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US 5,847,642 AGranted
People carrier safety device
AssigneeSafe-T-Zone, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Esposito, David Gaspar Santos
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Abstract
A safety zone guard resides in at least one articulated outwardly pivotable guard rail mounted to the transverse side of a vehicle and is deployable to an extended condition wherein in the deployed condition the guard extends perpendicularly to the transverse side of the vehicle to create a zone of safety therealong.
Claims18
In a vehicle having a frame extending substantially in a lengthwise direction and having a sidewall panel disposed outwardly thereof defining a space therebetween, a device comprising:
- a mount secured to said frame;
- hinge means disposed on a support surface of said side wall panel and secured thereto for mounting an elongated rail to said vehicle for angular movement relative thereto;
- said sidewall panel having a passage formed therein permitting communication between said support surface of said sidewall panel and said space;
- actuator means located substantially within said space and connected between said mount and said hinge means for moving a part of said hinge means between an angular first position and an angular second position;
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- control means for selectively controllably causing said actuator means to move said part of said hinge means between said angular first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.