Portable restraining passenger safety harness

• US 10,640,078 B1
• Filed: 11/30/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: What Will We Think of Next LLC
• Original Assignee: Ellen K. Siegel
• Inventors: Siegel, Ellen K., Campbell, Corey A., Campbell, David E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Allred, David E
• Application Number:
  US16/205,407
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/105 for children adaptation of children's seats for seat belts B60N2/265, B60N2/2803
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/14 incorporating enlarged restraint areas, e.g. vests, nets , crash pads, optionally for children crash pads for occupants' safety on vehicles in general B60R21/02

Abstract

A portable restraining passenger safety harness includes a harness body and a pair of shoulder straps. The harness body contains a left shoulder area and a right shoulder area, and the size of the safety harness can be adjusted by adjusting the height of the left and right shoulder areas. The harness is securable to a vehicle by a vehicle seat belt passing behind the child through a back panel located on a rear portion of the harness.

Claims

1. A portable restraining passenger safety harness comprising:

a. a harness body formed of one or more sheet materials configured to be worn by the passenger;

b. a pair of shoulder straps each formed as one-piece having a first end fixed to a portion of the sheet material adapted to cover a back of the passenger, the shoulder straps passing over respective left and right shoulder areas of the sheet material, guided in respective strap guides, and received in respective strap adjuster locks at respective portions of the sheet material adapted to cover a chest of the passenger; and

c. a back strap connecting the respective first ends to respective strap adjuster locks and forming together with the pair of shoulder straps an enclosure adapted to surround the passenger to secure the harness body around the passenger;

wherein the harness body contains the left shoulder area and the right shoulder area, wherein each of the left and right shoulder areas includes a front shoulder portion and a rear shoulder portion, and wherein the size of the safety harness can be adjusted by folding down the shoulder areas and tightening the shoulder straps via the strap adjuster locks to hold down the shoulder areas, thus adjusting the height of the left and right shoulder areas.

2. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 1, wherein the harness body is defined by a front portion and a rear portion.

3. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, wherein the front portion is defined by a left chest portion, a right chest portion, a left front shoulder portion and a right front shoulder portion;

and wherein the rear portion is defined by a back portion, a left rear shoulder portion and a right rear shoulder portion.

4. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 3, wherein the left front shoulder portion and the left rear shoulder portion are secured together at a left stitch line to define the left shoulder area and wherein the right front shoulder portion and the right rear shoulder portion are secured together at a right stitch line to define the right shoulder area.

5. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 4, wherein the size of the safety harness is adjusted by folding down the left shoulder area at the left stitch line and folding down the right shoulder area at the right stitch line.

6. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, further comprising a back strap, a crotch strap, and a securement means;

wherein the back strap is secured to the rear portion of the harness body at two securement zones and wherein the crotch strap is secured to the back strap at a position on the back strap between the two securement zones.

7. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 6, wherein the securement means is a five point buckle and wherein the pair of shoulder straps and crotch strap are securable to the five point buckle.

8. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 7, further comprising a crotch strap adjustment means.

9. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 8, wherein the the crotch strap adjustment means are selected from the group consisting of tilt lock adjusters or push button adjusters.

10. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 9, wherein a first shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps is secured to a first one of the strap adjuster locks, wherein a second shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps is secured to a second another one of the strap adjuster locks, and wherein the back strap is secured to both the first and second shoulder strap adjustment means.

11. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 1, wherein the harness body includes an inner surface and an outer surface.

12. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 11, wherein the inner surface is made from a material selected from the group consisting of 3D mesh fabric or other breathable material;

and wherein the outer surface is made from a material selected from the group consisting of 100 percent ballistic nylon, polyester, cotton, blends and any other type of fabric or sheet material.

13. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 12, further comprising a hook and loop fastener wherein the hook fastener is located on the outer surface and the loop fastener is located on the inner surface.

14. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, further comprising a back panel located on the rear portion of the harness body, and wherein the back panel is sized so that a seat belt of a vehicle can pass therethrough.

15. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 14, wherein the back panel encases a portion of each shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps.

16. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, further comprising a pair of anchor point attachment means secured in positions on the rear portion of the harness body.

17. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 16, wherein the pair of anchor point attachment means are utilized to secure a top tether attachment device to the safety harness to secure the safety harness to a top tether anchorage of a vehicle.

18. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, the respective strap guides further comprising a first strap guide and a second strap guide, wherein both the first and second strap guides are secured to the front portion of the harness body such that a first shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps travels under the first strap guide and a second shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps travels under the second strap guide.

19. The portable restraining passenger safety harness of claim 2, wherein each shoulder strap of the pair of shoulder straps is secured to the rear portion of the harness body at three different securement zones.