Safety device having a contoured energy absorbing impact element

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1975-01-31

1976-09-07

Song, Robert R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

297390, B60R 2102

Patent

active

039791394

ABSTRACT:
A safety device for a passenger in a vehicle, such as an automobile, comprises an energy absorbing impact element mounted on the vehicle adjacent the knees of a passenger seated in an associated vehicle seat. A surface of the impact element is presented to the passenger's knees and is configured to guide his knees, when impacting on the element, into positions in which the passenger's thighs are aligned generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The guiding action of the impact element is preferably accomplished by providing at least one recess in the element to receive the passenger's knees. The safety device may also comprise a shoulder safety belt extending diagonally across the upper portion of the passenger's body to restrain the passenger against the vehicle seat. A guide member may be mounted on an adjacent door of the vehicle so as to guide the passenger's knees toward the recess in the impact element.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3630472 (1971-12-01), Axenborg
patent: 3819204 (1974-06-01), Oka
patent: 3888506 (1975-06-01), Haas
patent: 3897848 (1975-09-01), Arnstson et al.

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