US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on July 21 for "Seat belt guide" (Spanish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,358, issued on July 21, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Seat belt guide" was invented by Ismael Fuentes Domingo (Sabadell, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a seat belt guide comprising a guide portion for slidably retaining a seat belt and at least one connecting portion for attaching the seat belt guide to a frame. The at least one connecting portion comprises at least one barb and at least one stop. The barb is arranged in opposition to the at least one stop. The barb comprises a biting surface. The barb is resiliantly biased in a direction different to a direction t...