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US 5,400,623 AGranted
Leg/ankle arrestor
OwnerJulius Botainventor
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Abstract
An elongate, rigid restraint member is disposed to be positioned by an arresting officer vertically behind a suspect's back. One ankle of the suspect is then releasably secured by a clamping mechanism to the lower end of the member, and a strap at the upper end of the member is secured snugly by the officer around the suspect's neck, thereby forming a substantially rigid restraint between the suspect's ankle and neck.
Claims10
A device for restraining certain movements of an arrested suspect, comprising
- an elongate, rigid restraint member disposed to be positioned vertically behind the back of a suspect, and having adjacent one end thereof a generally hook-shaped clamping surface disposed to encircle part of one ankle of the suspect,
- a clamping member mounted on said restraint member for movement-between retracted and advanced positions, respectively, with respect to said hook-shaped clamping surface on said restraint member,
- said clamping member having thereon a curved clamping surface complementary to said hook-shaped clamping surface, and disposed substantially to encircle the remaining portion of said one ankle of the suspect, when said clamping member has been moved to said advanced position thereof, and
- means on the opposite end of said restraint member For encircling and releasably securing the neck of said suspect to said opposite end of said restraint member.
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An arrestor device for restraining certain movements of a person, comprising
- an elongate, rigid restraint member disposed to be positioned vertically behind a person's back,
- a handle formed on one end of said member, and a hook formed on the opposite end thereof and disposed to encircle part of a person's ankle,
- a clamping member mounted for longitudinal sliding movement on said restraint member between said hook and said handle,
- a curved clamping surface projecting laterally from one end of said clamping member in spaced, confronting registry with said hook on said restraint member,
- a hand grip projecting laterally from the opposite end of said clamping member for use in reciprocating said clamping member manually on said restraint member between retracted and advanced positions, respectively, with respect to said hook,
- means on said hand grip for releasably securing said clamping member in an advanced position in which said clamping surface thereon is disposed to enclose and clamp the remaining portion of a person's ankle in said hook, and
- a strap connected at one end to one side of said handle on said restraint member, and disposed intermediate its ends to encircle the neck of said person, and to be releasably and adjustably secured at its opposite end to the opposite side of said handle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.