<VV> Ridiculed by others... (no corvair)

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/13/2008 11:37:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
rusecular at yahoo.com writes:

Volvo  had the first safety belts in 1849. The first U.S. patent for 
automobile seat beats was issued to Edward J. Claghorn of 
New York,  on February 10, 1885. 

Claghorn was granted United States Patent  #312,085 for a 
Safety-Belt for tourists, described in the patent as  "designed 
to be applied to the person, and provided with hooks and  
other attachments for securing the person to a fixed  object."

Swedish inventor, Nils Bohlin invented the three-point  seat belt - 
not the first but the modern seatbelt - now a standard  safety 
device in most cars. Nils Bohlin's lap-and-shoulder belt was  
introduced by Volvo in 1959...




Invented in 1849 (which I doubt) and Volvo made them standard in 1958. It  
took 100 years to move from design to production?  - The wiki was an  
interesting read, though. - Seth



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