Press Release

Child Safe International Announces New Shoulder Strap Adapter for Seatbelts

10/17/96

For Children and Adults Too, a Shoulder Strap Adapter Provides Safety,
Comfort, and Ends Choke Hold

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 15 -- For anyone who experiences
discomfort, often agony, of a car shoulder strap chaffing the neck,
there is an adapter to keep the shoulder strap away from the neck for
the comfort and safety of children and adults as well.

Inventor Paul Gerstenberger was concerned by Detroit's failure to
implement such a device as recommended by the National Transportation
Safety Board, so he designed and marketed Safe Buckle which can be
easily attached in seconds and keeps the shoulder strap away from the
neck ($19.95, call 888-244-5372).

"We feel the adapter is tremendously important for the simple reason
children put shoulder straps behind them, rather than being chaffed,
where it does absolutely no good," says Gerstenberger.

"Auto accidents are the number one cause of death and injury under the
age of 14," says Gerstenberger who notes the auto industry has failed
to act despite the NTSB recommendation. Senior Design Engineer Jim
Rupp says, "... the Safe Buckle was designed to lower the position of
the strap to fit across the chest and shoulder where it belongs."

For the Safe Buckle, $19.95, write Child Safe International, LLC 3065
Center Green Drive, Suite 220, Boulder, Colorado, 80301 or phone
888-Child Safe or fax: 303-444-4438.