Removable Ligature Resistant Restraint Ring Receptacle
AssigneeNorix Group, Inc.
InventorsJed C. Richardson, Abdullah Shahzad
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Abstract
The removable restraint ring receptacle comprises a base for attachment to a furniture piece. The base adapted to receive a ligature resistant fastener. A restraint ring engaged by the fastener. The ligature resistant fastener may be a ball pin lock having a conical or rounded head. The head bearing against the restraint ring. The ligature resistant fastener further comprising a collar adapted to extend from the head to the base. The collar comprising a tapered outside surface adapted to span the gap between the head and the base when the ring is removed thereby providing a tapered protrusion to prevent the attachment of a ligature or snagging of clothes.
Claims14
A ligature resistant restraint ring receptacle for attaching a restraint ring to a furniture piece, the restraint ring having a ring base comprising a pin chamber therein, the ligature resistant restraint ring receptacle comprising:
- a ball pin lock, the ball pin lock comprising a ligature resistant head, a body and a lock tube, the ligature resistant head comprising a conical shape, the body on the head, the lock tube on the body, the ligature resistant head adapted to bear against the ring base, the lock tube attached to the furniture;
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- a collar, the collar having an outside surface, the collar having an open interior, the body in the open interior, the collar between the head and the furniture.
A removable restraint ring receptacle for attachment of a restraint ring to furniture, the restraint ring comprising a mounting portion, the mounting portion comprising a receptacle side and pin side, a pin hole in the mounting plate, the pin hole extending from the receptacle side to the pin side to furniture, the removable restraint ring receptacle comprising:
- a ring base, the ring base comprising a furniture side, a ring side and a pin chamber, a body portion and a lock portion, the opening in the ring side, the body portion comprising an open generally cylindrical body chamber extending from the opening to the lock portion, the lock portion comprising an open generally cylindrical lock chamber comprising a furniture end and a body end, the body end in fluid communication with the lock chamber, the lock chamber extending from the body portion, a first ball recess in the lock chamber, the first ball recess generally formed in a lock chamber wall, the first ball channel between the furniture side and the body portion;
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- a ligature resistant lock pin, the lock pin comprising a head, a body and a lock tube, the head comprising a key end, a tapered exterior head surface and a ring end, the ring end having a first diameter, the key end having a second diameter, the second diameter smaller than the first diameter, the body comprising a head end and a lock end, the head end on the ring end, the lock tube comprising a body end and a ball end, the body end on the lock end, a ball in the body end, the ball partially extending from the lock tube, the body in the body portion, the lock tube in the lock portion, the ball in the first ball channel, the head bearing against the pin side, the body in the pin hole whereby the mounting plate is between the ring side and the pin head,
- a tapered collar, the tapered collar comprising a generally cylindrical interior collar opening, a tapered exterior collar surface, a head end and a base end, the tapered exterior collar surface having a third diameter at the head end and a fourth diameter at the base end, the third diameter generally equal to the first diameter, the fourth diameter larger than the third diameter whereby the body is adapted to be in the interior collar opening or the pin hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.