Combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device

• US 9,265,976 B1
• Filed: 08/26/2014
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Anthony Hensley
• Original Assignee: Anthony Hensley
• Inventors: Hensley, Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Ilan, Ruth
• Assistant Examiner(s): Condra, Darlene P
• Application Number:
  US14/468,557
• Publication Number:
  US 20160059046A1
• Time in Patent Office: 546 Days
• Field of Search: 280/733
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 3/00 Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings A62B1/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 3/005 Rescue tools with forcing action
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 1/006 with percussion tool-heads or -blades, e.g. hammers, axes
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/32 Devices for releasing in an emergency, e.g. after an accident ; Remote or automatic unbuckling devices unlocking devices for retractors B60R22/3416
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 3/045 Other hand-held cleaning arrangements, e.g. with sponges, brushes, scrapers or the like brushes per se A46B

Abstract

A multipurpose automobile device comprising a shaft, where attached to that shaft is a hammer means for use in breaking out the window of an automobile in an emergency, a seatbelt cutting means for cutting the seatbelt of an automobile when the seatbelt buckle cannot be released or reached, and a seatbelt threading means for threading the seatbelt of an automobile through a child safety seat. The multipurpose automobile device may also comprise an ice scraping means, a brush means, or both additional tools.

Claims

1. A combination seat belt threader/automobile safety device comprising a shaft with a handle at one end and multiple tools attached to the shaft, including a seatbelt cutter, a hammer which also acts as a seatbelt threader;

wherein the hammer is located on the top of the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the handle;

wherein the hammer comprises a pedestal and a head on top of the pedestal;

wherein the pedestal extends out from the shaft of the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device such that the pedestal is exposed and not within the shaft;

wherein the diameter of the pedestal is less than the maximum diameter of the head of the hammer;

wherein the shape of the head is such that the head reaches a point at its apex, which is opposite the pedestal upon which the head is attached;

wherein the head of the hammer is such that a hole in a seatbelt buckle fits over the head of the hammer, and because the diameter of the pedestal of the hammer is less than the maximum diameter of the head of the hammer, the seatbelt buckle does not easily slide off of the hammer, so the hammer also acts as the seatbelt threader;

wherein the seatbelt cutter is located on the side of the shaft at the end of the shaft with the handle, between the handle and the end of the shaft;

wherein the shape of the seatbelt cutter is a notch into the side of the shaft;

wherein recessed into the notch in the shaft is a blade; and

wherein the notch and blade are oriented in such a fashion so that when a seatbelt is inserted into the notch and a user pulls on the handle, the orientation of the notch facilitates the edge of the seatbelt coming into contact with the blade and the orientation of the blade facilitates the cutting of the seatbelt.

2. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 1 wherein the shaft is flat and flexible.

3. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 2 wherein on the shaft there is also an attachment feature to attach the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device to a car seat.

4. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 1 wherein the shaft is rigid.

5. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 4 wherein on the shaft there is also an attachment feature to attach the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device to a car seat.

6. A combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device comprising a shaft with a handle at one end and multiple tools attached to the shaft, including a seatbelt cutter, a hammer, which also acts as a seatbelt threader and an ice scraper;

wherein the hammer is located on the top of the shaft at the end of the shaft opposite the handle;

wherein the hammer comprises a pedestal and a head on top of the pedestal;

wherein the pedestal extends out from the shaft of the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device such that the pedestal is exposed and not within the shaft;

wherein the diameter of the pedestal is less than the maximum diameter of the head of the hammer;

wherein the shape of the head is such that the head reaches a point at its apex, which is opposite the pedestal upon which the head is attached;

wherein the head of the hammer is such that a hole in a seatbelt buckle fits over the head of the hammer, and because the diameter of the pedestal of the hammer is less than the maximum diameter of the head of the hammer seatbelt buckle does not easily slide off of the hammer, so the hammer also acts as the seatbelt threader;

wherein the seatbelt cutter is located on the side of the shaft at the end of the shaft with the handle, between the handle and the end of the shaft;

wherein the shape of the seatbelt cutter is a notch into the side of the shaft;

wherein recessed into the notch in the shaft is a blade;

wherein the notch and blade are oriented in such a fashion so that when a seatbelt is inserted into the notch and a user pulls on the handle, the orientation of the notch facilitates the edge of the seatbelt coming into contact with the blade and the orientation of the blade facilitates the cutting of the seatbelt; and

wherein the end of the shaft opposite the handle is elongated, tapers and comprises the ice scraper.

7. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 6 wherein the shaft is flat and flexible.

8. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 7 wherein on the shaft there is also an attachment feature to attach the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device to a car seat.

9. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 6 wherein the shaft is rigid.

10. The combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device of claim 9 wherein on the shaft there is also an attachment feature to attach the combination seatbelt threader/automobile safety device to a car seat.