CA2317867A1 - Cushion for use with a safety seatbelt - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
- B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60R22/00—Safety belts or body harnesses in vehicles
- B60R22/12—Construction of belts or harnesses
- B60R22/14—Construction of belts or harnesses incorporating enlarged restraint areas, e.g. vests, nets, crash pads, optionally for children
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Abstract
Using a safety seatbelt sometimes causes discomfort for its user by coming into contact with sensitive parts of his or her body. In this invention a cushion is provided to be placed between said safety seatbelt and its user. Said cushion has soft and flexible walls to cover at least one of the wide sides and one of the narrow sides of the safety seatbelt.
Description
CUSHION FOR USE WITH A SAFETY SEATBELT
SUMMARY
For use with a safety seatbelt, when a part of the safety seatbelt causes discomfort for its user by coming into contact with sensitive parts of said user's body, a cushion being placed between said safety seatbelt and its user. Said cushion has walls to cover at least one of the wide sides and one of the narrow sides of said part of said safety seatbelt.
SPECIFICATION
It is known that when traveling in a vehicle such as a passenger car, it is eigther recommended or required by law to use safety seatbelt in the well-known manner. When in use, some parts of the safety seatbelt often rub against the user's body, for example the skin of the neck, if the user moves. This rubbing causes discomfort for the user. While the design of some of the safety seatbelts provide adjustability for the user, it is limited only to the placement of said safety seatbelt on the user's body but does not eliminate said rubbing.
Thus, there is a need to significantly decrease said rubbing of said safety seatbelt against its user's body.
This invention solves the above mentioned problem by providing a cushion to prevent a predetermined length of said safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user, said cushion has a lower wall mated to cover one of the wide sides of said safety seatbelt, a side wall joined to said lower wall and mated to cover one of the narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and a top wall joined to said side wall and mated to at least partially cover the other wide side of said safety seatbelt.
This invention further provides a method to prevent a desired length of a safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user, comprising:
- providing a cushion of the desired length and made of a softer material than that of said safety seatbelt, said cushion has flexible and resilient walls to cover at least one wide side and one narrow side of said safety seatbelt, - placing said cushion on said safety seatbelt in a way said walls are facing toward said user, - whereby said cushion provides both an enlarged contact surface area for the user in comparison to that of said safety seatbelt, and a softer feel than that of said safety seatbelt.
In drawings which illustrate some of the embodiments of this invention:
Fig. 1 shows the top plan view of one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 shows the sectional view of Fig. 1 along line A-A, Fig. 3 shows the sectional view of the first embodiment of this invention being in free state, Fig. 4 is a cross sectional illustration showing the first embodiment of this invention in use, and Fig. 5 shows the sectional view of a second embodiment of this invention.
Fig. 1 shows the top view of a cushion 1 being placed on a safety seatbelt 2 covering it over a predetermined length. The cushion 1 has a lower wall 3, a side wall 4, and a top wall 5 as shown in Fig. 2. The safety seatbelt 2 has two wide sides 2a and two narrow sides 2b. The lower wall 3 of cushion 1 covers one of the wide sides 2a of the safety seatbelt 2. Joining to the lower wall 3, the side wall 4 is protruding upward to cover one of the narrow sides 2b of the safety seatbelt 2. The upper wall 5 is joined to the side wall 4, and it is mated to cover a part of the other wide side 2a of the safety seatbelt 2.
The walls 3,4,and 5 of cushion 1 are flexible and resiliently squeezeable, whereby they provide a soft feel when touched by a user. Low cost materials such as a wide variety of foamed plastics are available to meet the above requirements. The walls 3 and 5 are also formed in a way that they slightly grab against the wide sides 2a when the cushion 1 is placed on the safety seatbelt 2. Fig. 3 shows the cross section of cushion 1 in a free state.
It is noted that although the thickness of wall 3 can be made to various sizes, it should be kept relatively small to avoid interference with the action of the safety seatbelt.
Thicknesses up to about 5/8 of an inch have negligible effect on the safety action of the seatbelt, the same way as a few layers of clothing do.
The placement of cushion 1 onto safety seatbelt 2 requires only one move:
sliding cushion 1 onto the safety seatbelt 2 from the side until walls 3,4, and S are all come into contact with both wide sides 2a and one of the narrow sides 2b of the safety seatbelt 2.
In use, the cushion 1 is engaged on safety seatbelt 2 in a way that lower wall 3 and side wall 4 are facing toward the user as shown in Fig. 4. In this illustration, the lower wall 3 is in a constant contact with the user's body 6. The side wall 4 is provided to prevent the user's body 6 to rub against one of the narrow sides 2b of safety seatbelt 2.
To ensure additional comfort for the user, the side wall 4 has a large outer surface 4a in comparison to narrow side 2a of safety seatbelt 2.
An other embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 5. In this embodiment the cushion 10 has a bottom wall 30 mated to cover one of the wide sides of a safety seatbelt, two side walls 40, mated to cover both narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and two upper walls 50 mated to partially cover the other wide side of the safety seatbelt.
SUMMARY
For use with a safety seatbelt, when a part of the safety seatbelt causes discomfort for its user by coming into contact with sensitive parts of said user's body, a cushion being placed between said safety seatbelt and its user. Said cushion has walls to cover at least one of the wide sides and one of the narrow sides of said part of said safety seatbelt.
SPECIFICATION
It is known that when traveling in a vehicle such as a passenger car, it is eigther recommended or required by law to use safety seatbelt in the well-known manner. When in use, some parts of the safety seatbelt often rub against the user's body, for example the skin of the neck, if the user moves. This rubbing causes discomfort for the user. While the design of some of the safety seatbelts provide adjustability for the user, it is limited only to the placement of said safety seatbelt on the user's body but does not eliminate said rubbing.
