A cover for a strap, in particular for protecting the strap from mechanical influences, wherein the cover has a body that is designed such that the body has an aperture that is enclosed at least in sections by a wall, via which the cover can be arranged on the strap such that the wall of the body encloses at least sections of the strap in the circumferential direction of the body. A bracket is arranged on the wall of the body in this design.

An energy-absorbing restraint web assembly may include a motor vehicle seat restraint web and an energy absorption web having a first length, a first end attached to the restraint web at a first location thereof and a second end, opposite the first end of the energy absorption web, attached to the restraint web at a second location thereof, the energy absorption web responsive to a transverse force applied to the restraint web between first and second ends thereof that is greater than a threshold force to elongate and absorb energy while elongating, wherein the restraint web defines a second length between the first and second locations thereof, the second length of the restraint web greater than the first length of the energy absorption web such that the overall length of the restraint web increases as the energy absorption web elongates.

An air belt apparatus for a vehicle may include an air belt coupled to an inflator formed at a predetermined position in a seat back, the air belt being configured to be placed on a shoulder portion of a driver, and a seat belt including a webbing passing through the air belt, the webbing being extracted from a retractor spaced from the inflator with a predetermined distance.

The invention provides a seatbelt threader device with a sheath receiving at least one or both of the lap and shoulder straps of a seatbelt therein, and a male component of a seatbelt buckle at a distal end thereof, so that the male component can be inserted through the slot of the child safety seat.

A seatbelt pillow creates spacing for the seatbelt to lay off the chest of the user. Therefore, the seatbelt pillow can reduce wrinkles, prevent fray wear and provide cushioning for the neck and breast lines of the passengers wearing seatbelts. The seatbelt pillow also may provide improved safety for the user, providing, for example, reduced head injury criteria (HIC) as compared to a conventional shoulder belt without the seatbelt pillow.

An occupant restraint system 1 includes a seatbelt device 3 having a webbing 5 that is designed to extend obliquely across an occupant, seated on a seat, so as to pass through a shoulder part located on one side in a lateral direction and a part in front of a waist part located on the other side, and thereby to restrain an upper body of the occupant. The occupant restraint system 1 also includes an airbag device 4 having a bag body 10 that is installed on the webbing 5 in a folded state and designed to expand and deploy upon input of an impact load and thereby to restrain a periphery of a neck part of the occupant.

An antimicrobial barrier seatbelt covering apparatus for preventing a cross contamination between hosts contacting with a seatbelt includes stripes of antimicrobial material creating a barrier against pathogens accumulated on a seatbelt, a container for storage of the antimicrobial material that can be attached on one end of the seatbelt, and a holding device to fix the material on the other end of the seatbelt. The antimicrobial seatbelt covering may be used in applications including seatbelts in cars seats, airplanes, boats where the seatbelt covering controls the level of cross contamination by preventing unwanted microbes that contact the seatbelt and thereby, prevents the spread of disease and infections.

Disclosed seat belt assemblies or mechanisms include a seat belt guide which positions the seat belt for convenient ingress and egress by an operator, but in a position which reminds the operator to fasten the seat belt. The seat belt guide is configured to be stiffer in one direction of movement to maintain the metal tab of the seat belt at a raised position to one side of the operator seat, for example at a position adjacent to an operator joystick or control, but to allow the guide and the seat belt to be moved across the operator seat (and operator) for buckling.

An expandable protective covering for a seatbelt including a substantially rectangular seatbelt cover having an expandable middle portion disposed between a pair of end portions. A slot is continuously disposed within the seatbelt cover from a left side of a left end of the pair of end portions to a right side of a right end of the pair of end portions. Each of a pair of locking mechanisms has a locking button disposed on a front surface of each of the right end and the left end, respectively, and a release opening disposed on the back surface of each of the right end and the left end, respectively. A seatbelt is configured to be slidably disposed within the slot. The locking button is both depressable into the release opening and releasable out of the release opening in order to selectively secure and release the seatbelt from within the slot.

The invention discussed includes a durable antimicrobial strap made using a soft-cotton material, which have been enhanced through the integration of antimicrobial material adapted to prevent microbes. The antimicrobial seat-belt covering may be used in applications including seat belts in child safety seats where the seat-belt covering controls the level of cross-contamination by preventing unwanted microbes that contact the seat-belt and thereby, prevents the spread of disease and infections.