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US 6,474,916 B2Granted
Universal restraint system
OwnerBruce J. Constantininventor
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Abstract
A universal, mobile occupant carrier, restraint device that may be adapted to fit various commercially available mobile occupant carriers. The restraint device allows the occupant to perform self-securement in a transport vehicle while providing resistance against multi-point collisions.
Claims16
A restraint device for restraining in a vehicle a mobile occupant carrier having a frame and a wheel base, said restraint device comprising:
- (a) two adaptors adapted to be rigidly mounted to opposite sides of the frame;
- (b) a bracket assembly adapted to engage said adaptors, wherein said bracket assembly comprises a single planar horizontal latch interface, and wherein said bracket assembly is adapted to rigidly connect said adaptors to said horizontal latch interface;
- (c) a docking assembly adapted to be rigidly mounted to the vehicle, wherein said docking assembly comprises a single latching mechanism adapted to engage said single planar horizontal latch interface;
- and wherein said docking assembly comprises at least two vertical guides adapted to resist horizontal rotation of said horizontal latch interface when said horizontal latch interface is engaged in said latching mechanism;
- and wherein when said horizontal latch interface is engaged with said latching mechanism, the position of the mobile occupant carrier with respect to the vehicle resists displacement or horizontal rotation should the vehicle be involved in a collision or other vehicular accident.
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A restraint device for restraining in a vehicle a mobile occupant carrier having a frame and a wheel base, said restraint device comprising:
- (a) at least one adaptor adapted to be rigidly mounted to the frame;
- (b) a bracket assembly adapted to engage said adaptor(s), wherein said bracket assembly comprises a single planar horizontal latch interface, and wherein said bracket assembly is adapted to rigidly connect said adaptor(s) to said horizontal latch interface;
- (c) a docking assembly adapted to be rigidly mounted to the vehicle, wherein said docking assembly comprises a single latching mechanism adapted to engage said single planar horizontal latch interface;
- and wherein said docking assembly comprises at least two vertical guides adapted to resist horizontal rotation of said horizontal latch interface when said horizontal latch interface is engaged in said latching mechanism,, and wherein when said horizontal latch interface is engaged with said latching mechanism, the position of the mobile occupant carrier with respect to the vehicle resists displacement or horizontal rotation should the vehicle be involved in a collision or other vehicular accident.
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