Animal restraint system for vehicles
First Claim
1. An animal restraint system for a vehicle, comprising a vest having a vest jacket including leg holes for front legs of an animal and a top strap that extends across a back of an animal wearing the vest from a first side of the vest jacket to a second side of the vest jacket when the vest jacket is on the animal to secure the vest to the animal, the top strap rotatably secured to the first and second sides of the vest jacket, the vest removably securable to a seat belt of the vehicle, the top strap including a continuous loop that is looped through a buckle tongue and a webbing adjuster defining top and bottom portions of the top strap extending between the buckle tongue and the webbing adjuster, the top and bottom portions secured together adjacent the buckle tongue, the vest removably securable to the seat belt by passing the seat belt between the top and bottom portions of the top strap.
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Abstract
An animal restraint system for a vehicle has a vest having leg holes for front legs of an animal. A top strap is extended across the top of an animal wearing the vest and is looped through a buckle tongue and a webbing adjuster defining top and bottom portions of the top strap. The vest is secured to a seat belt of a vehicle by passing the seat belt between the top and bottom portions of the top strap. The top portion of the top strap can be pulled through the webbing adjuster to shorten the bottom portion to adjust the top strap. In an embodiment, the top strap is rotatably coupled to the vest.
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25 Claims
- 1. An animal restraint system for a vehicle, comprising a vest having a vest jacket including leg holes for front legs of an animal and a top strap that extends across a back of an animal wearing the vest from a first side of the vest jacket to a second side of the vest jacket when the vest jacket is on the animal to secure the vest to the animal, the top strap rotatably secured to the first and second sides of the vest jacket, the vest removably securable to a seat belt of the vehicle, the top strap including a continuous loop that is looped through a buckle tongue and a webbing adjuster defining top and bottom portions of the top strap extending between the buckle tongue and the webbing adjuster, the top and bottom portions secured together adjacent the buckle tongue, the vest removably securable to the seat belt by passing the seat belt between the top and bottom portions of the top strap.
- 11. An animal restraint system for a vehicle, comprising a vest having a vest jacket including leg holes for front legs of an animal and a top strap that extends across a back of an animal wearing the vest from a first side of the vest jacket to a second side of the vest jacket when the vest jacket is on the animal to secure the vest to the animal, the vest removably securable to a seat belt of the vehicle, first and second attachment straps, each of the first and second attachment straps secured at opposed ends to the vest jacket on opposite sides of the vest jacket, the top strap slidably secured to the first and second attachment straps.
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18. An animal restraint system for a vehicle, comprising:
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a vest having a vest jacket including leg holes for front legs of animal;
a top strap that extends across a back of an animal wearing the vest from a first side of the vest jacket to a second side of the vest jacket to secure the vest to the animal, the top strap including a continuous loop that loops through a buckle tongue and a webbing adjuster defining top and bottom portions of the top strap extending between the buckle tongue and the webbing adjuster, the top and bottom portions of the top strap secured together adjacent the buckle tongue;
a buckle for mating with the buckle tongue, the buckle rotatably coupled to the first side of the vest jacket;
the webbing adjuster rotatably coupled to the second side of the vest jacket;
the top strap adjustable across a back of the animal by pulling the top portion of the top strap to pull the bottom portion of the top strap through the webbing adjuster to shorten the bottom portion, the webbing adjuster releasably securing the top strap to prevent the top portion of the top strap from being pulled through the webbing adjuster; and
the vest removably securable to a seat belt of the vehicle by passing the seat belt between the top and bottom portions of the top strap. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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- 24. An animal restraint system for a system for a vehicle, comprising a vest having a vest jacket including leg holes for front legs of an animal, at least two top straps, each top strap including a continuous loop that is of looped through a buckle tongue and a webbing adjuster defining top and bottom portions for each top strap, the top and bottom portions of each top strap secured together adjacent the buckle tongue through which that top strap is looped, the vest removably securable to a seat belt of the vehicle by passing the seat belt between the top and bottom portions of each top strap, the bottom portion of each top strap pullable through its respective webbing adjuster by pulling the top portion of its respective top strap to shorten the bottom portion of that top strap extending across the back of an animal wearing the vest, the webbing adjusters releasably securing the top strap to prevent the top portions of the top straps from being pulled through the webbing adjusters, and the top portion and bottom portion of each top strap secured together adjacent the tongue through which that top strap is looped to have a predetermined breakaway force.
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