Restraining device

Details Restraining device Restraining device

1980-09-24

1982-09-28

Wolfe, Robert L.

Locks

Portable

Fetters

E05B 7500

Patent

active

043511694

ABSTRACT:
A device (10) is disclosed for restraining a criminal suspect during a search by law enforcement officers. The device (10) includes a base member (12), which is attachable to the surface of a police vehicle or any other stationary surface, and a plurality of arm members (14) flexibly attached to the base member (12) and lockingly engageable therewith. Complementary openings (16, 18) are provided in the arm members (14) and the base member (12), respectively, to receive the wrists of the suspect being restrained. The surface forming each of the complementary openings (16, 18) is provided with a plurality of tangs (20) which engage and apply a force to the suspect's wrists if he attempts to free himself from the device (10) prior to the device (10) being opened by a law enforcement officer.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1171440 (1916-02-01), Immell
patent: 3545237 (1970-12-01), Thompson
patent: 3815853 (1974-06-01), Bahner
patent: 4147423 (1979-07-01), Murphy
Funk & Wagnalls Dictionary--Thief Catcher--Pub. 1895, p. 1874.

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