Deformable restraint guide for use with child restraint system
US7401859B2 · kind B2 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2022/286
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Deformable guides for use with smaller persons and/or in a child restraint system are provided. The guides are of at least two varieties, one for inclusion within a belt system, so as to absorb the impact and stresses of a collision or other abrupt vehicular motion and the other of a type useful to guide the restraint system of an automobile about the correct location on a smaller person. The second type permits a smaller individual to be properly secured to a restraint system in spite of his small stature. The guides are made of multiple layers of metal, plastic or other structurally significant materials, or combinations thereof, and designed to receive the energy of a collision such that a guide will deform, without breaking, absorbing the energy of a collision or other abrupt action.
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