US 8,783,722 B1Granted

Self-releasing vehicular harness

OwnerGerald F. Galloinventor

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Abstract

The self-releasing vehicular harness is a harness designed to prevent a driver or rider of a motorcycle from flying over the handlebars during a head-on or upright collision. The self-releasing vehicular harness includes a tether that extends from the harness to a spring-loaded drum located in a housing positioned to the rear of the end user. The housing contains at least one tensioning means that releases the drum in order to enable the tether to unroll thereby releasing the end user from the vehicle in the event of a non-head-on collision or other parameter. An inclinometer detects the angle of the vehicle in order to determine whether to release or lock the spring-loaded drum. A kill switch and/or seat sensor may work in conjunction with the inclinometer to further define parameters for releasing or locking the tether.

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Dependent claims

A self-releasing vehicular harness comprising:

a harness connected to a tether that is wound upon a spring-loaded drum;
wherein the spring-loaded drum includes at least one solenoid, which locks or unlocks the spring-loaded drum in order to either restrain or not restrain an end user connected thereto while riding a vehicle;
wherein the harness and the tether shall prevent said end user from flying over handlebars of said vehicle in an event of a head-on or upright collision with another object or vehicle;
wherein the spring-loaded drum and the at least one solenoid are contained within a housing that is secured to the vehicle immediately behind or aside of the end user, and from which the tether extends to the harness, which engages said end user from behind or aside;
wherein the tether is of an undefined length;
wherein the tether exits the housing via an opening provided on a surface of the housing that faces the end user;
wherein the housing is of hollowed construction and contains the at least one solenoid and the spring-loaded drum internally;
wherein the at least one solenoid is rotatably engaged with the housing via a hinge positioned there between and inside of the housing.

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A self-releasing vehicular harness comprising:

a harness connected to a tether that is wound upon a spring-loaded drum;
wherein the spring-loaded drum includes at least one solenoid, which locks or unlocks the spring-loaded drum in order to either restrain or not restrain an end user connected thereto while riding a vehicle;
wherein the harness and the tether shall prevent said end user from flying over handlebars of said vehicle in an event of a head-on or upright collision with another object or vehicle;
wherein the spring-loaded drum and the at least one solenoid are contained within a housing that is secured to the vehicle immediately behind or aside of the end user, and from which the tether extends to the harness, which engages said end user from behind or aside;
wherein the tether is of an undefined length;
wherein the tether exits the housing via an opening provided on a surface of the housing that faces the end user;
wherein the housing is of hollowed construction and contains the at least one solenoid and the spring-loaded drum internally;
wherein the at least one solenoid is rotatably engaged with the housing via a hinge positioned there between and inside of the housing.

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A self-releasing vehicular harness comprising:

a harness connected to a tether that is wound upon a spring-loaded drum;
wherein the spring-loaded drum includes at least one solenoid, which locks or unlocks the spring-loaded drum in order to either restrain or not restrain an end user connected thereto while riding a vehicle;
wherein the harness and the tether shall prevent said end user from flying over handlebars of said vehicle in an event of a head-on or upright collision with another object or vehicle;
wherein the spring-loaded drum and the at least one solenoid are contained within a housing that is secured to the vehicle immediately behind or aside of the end user, and from which the tether extends to the harness, which engages said end user from behind or aside;
wherein the tether is of an undefined length;
wherein the tether exits the housing via an opening provided on a surface of the housing that faces the end user;
wherein a central processing unit is in wired communication with the at least one solenoid and an inclinometer;
wherein the inclinometer detects an angle of the vehicle with respect to a ground surface that the vehicle is being driven upon;
wherein the inclinometer determines the angle of the vehicle with respect to a lateral and/or a longitudinal plane such that in an event of an accident with the vehicle where the vehicle is sliding or not parallel to a horizon, the tether shall be unlocked in order to enable the end user to become disengaged with the vehicle, and not restrained to the vehicle during said accident;
wherein a kill switch is in wired communication with the central processing unit;
wherein the housing is of hollowed construction and contains the at least one solenoid and the spring-loaded drum internally;
wherein the at least one solenoid is rotatably engaged with the housing via a hinge positioned there between and inside of the housing;
wherein the kill switch is located on or adjacent the handlebars of the vehicle such that the end user may depress the kill switch thereby releasing the tether;
wherein a seat sensor is in wired communication with the central processing unit, and is integrated into a seat of the vehicle from which the end user sits upon while operating said vehicle;
wherein the seat sensor determines if the end user is physically seated on the seat of the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.