US Patent:
20120146383, Jun 14, 2012
Inventors:
Pamela Kaye Chenault - Atlanta GA, US
International Classification:
B60R 22/10
Abstract:
A child safe seatbelt comprising a belt configured to (i) releasably engage securely around the waist of a child and (ii) be engaged by a passenger seatbelt that is secured to a moving vehicle. The passenger seatbelt that engages the child safe seatbelt may be secured to a passenger such that the child secured by the child seatbelt sits on the passenger's (e.g., adult's) lap, and the child seatbelt is secured around the child's waist and engaged by the passenger seatbelt that is secured around the waist of the passenger on whose lap the child is sitting. The child seatbelt may be secured both to a child and to a passenger seatbelt that is not secured to a passenger, such that the child secured by the child seatbelt sits on a seat of a vehicle, and the passenger belt of the vehicle seat engages and secures the child seatbelt. The vehicle may be an airplane.
