An automatic safety seat pair of clamps adapted to be moved in front of an occupant of a vehicle seat, one to restrain his mid section and the other, his shoulders, and thus prevent him from being thrown forwardly during an accident. The mid-section safety clamp is automatically raised from a low retracted position and the shoulder clamp is moved inwardly in front of the shoulders in response to the occupant's body pressure which actuates a switch on the seat back. The mid-section clamp complete...

An individual, auxiliary body restraining device for use in combination with any existing three-point lap belt-shoulder belt system which is available for seat occupant's use in any fast-moving transportation vehicle, the device easily attached, adjusted and removed to and from the upper section of any existing restraning system crossing his chest. The device consists of a thin but substantially rigid panel-like chest-shield element contoured to fit its user's chest dimensions, to absorb and dis...

A child restraining article is made up of a sheet of material which has two holes in it to receive a child's legs and also has tie tabs at its edges to be tied to a chair frame. It may also include an integral or detachable sheet with arm holes and tie tabs to be tied to the chair. In addition a bib may be integral with or detachably connected to the portion with arm holes in it.

An engine is disclosed incorporating a block means defining a plurality of cylinder chambers for containing reciprocating pistons that are coupled to provide output drive power. Means are incorporated in the block means for valving the cylinder chambers to provide pumping flow. Additionally, means are provided for selectively burning fuel in said cylinder chambers at variable time intervals in accordance with demands for drive power. A variable number of elemental charges of fuel may be injected...

A safety seat construction for automotive and other vehicle use which includes mechanical means for causing the vehicle seat bottom to be raised at the front and the seat back to be tilted backwardly, and which includes in combination therewith a shoulder restraining device that is mounted on the seat back to hold a person against the seat back as it is tipped rearwardly.

A crotch belt (20) which is one component of a body restraint belt includes an elastic plate (21) having bending elasticity, and a buckle (22) mounted on an end of the elastic plate (21). One end of the elastic plate (21) is fixed to a fixing point (23) under a seating surface (4). While the crotch belt (20) is not connected to a waist belt, the crotch belt (20) is positioned along a front part of the seating surface (4) so as to be close to it by elastic force of the elastic plate (21).

A vehicular passenger restraint mechanism especially adapted for amusement rides wherein the passenger is subjected to changing forces throughout the ride. A passenger restraint arm is pivotably attached at the head location of each passenger seat. The restraint arm pivots from an extreme upward position, that permits the passenger to move into and out of the seat, to a lower restraint position wherein the bottom of the restraint arm rests on the passenger's lap and the remaining portions of the...

An air bag device includes an air bag which is accommodated in a folded state along sides of a seat back and a seat cushion of a seat for an occupant. Upon side collision of a vehicle, the air bag is expanded by a gas generated by an inflator and deployed between an inner surface of a side of a vehicle compartment and an occupant. The air bag is disposed outside a lap belt of a seat belt device, and hence is deployed from the sides of the seat back and the seat cushion, so that a shock-absorbing...

A vehicle safety belt link point assembly for attachment to a pillar of the vehicle at a location adjacent the shoulder of a vehicle occupant, includes a slotted guide with one link provided with a series of locking openings. The guide is secured to the pillar. A slide member is mounted on the guide and has one limb lying adjacent and parallel to the limb of the guide. The slide member limb has one opening which can be made coincident with any of the openings of the guide member limb. A slide pi...

In the process of plasticizing polyvinylchloride, the improvement of using dicyclohexylbiphenyl as a secondary plasticizer.