United States Patent [19] [ii] Patent Number: 4,759,569
Potter [45] Date of Patent: Jul. 26, 1988
U.S. Patent Jul. 26,1988 Sheet 1 of 4 4,759,569
U.S. Patent Jul. 26,1988 Sheet 3 of 4 4,759,569
[54] JACKET WITH SAFETY HARNESS FOR USE WITH TRANSPORT VEHICLE
[76] Inventor: Cyril S. Potter, 82 Cleveland St., Orange, N.J. 07050
[21] Appl. No.: 29,189
[22] Filed: Mar. 23, 1987
[51] Int. a." B60R 21/10
[52] U.S. a 280/748; 297/465;
297/485
[58] Field of Search 280/801, 748; 297/464,
297/465, 485; 128/134
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
1,616,349 2/1927 Cagle 297/465
2,978,015 4/1961 Cox 297/485
3,495,849 2/1970 Cetrone 297/485
3,499,681 3/1970 Benitez, Jr. et al 297/465
3,829,122 8/1974 Bastide 280/748
3,992,040 11/1976 Gaonnrac 297/465
Primary Examiner—Ross Weaver
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Richard M. Goldberg
[57] ABSTRACT
An assembly for releasably restraining a person in a seat of a transport vehicle, includes a vertically oriented channel in the seat, having a substantially semi-circular
cross-sectional configuration and an open portion along a substantial length thereof; and a device releasably securable on the person and engageable within the channel for releasably restraining the person in the seat, the device including a jacket-like garment to be worn by the person, the garment including buttons or zippers for releasably securing the garment on the person; a vertically oriented rear strap secured to a central back portion of the garment; a plurality of mushroom-shaped protrusions secured to the rear strap and extendable through the open portion of the channel for slidably engaging within the channel to releasably secure the garment to the seat, each protrusion having a substantially hemispherical head and a stem, each head slidably engaging within the channel and each stem extending through the open portion of the channel, each stem having a first end secured to a respective head and a second, opposite end secured to the rear strap; left and right shoulder straps secured to the garment, each shoulder strap having a lower end extending to a front portion of the garment, and an upper end secured to an upper end of the rear strap; and a lap belt secured in the garment, to the lower ends of the left and right shoulder staps and to a lower end of the rear strap.
