ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,355, issued on Nov. 11.

"Remotely-controllable seatbelt system" was invented by David J. Ebrahimzadeh (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remotely-lockable seatbelt latch receptacle is configured for use within a vehicle and includes: a latch receiver configured to receive a seatbelt latch assembly; a coupling assembly configured to releasably engage a portion of the seatbelt latch assembly and temporarily prevent the removal of the seatbelt latch assembly from the latch receiver; and a selectively-operable disengagement assembly configured to override the coupling assembly to enable removal of the seatbelt latch assembly from...