Safety belt with protective pad

Patent 5161824 Issued on November 10, 1992. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 19, 2011. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Li, Kwan-Tao

Application

No. 810509 filed on 12/19/1991

US Classes:

280/808, Shoulder belt or harness280/801.1, Safety belt or harness (e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness)297/482Belt or belt anchor covers

Examiners

Primary: Rice, Kenneth R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Lasas & Parry

Foreign Patent References

2448727 DE 04/12/1976
3019378 DE 11/12/1981
3501747 DE 09/12/1986
2633572 FR 01/12/1990
34840 JP 02/12/1987
50258 JP 03/12/1987

International Class

B60R 022/00

Abstract

A safety belt with protective pad comprising a belt body which is fixed inside a vehicle and guided by a guide to extend over a user's shoulder and is retractable into a storing bank disposed in the vehicle, and a protective pad which is made of a soft material and is slidably attached on the belt so that when the safety belt is to be used, the pad is movable to substantially extend over the user's shoulder and chest to protect the user from chafe with the belt when the vehicle is violently jolted.