Personal protection assembly

• US 9,776,590 B1
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 10/03/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2016
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nathan Foser
• Original Assignee: Nathan Foser
• Inventors: Foser, Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Dickson, Paul N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wilhelm, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US15/175,728
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/055 Padded or energy-absorbing fittings , e.g. seat belt anchors sun visors B60J3/00; head rests B60N2/80

Abstract

A personal protection assembly for protection in a side impact collision includes a first pad that is resilient. The first pad is substantially complementary to a seatbelt pulley and a portion of an adjacent column of a vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled. The first pad is configured to couple to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley. The first pad is positioned to couple to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley and is configured to provide impact protection, in the event of a side impact collision, to a head of a user positioned in a seat fitted with a seatbelt coupled to the seatbelt pulley.

Claims

1. A personal protection assembly comprising:

a first pad, said first pad being resilient, said first pad being substantially complementary to a seatbelt pulley and a portion of an adjacent column of a vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled, said first pad being configured for coupling to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley;

wherein said first pad is positioned for coupling to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley, wherein said first pad is configured to provide impact protection to a head of a user positioned in a seat fitted with a seatbelt coupled to the seatbelt pulley in the event of a side impact collision; and

a pair of couplers, each said coupler being configured for a respective opposing end of said first pad to the adjacent column, each said coupler comprising

a brace, said brace being substantially rectangularly shaped, said brace being dimensioned to extend from proximate to a top to proximate to a bottom of said first pad adjacent to said respective opposing end of said first pad, said brace comprising metal,

a plurality of holes positioned through said brace, said plurality of holes comprising holes positioned singly proximate to each opposing endpoint of said brace,

a plurality of screws equivalently numbered to said plurality of holes, said screws being self-tapping, and

wherein each said hole is positioned in said brace such that a respective said screw is positionable through said hole and said first pad proximate to a respective said opposing end, wherein said first pad is screwedly coupled to the adjacent column.

2. The assembly of claim 1, further including said first pad comprising rubber.

3. The assembly of claim 1, further including said first pad having a pair of opposing sections extending divergently from a center of said first pad defining a recess, said recess being substantially complementary to the seatbelt pulley and the portion of the adjacent column of the vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled.

4. The assembly of claim 3, further including said first pad being substantially half-octagonally shaped when viewed from a top of said first pad.

5. The assembly of claim 4, further including an insert coupled to said first pad within said recess, said insert being resilient, wherein said insert is positioned in said recess such that said insert is configured for positioning between said first pad and the seatbelt pulley.

6. The assembly of claim 5, further comprising:

said insert extending between a pair of angled sections of said first pad; and

said insert being positioned proximate to said top of said first pad.

7. The assembly of claim 5, further including said first pad and said insert comprising foam.

8. The assembly of claim 7, further including said first pad and said insert comprising rubber foam.

9. The assembly of claim 1, further including a second pad, said second pad being resilient, said second pad being configured for coupling to a window adjacent to the seatbelt pulley, wherein said second pad is configured to couple to the window adjacent to the seatbelt pulley such that said second pad is configured to provide impact protection to the head of the user in the event of a side impact collision.

10. The assembly of claim 9, further including said second pad being substantially rectangularly box shaped.

11. The assembly of claim 9, further including said second pad comprising foam.

12. The assembly of claim 11, further including said second pad comprising rubber foam.

13. The assembly of claim 9, further comprising:

a first fastener coupled to a back face of said second pad;

a second fastener adhesively couplable to the window, said second fastener being complementary to said first fastener; and

wherein said second fastener is configured to adhesively couple to the window such that said second fastener is positioned to couple to said first fastener to couple said second pad to the window.

14. The assembly of claim 13, further including said first fastener and said second fastener comprising a nylon hook and loop fastener.

15. A personal protection assembly comprising:

a first pad, said first pad being resilient, said first pad being substantially complementary to a seatbelt pulley and a portion of an adjacent column of a vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled, said first pad being configured for coupling to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley, said first pad having a pair of opposing sections extending divergently from a center of said first pad defining a recess, said recess being substantially complementary to the seatbelt pulley and the portion of the adjacent column of the vehicle to which the seatbelt pulley is coupled, said first pad being substantially half-octagonally shaped when viewed from a top of said first pad, said first pad comprising rubber, said first pad comprising foam, said first pad comprising rubber foam;

an insert coupled to said first pad within said recess, said insert being resilient, wherein said insert is positioned in said recess such that said insert is configured for positioning between said first pad and the seatbelt pulley, said insert extending between a pair of angled sections of said first pad, said insert being positioned proximate to said top of said first pad, said insert comprising foam, said insert comprising rubber foam;

a pair of couplers, each said coupler being configured for a respective opposing end of said first pad to the adjacent column, each said coupler comprising;

a brace, said brace being substantially rectangularly shaped, said brace being dimensioned to extend from proximate to said top to proximate to a bottom of said first pad adjacent to said respective opposing end of said first pad, said brace comprising metal,

a plurality of holes positioned through said brace, said plurality of holes comprising holes positioned singly proximate to each opposing endpoint of said brace,

a plurality of screws equivalently numbered to said plurality of holes, said screws being self-tapping, each said hole is positioned in said brace, and

wherein a respective said screw is positionable through said hole and said first pad proximate to a respective said opposing end, wherein said first pad is screwedly coupled to the adjacent column;

a second pad, said second pad being resilient, said second pad being configured for coupling to a window adjacent to the seatbelt pulley, said second pad being substantially rectangularly box shaped, said second pad comprising rubber, said second pad comprising foam, said second pad comprising rubber foam;

a first fastener coupled to a back face of said second pad;

a second fastener adhesively couplable to the window, said second fastener being complementary to said first fastener, wherein said second fastener is configured to adhesively couple to the window such that said second fastener is positioned to couple to said first fastener to couple said second pad to the window;

said first fastener and said second fastener comprising a nylon hook and loop fastener; and

wherein said first pad is positioned for coupling to the adjacent column to cover the seatbelt pulley, wherein said first pad is configured to provide impact protection to a head of a user positioned in a seat fitted with a seatbelt coupled to the seatbelt pulley in the event of a side impact collision, wherein said second pad is configured to couple to the window adjacent to the seatbelt pulley such that said second pad is configured to provide impact protection to the head of the user in the event of a side impact collision.