US PATENT SUBCLASS 297 / 468
.~ Safety belt or harness; e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness

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297 /   HD   CHAIRS AND SEATS

464  DF  BODY OR OCCUPANT RESTRAINT OR CONFINEMENT {6}
468.~ Safety belt or harness; e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness {9}
469  DF  .~.~> Passive restraint system
470  DF  .~.~> With means to absorb energy of acceleration {1}
473  DF  .~.~> Belt or harness rides on seat connected slide
474  DF  .~.~> Retractable {2}
480  DF  .~.~> Inertia-responsive locking or tightening of belt or harness
481  DF  .~.~> Having means for storage in nonuse position or in position to be handy for use
482  DF  .~.~> Belt or belt anchor covers
483  DF  .~.~> Shoulder belt or harness {1}
485  DF  .~.~> Having means providing easily releasable attachment to a chair or seat

DEFINITION

Classification: 297/468

Safety belt or harness, e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness:

(under subclass 464) Apparatus comprising a flexible straplike member engageable with the body of an occupant.

(1) Note. Mere, incidental attachment of the belt or harness device or accessories therefor to named, conventional vehicle body portions (e.g., the vehicle body or frame, center post, transmission tunnel, roof rail, floor pan, side

panel, or vehicle seat) or the location of a portion of the belt or harness device relative to such named, conventional vehicle body portions will not exclude a document from placement in this and the indented subclasses. In regard to the classification of a document between Class 297, subclasses 468+ and Class 280, subclasses 801.1+, classification in Class 280, subclasses 801.1+ is proper where a safety belt or harness device is combined with significant land vehicle structure. Such significant vehicle structure may include such examples as (a) the vehicle structure has been specifically modified in some way to accommodate the belt or harness device, (b) the vehicle structure operationally cooperates with the belt or harness device (i.e., the folding of the front seat back moves the belt system to allow occupant access to the rear seat of the vehicle or the belt or harness device relies upon the opening or closing of a vehicle door for its operation), or (c) where the belt or harness device is combined with other extraneous vehicle structure (e.g., a door or a portion thereof, a door opening, seating arrangements peculiar to a vehicle, a vehicle brake or bumper, a windshield, a dashboard, or a rocker panel).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

275, for a baby jumper with a belt or garment restrainer.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

24, Buckles, Buttons, Clasps, etc., particularly

572+, for a device in the nature of a buckle for joining two straplike members. 119, Animal Husbandry,

770, for tethering a human being, subclass 771 for a tether attached to a vehicle, and subclass 857 for a body- or appendage-encircling collar or band for a human being; see search notes of these subclasses for further field of search.

128, Surgery, appropriate subclasses for a device in the nature of a straplike member for restraining an occupant's body during surgical operations or for therapeutic procedures.

244, Aeronautics,

122, for a seat and safety belt combined with significant aircraft structure; subclass 151 for parachute harness.

280, Land Vehicles,

733, for a vehicle, generally, provided with an inflatable passenger restraint device which inflates upon impact and which is in the nature of, or used in conjunction with, a

belt or strap; and subclasses 801.1+ for a safety belt or harness device combined with significant land vehicle structure, and see (1) Note above.

441, Buoys, Rafts, and Aquatic Devices,

106+, for body harness used in buoyant devices.