Restraining device and method of using
OwnerChristos T. Spiropoulosinventor
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Abstract
A pair of restraints, preferably in the form of handcuffs, are separately connected to a housing assembly by way of elongated cables. The cables are attached at their other ends to a rotatable spool sturdily housed within a box ratchet assembly. Each restraint is first separately applied to a resisting arrestee's wrists. The cables are then reeled into the spool member with a ratcheting motion, enabling a law enforcement official to maintain a controlled joinder of the handcuffs and the arrestee's wrists.
Claims17
A restraining device for use by a detainer for attachment to a pair of appendages of a detainee and for forcefully bringing together such detainee's appendages comprising:
- a. a housing assembly graspable by the detainer and containing a rotatable spool member,
- b. a first clasping member unlockable with a key and dimensioned for attachment to a first human appendage and a second clasping member unlockable with a key and dimensioned for attachment to a second human appendage,
- c. flexible coupling members for reelably coupling each clasping member to the spool member, and
- d. means to rotate the spool member to reel the coupling members into the spool member and to bring the first and second clasping members closer together and toward the housing assembly.
A restraining device for use by a detainer for attachment to a pair of appendages of a detainee and for the secured joinder of such appendages in a detained position comprising:
- a. a housing assembly capable of being held by a detainer,
- b. first and second clasping members each capable of being unlocked with a key and dimensioned for individual securement about a pair of human appendages where such human appendages are separated from each other at a distance greater than the distance such human appendages would be if positioned near each other in a detained position,
- c. flexible coupling members for coupling each clasping member to the housing assembly, and
- d. means to draw the first and second clasping members together so that the detainee's appendages are forcefully joined toward each other in a detained position.
A method of using a restraining device on a detainee, such device having a plurality of handcuffs flexibly coupled by extended flexible coupling means to reel means within a housing assembly comprising:
- a. applying a first handcuff to a first human appendage of the detainee,
- b. applying a second handcuff to a second human appendage of the detainee, and
- c. rotating the reel means to reel the first and second restraints into the housing assembly to bring together the first and second human appendages of the detainee in a close relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.