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US5676426:
Safety harness for restraining a child
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Herring, Steven J.; Virginia Beach, VA
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| Assignee: |
Vel-Tye, L.L.C., Virginia Beach, VA
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| Published / Filed: |
1997-10-14
/ 1996-01-11
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| Application Number: |
US1996000584424
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47D 15/00;
IPC-7:
A47D 15/00;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47D15/00F2;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
297/484;
119/770;
128/875;
297/485;
297/DIG.006;
Original:
297/484;
297/485;
297/DIG.6;
128/875;
119/770;
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| Field of Search: |
297/468,484,485,DIG. 6
128/875,876,846
119/770,907
024/306
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-01-11 |
US1996000584424 |
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| Abstract: |
A safety harness comprising a waist strap for placement around the waist of a child, right and left shoulder straps for placement over corresponding shoulders of the child and for crossing each other over the chest of the child, and an anchor strap with distal fastening elements for securing the harness to restrain the child. Each shoulder strap has a proximate end fixedly secured to the waist strap in spaced relation to the proximate end of the other shoulder strap, and a distal end with a securing loop adapted to be received on and to slide along a corresponding attachment section of the waist strap. The attachment sections have cooperative facings of hook and loop materials on opposite sides of the waist strap adjacent to front free ends such that overlapping and pressing the attachment sections together while the securing loops are received thereon releasably joins together the free ends to form a continuous waist strap with the shoulder straps connected thereto.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Pollock, Vande Sande & Priddy ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Brown, Peter R.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. A safety harness for restraining a child, said harness comprising:
- a waist strap adapted to extend around the waist of the child and having attachment sections adjacent to opposite free ends of said waist strap;
- right and left shoulder straps-each adapted to extend over a corresponding shoulder of the child and having a proximate end fixedly secured to said waist strap in space relation to the proximate end of the other shoulder strap; and
- an anchor strap having a proximate end secured to said waist strap between the proximate ends of said shoulder straps, and a-distal end with securing means for securing said harness to restrain the child;
- each of the distal ends of said shoulder straps comprising a loop adapted to be received on and to slide along a corresponding one of said attachment sections of said waist strap and each of said attachment sections comprising a facing of hook or loop material,
- said hook and loop facings being cooperative and positioned on opposite sides of said waist strap such that overlapping and pressing together said attachment sections while said shoulder loops are received thereon releasably joins together said free ends to form a continuous waist strap with the distal ends of said shoulder straps secured to said continuous waist strap,
- said hook and loop facings being elongated so as to extend longitudinally along said attachment sections and being arranged relative to said shoulder strap loops such that, when said shoulder straps extend over the respective shoulders of the child and said waist strap extends around the waist of the child, said shoulder strap loops may be trapped between engaged portions of said hook and loop facings to releasably lock said loops in fixed positions along the length of said continuous waist strap,
- and said fixed positions being variable such that said safety harness can be adjusted to fit children of different sizes.
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