ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,324, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to APV CORPORATION PTY LTD. (Campbellfield, Australia).
"Tongue assembly" was invented by Harrison Luke Penfold (Campbellfield, Australia), Cameron Scott Hickling (Campbellfield, Australia), Harry Charles William Hickling (Campbellfield, Australia) and Douglas Lewis Moss Keesing (Campbellfield, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking tongue assembly for a seatbelt system includes a body having a belt webbing opening through which a belt webbing is passable and in which a cinch bar is locatable for cinching the belt webbing, the cinch bar having a main body portion and first and second e...