Thus, there is a need to significantly decrease said rubbing of said safety seatbelt against its user's body.
This invention solves the above mentioned problem by providing a cushion to prevent a predetermined length of said safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user, said cushion has a lower wall mated to cover one of the wide sides of said safety seatbelt, a side wall joined to said lower wall and mated to cover one of the narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and a top wall joined to said side wall and mated to at least partially cover the other wide side of said safety seatbelt.
This invention further provides a method to prevent a desired length of a safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user, comprising:
- providing a cushion of the desired length and made of a softer material than that of said safety seatbelt, said cushion has flexible and resilient walls to cover at least one wide side and one narrow side of said safety seatbelt, - placing said cushion on said safety seatbelt in a way said walls are facing toward said user, - whereby said cushion provides both an enlarged contact surface area for the user in comparison to that of said safety seatbelt, and a softer feel than that of said safety seatbelt.
In drawings which illustrate some of the embodiments of this invention:
Fig. 1 shows the top plan view of one embodiment of this invention, Fig. 2 shows the sectional view of Fig. 1 along line A-A, Fig. 3 shows the sectional view of the first embodiment of this invention being in free state, Fig. 4 is a cross sectional illustration showing the first embodiment of this invention in use, and Fig. 5 shows the sectional view of a second embodiment of this invention.
Fig. 1 shows the top view of a cushion 1 being placed on a safety seatbelt 2 covering it over a predetermined length. The cushion 1 has a lower wall 3, a side wall 4, and a top wall 5 as shown in Fig. 2. The safety seatbelt 2 has two wide sides 2a and two narrow sides 2b. The lower wall 3 of cushion 1 covers one of the wide sides 2a of the safety seatbelt 2. Joining to the lower wall 3, the side wall 4 is protruding upward to cover one of the narrow sides 2b of the safety seatbelt 2. The upper wall 5 is joined to the side wall 4, and it is mated to cover a part of the other wide side 2a of the safety seatbelt 2.
The walls 3,4,and 5 of cushion 1 are flexible and resiliently squeezeable, whereby they provide a soft feel when touched by a user. Low cost materials such as a wide variety of foamed plastics are available to meet the above requirements. The walls 3 and 5 are also formed in a way that they slightly grab against the wide sides 2a when the cushion 1 is placed on the safety seatbelt 2. Fig. 3 shows the cross section of cushion 1 in a free state.
It is noted that although the thickness of wall 3 can be made to various sizes, it should be kept relatively small to avoid interference with the action of the safety seatbelt.
Thicknesses up to about 5/8 of an inch have negligible effect on the safety action of the seatbelt, the same way as a few layers of clothing do.
The placement of cushion 1 onto safety seatbelt 2 requires only one move:
sliding cushion 1 onto the safety seatbelt 2 from the side until walls 3,4, and S are all come into contact with both wide sides 2a and one of the narrow sides 2b of the safety seatbelt 2.
In use, the cushion 1 is engaged on safety seatbelt 2 in a way that lower wall 3 and side wall 4 are facing toward the user as shown in Fig. 4. In this illustration, the lower wall 3 is in a constant contact with the user's body 6. The side wall 4 is provided to prevent the user's body 6 to rub against one of the narrow sides 2b of safety seatbelt 2.
To ensure additional comfort for the user, the side wall 4 has a large outer surface 4a in comparison to narrow side 2a of safety seatbelt 2.
An other embodiment of the present invention is shown in Fig. 5. In this embodiment the cushion 10 has a bottom wall 30 mated to cover one of the wide sides of a safety seatbelt, two side walls 40, mated to cover both narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and two upper walls 50 mated to partially cover the other wide side of the safety seatbelt.
Claims (4)
1. A cushion to prevent a predetermined length of said safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user, said cushion has a lower wall mated to cover one of the wide sides of said safety seatbelt, a side wall joined to said lower wall and mated to cover one of the narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and a top wall joined to said side wall and mated to at least partially cover the other wide side of said safety seatbelt.
2. As in Claim 1, when said cushion has two side walls mated to cover both of the narrow sides of said safety seatbelt, and two upper walls mated to partially cover the other wide side of said safety seatbelt.
3. As in Claim 1, when said cushion is made of a flexible and resiliently squeezeable material such as a foamed plastic.
4. A method to prevent a desired length of a safety seatbelt to come into direct contact with its user comprising:
- providing a cushion of the desired length and made of a softer material than that of said safety seatbelt, said cushion has flexible and resilient walls to cover at least one wide side and one narrow side of said safety seatbelt, - placing said cushion on said safety seatbelt in a way said walls are facing toward said user, - whereby said cushion provides both an enlarged contact surface area for the user in comparison to that of said safety seatbelt, and a softer feel than that of said safety seatbelt.
- providing a cushion of the desired length and made of a softer material than that of said safety seatbelt, said cushion has flexible and resilient walls to cover at least one wide side and one narrow side of said safety seatbelt, - placing said cushion on said safety seatbelt in a way said walls are facing toward said user, - whereby said cushion provides both an enlarged contact surface area for the user in comparison to that of said safety seatbelt, and a softer feel than that of said safety seatbelt.
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| CA 2317867 CA2317867A1 (en) | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Cushion for use with a safety seatbelt |
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| CA 2317867 CA2317867A1 (en) | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Cushion for use with a safety seatbelt |
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| CA2317867A1 true CA2317867A1 (en) | 2002-03-01 |
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| CA 2317867 Abandoned CA2317867A1 (en) | 2000-09-01 | 2000-09-01 | Cushion for use with a safety seatbelt |
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