US PATENT SUBCLASS 180 / 268
WITH BELT OR HARNESS FOR RESTRAINING OCCUPANT, AND MEANS WHEREBY THE BELT OR HARNESS CONTROLS, OR IS CONTROLLED BY, THE FUNCTIONING OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM OR COMPONENT

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180 /   HD   MOTOR VEHICLES

268WITH BELT OR HARNESS FOR RESTRAINING OCCUPANT, AND MEANS WHEREBY THE BELT OR HARNESS CONTROLS, OR IS CONTROLLED BY, THE FUNCTIONING OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM OR COMPONENT {2}
269  DF  .~> System comprises transmission or element thereof
270  DF  .~> System comprises ignition circuit or starter circuit or element of one or other

DEFINITION

Classification: 180/268

WITH BELT OR HARNESS FOR RESTRAINING OCCUPANT, AND MEANS WHEREBY THE BELT OR HARNESS CONTROLS, OR IS CONTROLLED BY, THE FUNCTIONING OF A VEHICLE SYSTEM OR COMPONENT:

(under the class definition) Apparatus wherein the vehicle is provided with one or more devices consisting principally of a flexible, straplike member, or an assembly of such members,

for engaging an occupant of the vehicle and preventing or limiting movement of the occupant relative to the vehicle upon a change in the momentum of the latter, and means whereby either (a) the belt, by its status (i.e., use or nonuse), renders a system (e.g., the ignition circuit) or a component (e.g., the transmission selector lever) of the vehicle either operative or inoperative or not properly positioned to function in its intended manner, or (b) as the result of the operation, or the failure to do so, or the improper positioning, of such system or component, the belt is itself placed in a condition whereby it either can, or cannot, serve to restrain the occupant.

(1) Note. An inflatable device (e.g., an air bag) for restraining an occupant of a vehicle of either a Class 180 type or a Class 280 type is classified in Class 280, Land Vehicles, subclasses 728.1+, without regard to which one of these two classes otherwise would take the particular vehicle involved. Moreover, the inflatable device may be in the nature of, or used in conjunction with, a belt or strap, as recognized by indented subclass 733.

(2) Note. As in the case of an inflatable device, as explained in (1) Note, a belt or harness of the passive restraint type (i.e., a belt or harness system which places itself in occupant-restraining position, and subsequently removes itself therefrom, without the aid of any manipulative effort on the part of the vehicle occupant) likewise is classified in Class 280, Land Vehicles, in this instance in subclasses 802+, without regard to whether the vehicle constitutes a motor vehicle or a land vehicle.

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271+, for a motor vehicle provided with means for promoting the safety of the vehicle, its occupant or load, or an external object.

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24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., appropriate subclasses for a device in the nature of a buckle for joining two, straplike members, particularly 572+,.

242, Winding, Tensioning, or Guiding, especially

382+, for a seat belt reeling device.

244, Aeronautics,

122, for a seat peculiar to an aircraft and a device for holding an occupant thereto.

280, Land Vehicles,

728.1+, for a vehicle, generally, provided with an inflatable passenger restraint, and see (1) Note above; subclasses 801.1+ and 805 through 808 for a land vehicle provided with a safety belt arrangement; and subclasses 802+ for a vehicle, generally, provided with a safety belt arrangement of the passive restraint type, and see (2) Note above; in regard to subclasses 801.1+ and 805 through 808, classification here (subclasses 268+) is proper if the safety belt arrangement is interlinked operationally with a system (e.g., ignition, transmission, etc.) which is peculiar to the vehicle as a motor vehicle or if the vehicle is established as being provided with a source of electrical power; however, the recital of an electrical device or element which is peculiar to only the safety belt arrangement is not sufficient for classification here (subclasses 268+).

297, Chairs and Seats,

464+, for a chair or seat provided with a body or occupant restraint or confinement and see (1) Note of subclass 464 as to the scope thereof.

307, Electrical Transmission or Interconnection Systems,

10.6, for a specific, vehicle-mounted, electrical system which may involve a circuit which includes elements of a seat belt. 340, Communications: Electrical,

457.1, for an electric alarm or indicator responsive to the status (fastened or unfastened) of a vehicle seat belt.