Suspect restraining device
OwnerJohn O'Sheainventor
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Abstract
A suspect restraining device is disclosed that includes a device for extending and retracting a plastic-covered cable from one end of a housing and inserting the end of the cable in another end of the housing to selectably releaseably retain that end in the housing. When the free end of the cable is retained in the housing, the opposing end of the cable is restrained in its movement to only allow retraction of the cable into the housing, thus snugly fitting the cable around the torso of a suspect to be detained. The housing may be mounted in vertical position on the wall of a building or on the inside of a police wagon or corrections vehicle or on the outside of a police squad car.
Claims12
A restraining device for use by law enforcement personnel to detain persons, said device comprising:
- an elongate base having first and second opposed ends and being adapted for fixed mounting on an external object,
- a cover mountable over said base including first and second apertures therethrough, each positioned adjacent one of said first and second opposed ends of said elongate base,
- an elongate resilient rod member having first and second opposed ends,
- means in communication with said resilient rod member and mounted on said frame for selectably releaseably withdrawing said resilient rod member through said first aperture on said cover, and
- selectably releasable securing means mounted on said base adjacent said second aperture for receiving and retaining said first end of said resilient rod member thereon.
A restraining device mountable on a law enforcement vehicle for retaining a person by selectively releaseably securing an elongate resilient member around the torso of said person comprising:
- a frame substantially vertically mountable on a law enforcement vehicle,
- an elongate resilient rod member having one end secured adjacent one end of said restraining device and an opposing distal end of said rod member having first releasable securing means thereon,
- second selectably releasable securing means mounted on said frame adjacent an opposing end of said restraining device complementary to said first releasable securing means for receiving and retaining said first releasable securing means thereon,
- a cover mountable on said frame including a first aperture means adjacent said second releasable securing means and a second aperture means adjacent an end of said cover opposite said first aperture means, said rod member extending through said second aperture means, and
- means for selectably withdrawing said resilient rod member through said first aperture means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.