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Child Car Seat Safety with Hurphy Durphy

According to Royal Automobile Club statistics over 1500 children died between 1999-2004 in accidents that may have been preventable if their car seats had been properly secured.¹

The Hurphy Durphy Seat Belt Buckle Guard is a sturdy seat belt buckle cover to be used with child car seats/restraints.²

Perth mum Imogen Mirmikidis invented the Hurphy Durphy after discovering the seat belt securing her child's car seat had been accidentally undone.

The Hurphy Durphy prevents careless adults or young children from pressing or knocking the seat belt release button. This removes one more obstacle to your child's security in a car. This simple device is paramount to the effectiveness of any child car seat/restraint.

The Hurphy Durphy is made of neoprene and plastic, and has an extra strong Velcro fastener that camouflages the buckle.

For her invention Imogen has won a JJJ Young Guns Catapult Award and a place in the Small Business Development Corporation's Innovation to Market Programme.

Easy to Install

Availability

The Hurphy Durphy Seat Belt Buckle Guard is available online at www.hurphydurphy.com or from baby stores nationally. The retail price is $29.95.

Imogen is contactable by phone on 9386 9341 or 0411745092, or via email: info@hurphydurphy.com

Testimonial

"I looked all over the place for something to prevent my five year old from accidentally unbuckling her 7 month old brother's car seat every time she gets out of her booster seat and could not find anything suitable. The seat belt posts in my car are so close it's impossible to expect my five year old to not hit the button next to her buckle when she gets in and out. I can't tell you how many times I've driven with the car seat unanchored because I had not noticed the seatbelt was unbuckled again. I even resorted to tying the car seatbelt that's supposed to anchor my infant seat closed with twine as a stopgap until I could find something that works. I found your site on the Internet and ordered since it looked like it would work with my SUV's seat belts. It is wonderful! Fits perfectly, does not obstruct the other seat belts in my Ford Explorer, or prevent the wide base of my baby's Britax car seat from sitting properly on the seat (and much safer than twine). It solves the problem completely. I could not find any way to unlock the belt with the Hurphy Durphy (great name too!) on, so I finally KNOW my five year old won't be able to undo it and my baby is always safely secured. You need to distribute these in stores in the US. It is a lifesaver - literally".

Thank you,

Cindy Newman
Scarsdale, New York USA

Key Points of Interest

• It doesn't matter how good the seat is, if it's unanchored it's almost useless and potentially more dangerous due to catapulting possibilities
• The whole design of securing a Baby Capsule or Child Seat is Based on 2 Anchor points:
  • The Rear Anchor Clip which is very secure and difficult to detach
  • The Seat Belt which can be released with ease or accidentally by a push of a button if it does not have a Hurphy Durphy Seat Belt Buckle Guard Installed
• Hurphy Durphy Pty Ltd has full Product Liability Insurance
• The Australian Motor Vehicle Certification Board, comprised of the RTA and all of the regulative bodies in the other states permit the sale of the Hurphy Durphy Seat Belt Buckle Guard for its intended use to prevent the accidental release of the seat belt buckle that is being used to anchor the Baby Capsule / Child Seat
• A Perth Lady was charged and convicted in May 2007 for this exact situation where her 8 month old Baby was catapulted 20 metres out of the car.

¹ http://rac.com.au/go/community-and-information/motoring-advice/child-restraints
² The Hurphy Durphy is only for use with child car restraints and capsules that have their own separate harness. Not for use with a regular seatbelt used to secure a person.

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