Seat belt buckle guard with spacer

Abstract

A seat belt buckle guard with spacer is a device which provides for preventing a child or person with behavioral disorder from accessing and inadvertent releasing of the seat belt buckle. It is made of see-through rigid material comprising an adaptable and a portable rectangular box with two key slots provide a housing for a seat belt buckle to prevent unsupervised or accidental depress of release button, in addition a wedge-shaped spacer made of similar material is to ensure snugly housing of said seat belt buckle inside the rectangular box. A car key or similar pointing object can be inserted into one of the two key slots to reach the release button so as to unfasten the seat belt buckle.

1 . A Seat Belt Buckle Guard with Spacer device for use with seat belt locking mechanism comprising a rigid rectangular box and a snapped off wedge-shaped spacer, the rectangular box structured having a fully-opened end and a half-opened end to fit over a variety of shapes and sizes of seat belt buckles, the seat belt buckle fits through the fully-opened end and buckle tongue may be inserted through the half opened end for fastening therein having a snapped off wedge shaped spacer providing a snugly accommodation for the seat belt buckle wherein the rectangular box covers the seat belt buckle and its releasing mechanism preventing unsupervised or accidental depress of release of the seat belt.  
   
   
       2 . A Seat Belt Buckle Guard with Spacer as claimed in  claim 1  has two “key slot”, one of them is located at the top of the rectangular body and the other is at the half-opened end which allows access to release button of the buckle, herein the two “key slot” are facilitated in such directions that for easy accessing of release button which can be on the top or on the end of the buckle depending on the design of seat belt buckle, wherein to release the seat belt by inserting a car key or a pointed object into one of the “key slots” and push against the release button whereby in case of emergency any object with key slotted size which is readily available at the time can be used, such as screw driver or a piece of strong wire, even a paper clip or a hair pin can be used.  
   
   
       3 . A Seat Belt Buckle Guard with Spacer as claimed in  claim 1  to  2  the wedge-shaped spacer with an adhesive side which can be snapped into two pieces if required, and once snapped off the spacer becomes two different sizes of wedge shaped spacers, a single function spacer becomes dual function and can therefore be arranged in different configurations depending on the shape and size of seat belt buckle where the spacer/s is/are positioned inside the rectangular body, underneath or at either sides of seat belt buckle by sliding it along interior wall of the rectangular box until gently touch the buckle and then press firmly to secure its position whereby to restrict the loose movement of the buckle in order to provide a snugly accommodation herein the Seat Belt Buckle Guard with spacer can remain there and no storage area required.  
   
   
       4 . A Seat Belt Buckle Guard with Spacer as claimed in  claim 1  to  3  wherein the rectangular body and wedge-shaped spacer are made of see through plastic material which allows for visual inspection of the sea belt buckle at all time.  
   
   
       5 . A Sea Belt Buckle Guard with Spacer as herein before described with reference to the accompanying drawings.