US 5,494,052 A · Garment-type personnel restraint apparatus

Abstract

A garment-type personnel restraint apparatus secures a person to a chair and includes a garment assembly adapted to be worn by the person and a strap assembly that is connected to the chair. The garment assembly includes a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion. The garment assembly includes a connector assembly located on an outer surface of the garment assembly. The strap assembly includes a strap connection assembly adapted to connect to the outer-surface garment connector assembly when the garment assembly is worn by a person and when the strap assembly is affixed to the chair. The strap assembly includes a strap array which encompasses either the seat portion or the back portion of the chair. When the strap assembly encompasses the seat portion of the chair, both the outer-surface garment connector assembly of the garment assembly and the strap connection assembly of the strap assembly are located adjacent to the seat portion of the chair. Alternatively, when the strap assembly encompasses the back portion of the chair, both the outer-surface garment connector assembly and the strap connection assembly are located adjacent to the back portion of the chair.

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Dependent claims

A garment-type personnel restraint apparatus for securing a person to a chair which has a seat portion and a back portion extending upward from the seat portion, comprising:

a garment assembly adapted to be worn by the person, wherein said garment assembly includes a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, wherein said garment assembly includes a connector assembly located on an outer surface of said garment assembly, and
a strap assembly which includes a strap connection assembly adapted to connect to said outer-surface garment connector assembly and which includes a strap array which encompasses either the seat portion or the back portion of the chair,
wherein said front portion and said rear portion of said garment assembly have at least a first width, said middle portion has a second width, said first width is greater than said second width, said front portion includes two front corner portions which include front connectors, said rear portion includes two rear corner portions which include rear connectors which are complementary to said front connectors, and said middle portion includes a middle connector assembly located on a bottom surface of said garment assembly, and
wherein said middle connector assembly includes a quantity of middle-connector hook or loop connectors and said strap connection assembly includes a quantity of strap-connector loop or hook connectors which are complementary to said middle-connector hook or loop connectors.

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A garment-type personnel restraint apparatus for securing a person to a chair which has a seat portion and a back portion extending upward from the seat portion, comprising:

a garment assembly adapted to be worn by the person, wherein said garment assembly includes a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion, wherein said garment assembly includes a connector assembly located on an outer surface of said garment assembly, and
a strap assembly which includes a strap connection assembly adapted to connect to said outer-surface garment connector assembly and which includes a strap array which encompasses either the seat portion or the back portion of the chair
wherein said front portion of said garment assembly includes a two-strap belt assembly adapted to encircle a person's waist,
wherein said two-strap belt assembly includes a first end connector and a second end connector adapted to connect together when said two-strap belt assembly encircles the person's waist,
wherein said rear portion of said garment assembly includes a back-covering portion connected to said middle portion of said garment assembly, a shoulder-covering portion connected to said back-covering portion, and a torso-covering portion connected to said shoulder-covering portion,
wherein said back-covering portion of said rear portion of said garment assembly includes a back-located connector assembly located on an outer surface of said back-covering portion,
wherein said shoulder-covering portion of said rear portion of said garment assembly includes an aperture adapted to fit over a head and a neck of a person and includes shoulder strap portions adjacent to said aperture,
wherein said torso-covering portion includes an apron portion and strap assemblies which extend laterally from said apron portion, and
wherein said strap assemblies include strap connectors that are adapted to connect with complementary receiver connectors that are located on said back-covering portion of said rear portion of said garment assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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