# US 11,439,528 B2 · Leg restraint system and methods of use thereof

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- Number: US 11,439,528 B2
- Document ID: US11439528B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/586,191
- Filed: 2019-09-27
- Published: 2020-04-02
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2018-09-28
- Applicants: Henry L. Gilbert, Jr.
- Inventors: Henry L. Gilbert, Jr.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11439528B2

## CPC

- A61F 5/37: Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts
- A61F 5/3715: {for attaching the limbs to other parts of the body}
- A41F 9/002: {Free belts}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A41F: GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS

## Abstract

A leg restraint system to hold a person's thighs together while seated with bent legs, including a strap having a first strap end and a second strap end, a buckle, the buckle having a first latchable end and a second latchable end, wherein the first latchable end is affixed to the first strap end and the second latchable end affixed to the second strap end, one or more keepers configured to gather the first strap end and a second strap end, a bungee binder, the bungee binder configured to hold the strap in a stored position and, thus, functions to be easily used to carry or transport the leg restraint system and utilize the leg restraint system to clasp, cinch, and hold a seated passengers bent legs in parallel and prevent their bent legs from spreading to a V-spread and encroaching on another adjacent traveler's designated leg space.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A leg restraint system to hold a person's thighs together while seated with bent legs, said system comprising:
a strap having a first strap end and a second strap end;
a buckle, said buckle having a first latchable end and a second latchable end, wherein said first latchable end is affixed to said first strap end and said second latchable end affixed to said second strap end, wherein said first strap end extends through said first latchable end and is folded on itself to form a fold and sewn to affix said first latchable end thereto said first strap end;
one or more keepers configured to gather said first strap end and said second strap end;
a slide affixed to said second strap end to adjust a length of said strap, said slide positioned between said second latchable end and said one or more keepers;
a bungee binder, said bungee binder configured to hold said strap in a stored position, said bungee binder further comprising a ball and a stretch cord configured as a loop extending therefrom said ball, wherein said stretch cord is affixed at said first strap end within the fold.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said first strap end is configured to have a strap handle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The system of claim 2, wherein said strap handle is configured to be gripped to cinch said strap therearound the person's thighs.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said strap is configured to extend around the person's thighs and said first latchable end and said second latchable end are configured to be clasped together to hold the person's thighs together.

### Claim 5

A method of holding a user's thighs together while seated with bent legs, said method comprising the steps of:
determining whether an adjacent traveler is present next to the user;
providing a leg restraint system with a strap having a first strap end and a second strap end, a buckle, said buckle having a first latchable end and a second latchable end, wherein said first latchable end is affixed to said first strap end and said second latchable end affixed to said second strap end, one or more keepers configured to gather said first strap end and said second strap end, a slide affixed to said second strap end to adjust a length of said strap, said slide positioned between said second latchable end and said one or more keepers, and a bungee binder having a ball and a stretch cord configured as a loop extending therefrom said ball, said bungee binder configured to hold said strap in a stored position;
releasing said stretch cord from around said ball to unravel said strap;
wrapping said strap around the thighs of user; and
latching said buckle by inserting said first latchable end into said second latchable end.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, adjusting said strap therein said slide to prevent the bent legs of the user from spreading to a V-spread.