Vehicle sleeper bunk restraint system

Details Vehicle sleeper bunk restraint system Vehicle sleeper bunk restraint system

1996-12-10

1997-11-25

Ellis, Christopher P.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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280749, 105316, B60R 2122

Patent

active

056903553

ABSTRACT:
An occupant restraint system for vehicles with a sleeping compartment or bunk area, which uses airbags installed above and in front of the occupant of the bunk area to provide restraint and secondary collision protection during crashes and rollovers and other emergency conditions. A shelf assembly above the bunk is described, containing the airbag modules installed internal to the shelf. The covering of the shelf is such that deployment of the airbags would occur through the bottom cover, providing protection to the reclining occupant during crashes and rollovers. The shelf assembly containing the airbag modules has a fabric or mesh curtain connecting the front of the shelf to the lower bunk to restrict forward occupant motion during rapid deceleration, to provide privacy for the occupant and to secure the hinged movement of the upper shelf. This curtain can be replaced with a movable rigid padded wall section with or without complementary airbags to provide these same functions, and which can be stowed in a pocket compartment of the bunk assembly.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3603535 (1971-09-01), DePolo
patent: 5026006 (1991-06-01), Tinder et al.
patent: 5458367 (1995-10-01), Marts et al.
patent: 5529341 (1996-06-01), Hartigan

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