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SEATBELT ATTACHMENT FOR SURGICAL PATIENT

Application US20260077737A1 Kind: A1 Mar 19, 2026

Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventors

Emily Obert, Rima Shkoukani, Christopher Klein

Abstract

A seatbelt attachment for attachment to a webbing of a seatbelt assembly of a vehicle includes a chest section and a shoulder section. The chest section has a chest-section axis on which the chest section is elongated, and the shoulder section has a shoulder-section axis on which the shoulder section is elongated. A joint connects the chest section and the shoulder section. The joint is flexible relative to the chest section and the shoulder section. The joint has a rotational axis that is transvers to the chest-section axis and the shoulder-section axis. The shoulder section includes a back elongated along the axis. The shoulder section includes two legs elongated along the chest-section axis and aligned along the chest-section axis with the back. The legs each have a distal end and the legs extend from the back to the distal ends, respectively.

CPC Classifications

B60R 22/14 A61F 5/30 B60R 2022/006

Filing Date

2024-09-17

Application No.

18887458