Appeal No. 97-1023
Application 08/262,461
retractor means for pulling the lower ends of the shoulder
belt sections downward toward the seat cushion, and mounting
means for mounting the retractor means on the seat cushion.
The applied Harmon patent teaches a restraint system for
a child safety seat (frame 38, seat support 30, and back
support
32) having the upper end (tip 63) of shoulder strap 62
connected by a fastener 54 to cross brace 20 of the back
support frame 18 of the vehicle seat 10. As indicated, Harmon
teaches the attaching of an upper end of a shoulder belt to a
component of a vehicle seat, not to a seat back of a child
seat as presently claimed. The lower end of the shoulder
strap 62 (metal tip 63) is connected by fastener 65 to linkage
24, the linkage that pivotally interconnects vehicle seat
support frame 22 and back support frame 18.
The Mathis patent discloses (Figures 1 and 3) a seat
safety harness wherein each of a pair of shoulder-lap straps
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