Wheelchair restraint system
OwnerJean Marc Girardininventor
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Abstract
A wheelchair restraint system which includes a floor mounting track, anchor means slidably mountable in said mounting track, a seat belt retractor means and a rigid bracket means for mounting the retractor means to the anchor means, swivelly mounted at one end thereof to said anchor means so as to hold said retractor means at a selected angle, greater than zero, relative to said floor mounting track. In a preferred embodiment a seat belt anchor pin is also mounted in overlying relationship to the seat belt retractor means.
Claims4
In a wheelchair restraint system for use in a passenger carrying vehicle, which comprises a longitudinal floor mounting track having a plurality of parallel transverse slots therethrough, anchor means releasably and lockably mountable in a selected said slot in said mounting track, a seat belt retractor means and pivoting means for mounting said retractor means to said anchor means, the improvement wherein said pivoting means comprises first bracket means swivelly mounted at one end thereof to said anchor means so as to hold said retractor means at a selected angle, greater than zero, relative to said floor mounting track.
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