Safety restraint device for police vehicle
AssigneeCEE Restraint Systems, Inc.
InventorChristopher A. Eusebi
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Abstract
The method and device of this invention immobilizes a person in a secure, upright restraint system in a police vehicle. It can be easily and safely applied by public safety officers including police or other law enforcement personnel and medical personnel to secure a person against undesired movement while maintaining them in an upright, sitting position which leaves the diaphragm free for natural, unrestrained breathing movement. The asphyxia-preventing restraining device comprises an ALR/ELR retractor. The ALR/ELR retractor comprises a shoulder harness having a pair of seat belt buckles, which significantly reduce the possibilities of injuries to police officers.
Claims11
A police vehicle having a rear passenger compartment configured to transport a prisoner comprising:
- a vehicle seat within the rear passenger compartment having a center mount location;
- a retractor disposed at the center mount location, including a mode switching mechanism capable of changing the mode of operation of the retractor between an automatic locking retractor mode and an emergency locking retractor mode in response to an amount of seat belt webbing extracted from the retractor;
- seat belt webbing operatively coupled to said retractor;
- a seat belt tongue coupled to said seat belt webbing;
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- wherein the rear passenger compartment defines a first coupling position located adjacent to the vehicle seat and a second forward position coupling, said first and second coupling positions being configured to mate with the tongue and wherein the retractor is configured to resist movement of the prisoner while the seat belt tongue is in the second location and the retractor is in the automatic locking retractor mode.
A method of restraining a prisoner on a vehicle seat within a rear passenger compartment of a vehicle having a forward first coupling position and a second coupling position located adjacent to the vehicle seat comprising the steps of:
- providing a prisoner restraint system having a retractor disposed at a center mount seat location, the retractor including a mode switching mechanism capable of changing the mode of operation of the retractor between an automatic locking retractor mode and an emergency locking retractor mode in response to an amount of seat belt webbing extracted from the retractor and seat belt webbing operatively coupled to said retractor, a seat belt tongue coupled to said seat belt webbing;
- placing the prisoner on the vehicle seat;
- placing the tongue at the second coupling position;
- protracting the webbing from the retractor engage the automatic locking retractor mode;
- releasing the webbing so as to restrain the prisoner against the vehicle seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.