats for motor-vehicles, which includes a body intended to be connected to at least one belt branch and a pair of tongue elements intended to be connected to respective belt branches, each ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7331629 | Child bicycle seat The invention relates to a child bicycle seat comprising a seating surface and a backrest and also fixing means for fixing the seat on a bicycle. The child bicycle seat furthermore comprises a belt assembly for securing a child in the seat. The belt assembly compris... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7328918 | Seat belt device for vehicle A seat belt device for a central portion of a rearmost row seat includes a retractor. The retractor is attached at a vehicle roof above a central passenger on the central seat portion of the rear row seat. More specifically, a pair of left and right roof rails are i... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325281 | Security strap Apparatus and method of securing opposed doors of a motor vehicle in closed positions which includes: providing each door has an arm rest forming an opening between the inside of the door and the arm rest; providin... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314249 | Automotive vehicle seat with a lengthwise adjustment device, a seat carrier and rear rockers The automotive vehicle seat has a lengthwise adjustment device, a seat carrier and two rear rockers that are disposed between the seat carrier and the lengthwise adjustment device and that are each connected at an upper hinge point to the seat carrier and at a lower... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7306260 | Lap fuse belt for a seat belt The present invention relates to a lap fuse belt for a seat belt. A lap fuse belt for a seat belt includes a plurality of lap fuse belt cases which are coupled to one another by receiving holes and coupling projections formed on surfaces thereof so as to house the l... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7300113 | Child's booster seat A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298250 | Seatbelt reminder system A seatbelt reminder system includes a first reminder unit (S301) which gives a first reminder when a first condition having an unfastened state of a seatbelt as at least a fulfilling condition is satisfied, a second reminder unit (S306) which gives a s... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7270347 | Seatbelt attachment for use by pregnant women A positioning attachment for vehicle seatbelts primarily for use by pregnant women. The attachment has an anchor portion securable to the vehicle seat or seat support and an attachment portion adjustably securable to the vehicle lap belt to position the lap belt in ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7264275 | Occupant restraint system A restraint system for restraining a recumbent occupant of a vehicle seat surface includes a member being selectively movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The member, when in the deployed position, extends higher than the seat surface and is co... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7264276 | Shock absorbing safety belt A safety belt construction (10) for use in a vehicle occupant protection system. The safety belt construction (10) includes a first panel (12), a second panel (14) affixed to the first panel (12) to form a pocket (16) thereb... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7243992 | Vehicle seat structure, and a vehicle provided with a seat having such a structure The structure of the seat proper of a vehicle seat comprises: a frame for a seat proper, the frame including a side cheek plate; and a coupling system comprising a link mounted to pivot on a base to enable the seat... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243950 | Adjustable seat belt guide The present invention relates to an adjustable seat belt guide (15) which is constructed of a clamping belt (5) around the back support (6) of a car seat (4) in a vertical way and supplied with a tightening retaining clip (7) for a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7237848 | Back and internal organ supportive belt A back and internal organ supportive belt that can be installed in a chair or a seat, including the driver's seat of a vehicle or the operator's seat of a piece of equipment, to provide support to internal organs, and to the musculoskeletal system of the driver or o... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7230530 | Child seat safety system for vehicles A vehicle safety system includes independently operable child location determining mechanism that has a sound wave emitting module nested therein and care giver location determining mechanism for determining a location of the care giver. The care giver location dete... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7210743 | System for facilitating threading of a seat belt through a child safety seat A device used for threading a seat belt through a child safety seat includes an elongated, double-ended threader member which is connected to the seat belt tongue and to webbing at a location spaced from the tongue. The webbing is then folded over to cover the threa... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207515 | Drive unit for a safety belt tensioner The invention relates to a drive unit for a safety belt tensioner which has a drive which can be triggered on the response of an acceleration sensor and which can be rotationally fixedly coupled to the belt winding reel. The drive is located in a drive chamber which... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7203970 | Body armrest assembly A body armrest for relieving spinal, back or neck pain, and for providing a three point support for the upper torso combining the spine with a right and left body armrest, the body armrest constructed having a centrally disposed sleeve for the insertable receipt of ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201399 | Four-point seat belt system with buckle-lowering belts An occupant restraint system (30) includes first and second lap belts (32 and 34) for collectively extending across a lap of the occupant (22). First and second shoulder belts (36 and 38) extend over the shoulders of the occ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7198300 | Actuator for an adjustable seat belt D-ring anchor An actuator for an adjustable seat belt D-ring anchor is provided that is easily reached by a vehicle operator while in a seated position and that blends in with the interior of the vehicle. The actuator includes a slider garnish that in turn supports a button garni... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195315 | Device for tightening a seat belt A device for tightening a seat belt (1) such as, for example, a three-point seat belt comprising a lap belt part (2) and a diagonal belt part (3), where the seat belt is used to fix a child car seat in a passenger seat. A portion of the seat bel... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192057 | Deflection fitting for a safety belt A deflection fitting for a safety belt includes a carrier plate (10) having an installation opening (18) and an eye (20) for the safety belt to pass through. The deflection fitting further includes a covering (12) of plastic, adapted to t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188897 | Infant carrier with adjustable harness system An infant carrier includes a carrier shell including a seating area for a child; and a harness system adapted to connect to the carrier shell and adapted to be adjusted between a first configuration for a smaller child and a second configuration for a larger child. ... | 03/13/2007 |
