Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1987-03-09
1989-01-10
Mitchell, David M.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
297488, B60R 2101
Patent
active
047969130
ABSTRACT:
A restraining device for use with bench seats of the type used in school buses, wherein the restraining bar is attached to a forward seat to restrain passengers in the rearward seat directly behind the forward seat. The device includes a hinge plate mounted on the frame of the forward seat presenting a profiled cam with a generally arcuate rear face having an upper limit position, a lower limit position, and a locking lower position. The plate means has a pivot pin on the outside of said plate. A restraining bar is provided with a restraining support sized to be positioned across the waist of passengers seated in the rearward seat. The restraining bar has an arm at each end of said support and extends to the frame of the forward seat. The arm has a slot sized to receive the pivot pin of the hinge plate. The arm further has a lock pin sized and positioned to cooperatively contact the generally arcuate rear face to position the arm generally vertically in the upper limit position and generally horizontally in the lower limit position.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1102822 (1914-07-01), Thompson
patent: 2927628 (1960-03-01), Gill
patent: 4681344 (1987-07-01), Majerus
Amabile Gerald
Rogers Ronald
Ferriter Karin L.
Mitchell David M.
Renz Jr. Eugene E.
Safety Research and Manufacturing, Inc.
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