US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 7 for "Seatbelt attachment for surgical patient" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,636, issued on July 7, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Seatbelt attachment for surgical patient" was invented by Emily Obert (Ferndale, Mich.), Rima Shkoukani (Troy, Mich.) and Christopher Klein (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seatbelt attachment for attachment to a webbing of a seatbelt assembly of a vehicle includes a chest section and a shoulder section. The chest section has a chest-section axis on which the chest section is elongated, and the shoulder section has a shoulder-section axis on which the shoulder section is elongated. A joint connects the chest section and the shoulder ...