Apparatus for restraining violent detainees

A restraining device for restraining violent detainees, comprising:

• leg binding means comprised of a body of high-strength, flexuous sheet material adapted to be wrapped around the legs of said detainee and having an upper edge and a lower edge opposed thereto, said upper edge being nearer to the buttocks of said detainee than to the knees of said detainee, and said lower edge being nearer to the ankles of said detainee then to the knees of said detainee wherein the length from the upper edge to the lower edge is equal to or less than the distance from a hip to an ankle of the detainee when said detainee is restrained in said restraining device;
• closure means for maintaining said leg binding means closed about the legs of said detainee;
• leg flexure preventing means attached to said leg binding means and adapted to extend from above to below the restrained knees of the detainee, comprising one or more supports substantially longitudinal with respect to straightened legs of the detainee, the leg flexure preventing means having a length equal to or less than the distance from a hip to an ankle of the detainee when said detainee is restrained in said restraining device and adapted to retain the legs of a detainee in a straight configuration;
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• retaining means comprising one or more flexible straps attached to the leg binding means and extending above the upper edge to attach to flexible means adapted to prevent doffing of the leg flexure preventing means and to permit raising the detainee to a sitting position.