ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,903, issued on April 7, was assigned to Textron Inc. (Providence, R.I.).
"Seat belt assembly for personal transport vehicles" was invented by Benjamin Garten (Martinez, Ga.), Rosemary Durant (Augusta, Ga.) and Cary Steyer (Augusta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A personal transport vehicle includes a vehicle frame and a seat belt assembly. The seat belt assembly includes a rail coupled to the vehicle frame, a crossbar spaced from the rail, a first buckle coupled to the rail, a second buckle coupled to the crossbar, a first belt, and a second belt. The first belt has a first belt first end coupled to the crossbar and a first belt...