# US 5,349,966 A · Hands restraint for handcuffed wrists

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- Number: US 5,349,966 A
- Document ID: US5349966A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 07/989,144
- Filed: 1992-12-11
- Granted: 1994-09-27
- Earliest claimed: 1992-12-11
- Inventors: Joseph L. Garcia
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5349966A

## CPC

- A61F 5/37: Restraining devices for the body or for body parts; Restraining shirts
- 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)

## Abstract

A restraint for hands having hand cuffed wrists comprises: an inner pouch for use to separate the hands; an outer pouch for use over the inner pouch; and the provision on the outer pouch for securing the inner pouch and the outer pouch to handcuffed wrists.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A restraint for hands wherein the wrists are handcuffed comprising:
an inner pouch including a pair of spaced-apart wall panels;
means joining the panels to one another along the edges thereof forming a bottom at one end and an opening opposite thereto;
an inner wall panel extending substantially equidistantly between said spaced apart wall panels and being secured therein by the means joining said panels to thereby define a pair of compartments whereby a hand is disposed in each through said opening to maintain the fingers of each hand out of contact with the opposite hand; and
an outer pouch removably receiving said inner pouch and means on the outer pouch securing each pouch over said handcuffed wrists.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A restraint for hands according to claim 1, and
said inner wall panel comprises spaced apart panels each having outer walls and inner walls defining spaces having reinforcing means thereon; and
an additional space between said spaced apart panels accessible from an outer edge of said central wall.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A restraint for hands according to claim 2, and
said additional space having reinforcing means removably inserted in said space.