| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 297465000 | Jacket, vest, or suit restraint | 16 |
| 20080246326 | SAFETY GARMENT AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME - A safety device includes a garment shaped to be worn on a torso of a user. A flexible strap is attachable to the garment and extends from the garment on first and second sides. The strap has first and second ends. An elongated first fastener component is attached at or near the first end of the strap. An elongated second fastener component is attached at or near the second end of the strap. The first and second fastener components can be rotated to be aligned with, or oblique to, the strap. The first and second fastener components are capable of locking engagement with each other, and are shaped for being used individually as anchors while separated from each other. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080252132 | Vehicle Safety Device - An improved vehicle safety device in the form of a garment wearable on the torso of a person. The garment has a body section having a front portion and a back portion, the front portion having one or more loops or straps to which a car seat belt can be attached. The device also incorporates quick release mechanisms to allow it to be quickly and securely attached to a person and to be quickly removed in case of an emergency. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20090152932 | Assisting Passengers to Sleep While Sitting - A method and an apparatus for helping a user rest and sleep while in an upright sitting position on a seat by providing vertical and horizontal support to the user's upper body and head. The method consists of providing a seat add-on and fitting an adjustable vest that can cling to the seat add-on at varying heights and relieve the load on the lower part of the spine, putting some of it on the armpits and some on the back ribs, and of providing a head support cushion that enables the neck to relax while sustaining the head and neck in a vertical position. The seat add-on, the vest and the cushion in combination continuously support the seated user's upper body and head vertically and horizontally, to assist the user to rest and sleep in the vertical sitting position. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20100038953 | INFANT CHAIR HARNESS - A portable infant restraint system is disclosed. The portable infant restraint system may include a flexible and foldable fabric body, a backing including an enclosure for removable attachment over a chair back support, and a five-point harness connected to the fabric body configured to secure an infant seated in a substantially upright posture. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100148564 | Save device - The present invention is a Safety Air Vest Equipment device (S.A.V.E.). The vest includes a shell with a neck and torso opening, and a pair of opposed arm holes. The vest also has an air hose attached, with a one-way valve and quick release valve. The air vest is configured to expand on the wearers neck and upper torso area thus preventing the wearer from sustaining severe cervical and spinal cord injuries. The device would also allow the user to avoid the impact from the force of the air bag being deployed. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20110057500 | Restraint In Vest - An apparatus for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a vest and a restraint incorporated into the vest. The vest includes a front panel, a back panel, and left and right shoulder portions extending between the front panel and the back panel. The vest has an inner face and an outer face. The restraint includes a front latch fixed to the vest front panel and a back latch fixed to the vest back panel. The restraint includes webbing portions extending in a force-transmitting relationship between the front latch and the back latch, within the front panel and the shoulder portions and the back panel of the vest, so as to extend at least partially around the torso of a occupant wearing the vest. The front panel of the vest includes a front armor pocket and the back panel of the vest includes a back armor pocket, for receiving and supporting panels of body armor. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110062764 | CHILD BODYSUIT RESTRAINING APPARATUS - A bodysuit assembly and strapping system for restrainingly holding an occupant to a variety of different objects which includes a bodysuit which substantially covers said occupant and which the occupant enters feet first. The bodysuit assembly further includes a row of snaps at the bottom of the bodysuit, which enables quick removal of the bodysuit, as well as expansion of the bodysuit. The bodysuit assembly and strapping system further includes a color coded four set strapping system which connects the occupant to the bodysuit and the bodysuit to the intended object. The bodysuit assembly and strapping system further includes a bib detachably carried on the front of the torso covering vestment for facilitating clean up. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110156468 | Apparatus for the suspension of a person - A System and Apparatus for Suspending a Person includes a suspension vest, and a mating chair appendage. The suspension vest is coupled with the mating chair appendage. In some preferred embodiments, this coupling is made through cooperating loops and hooks material found on the suspension vest, and a mating chair appendage. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110272995 | ASSISTING PASSENGERS TO SLEEP WHILE SITTING - A method and an apparatus for helping a user rest and sleep while in an upright sitting position on a seat by providing vertical and horizontal support to the user's upper body and head. The method consists of providing a seat add-on and fitting an adjustable vest ( | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120217786 | SUPPORT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE CHILD SEAT BELT - A support device for a vehicle child seat belt tightens the shoulders and the abdominal area of a child using the existing vehicle seat belt as it is in a state where the vest type support device is easily worn on the body of the child, and which includes a cushion body for fastening the entire front face of the body of the child and an auxiliary belt for preventing the child from upwardly or downwardly escaping from the seat belt. The vehicle child seat belt support device includes: a shock-preventing cushion body formed to surround a child's body and having a seat belt receiving part formed on a front face thereof in such a fashion that the seat belt is detachably accommodated in the seat belt receiving part; and a separation-preventing auxiliary belt for supporting the back of the child so as to prevent the shock-preventing cushion body from being separated from the child's body, the separation-preventing auxiliary belt having an end joined to one side of an upper portion of the cushion body and the other end joined to one side of a lower portion of the cushion body. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120242134 | PORTABLE RESTRAINING PASSENGER SAFETY VEST FOR VEHICLES - A vest includes a vest body having a back portion, a first side portion connected to the back portion and a second side portion connected to the back portion. The first side portion has a first outer surface and the second side portion has a second inner surface. The first side portion has a first connector and the second side portion has a second connector so that when the first side portion overlaps the second side portion the first connector joins to the second connector connecting the first side portion and the second side portion in a closed position. A belt has a first end and a second end that are connectable so that the belt surrounds the back portion, the first side portion and second side portion of the vest body when the first end and the second end are connected in a connected position. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20140132055 | GARMENT, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A garment can include at least one opening that allows the garment to be opened up such that a restraint mechanism can be easily secured to a user when opened. The at least one opening can include left and right openings that extend from a bottom most periphery of a torso portion and along respective sleeves of the garment. The garment can be combined with a child seat for use in a vehicle. Each of the openings can either extend entirely through an outermost portion of a respective sleeve cuff or be stoppable immediately adjacent the cuff such that the cuff remains in annular form during use. A method for using the garment and system includes placing a user into a seat while the user is wearing the garment and then attaching the restraint mechanism to the user via the at least one opening of the garment. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20150028651 | Combination Structure of Safety Vest and Safety Belt for Vehicle Seat - Disclosed herein is a combination structure of a safety vest and a safety belt. The combination structure is designed such that the safety vest and the safety belt are integrated with each other, so that a separate additional means for converting the safety vest to the safety belt is not required, and the safety and convenience in use can be improved. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150069812 | SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITH SIX RESTRAINT POINTS - A supplemental restraint system ( | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160016534 | Four-Point Seat Belt Device - A four-point seat belt device includes right and left lap belts to press the hipbone of a passenger sitting in a seat, two shoulder belts to press both shoulders of the passenger, a driving unit to perform winding of the lap belts and the shoulder belts, and a latching detecting unit to detect a state in which the lap belts and the shoulder belts are latched via a buckle. The driving unit controls the lap belts in the case that the latching detecting unit has detected latching. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160200288 | AN IMPROVED SUPPLEMENTAL RESTRAINT SYSTEM WITH SIX RESTRAINT POINTS | 07-14-2016 |
