Vehicle passenger restraint
OwnerCharles W. Laceyinventor
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Abstract
To comfortably and safely restrain the individual occupants of a vehicle, a pair of arm reeceiving, shoulder engaging restraint loops are anchored permanently or removably to opposite sides of each vehicle seat at a proper height to be engaged conveniently by occupants of various sizes. The occupant can slip his or her arms into and out of the restraint loops upon entering and exiting the vehicle with no inconvenience, no disturbing of the clothing and without operating buckles, straps or other fasteners. Coacting restraint hand grips may be provided on each seat in some cases for added safety.
Claims9
A vehicle passenger safety restraint comprising in combination with a passenger seat back having spaced substantially vertical side walls, a pair of separated unconnected independently operable restraint loops formed of stiff but somewhat yielding and conformable material, said loops tapering toward one of their corresponding ends, means pivotally anchoring the tapering corresponding ends of said loops to said vehicle seat back vertical side walls near the tops of the latter, whereby the loops are independently swingable in substantially vertical planes forwardly and rearwardly across said side walls in planes substantially parallel thereto on the axis of said means, and the corresponding ends of said loops away from said means being enlarged and rounded so that the arms of a passenger can be placed therethrough forwardly of the seat back with the loops engaging the forward side of a passenger's shoulders to restrain the passenger, the restraint loops being disposed at least in part forwardly of the seat back when in the operative restraint position and being independently self-adjusting pivotally on the axis of said means to accommodate individual passenger shoulder anatomy variations.
A vehicle passenger safety restraint consisting solely and entirely of a pair of laterally spaced separately formed and independently operable passenger shoulder restraint loops disposed in free-swinging relationship in substantially vertical planes adjacent to the opposite side walls of a passenger seat back, means pivotally anchoring corresponding ends of said restraint loops to said seat back side walls substantially above the seating surface of the passenger seat, whereby said restraint loops are independently swingable forwardly and rearwardly and upwardly and downwardly on the axis of said means to render them self-adjusting with relation to the arms and shoulders of passengers using said safety restraint.
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