Prisoner restraint system
OwnerDan E. Corcoraninventor
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Abstract
A contoured vehicle seat back and a belt restraint which cooperate to safely secure and immobilize a rearwardly handcuffed prisoner for transport is disclosed. The contoured seat back includes a pair of downwardly converging channels therein for receiving and engaging the arms of the occupant. A central lower pocket for receiving the cuffed hands of the occupant is recessed into the seat back proximate the lower extremities of the channels. The belt restraint includes a cinching handle detachably mounted to the seat belt latching mechanism which can be detached from the latching mechanism and used to tighten the seat belt urging the occupant into engagement with the contoured seat back.
Claims16
A seat back for providing lateral and rearward support to a rearwardly handcuffed occupant comprising:
- (a) an upright face for engaging the back of said occupant, said face including an upper portion and a lower portion;
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- (b) pocket means arranged centrally in said lower portion of said face for receiving the rearwardly cuffed hands of the occupant, said pocket means defining a space between said seat back and the back of the occupant when the back of the occupant rests securely against said face of said seat back.
A seat back for providing lateral and rearward support to a rearwardly handcuffed prisoner comprising:
- (a) an upright face for engaging the back of said occupant, said face including an upper portion and a lower portion;
- (b) said lower portion of said seat back including a pair of left and right, laterally opposed, brace means for respectively engaging the left and right forearms of the occupant when the hands of the occupant are cuffed behind the occupant's back, said left and right brace means arranged on said lower portion of said seat back so as to converge downwardly toward each other;
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- (c) wherein said left and right brace means converge downwardly toward central pocket means in said lower portion of said face for receiving the rearwardly cuffed hands of said occupant, said pocket means defining a space between said seat back and the back of the occupant when the back of the occupant rests securely against said face of said seat back.
A seat back for providing lateral and rearward support to a rearwardly handcuffed prisoner comprising:
- (a) an upright face for engaging the back of said occupant, said face including an upper portion and a lower portion;
- (b) said lower portion of said seat back including a pair of left and right, laterally opposed, brace means for respectively engaging the left and right forearms of the occupant when the hands of the occupant are cuffed behind the occupant's back, said left and right brace means arranged on said lower portion of said seat back so as to converge downwardly toward each other;
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- (c) wherein said left and right brace means include left and right channels formed in said face of said seat back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.