Folding seat and wheelchair restraint

Patent 4103934 Issued on August 1, 1978. Estimated Expiration Date:

August 10, 1997. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

Abstract Claims Description Full Text

Patent References

2700412

3194601

Passenger restraint device
Patent #: 3934898
Issued on: 01/27/1976
Inventor: Long

Child's car seat Patent #: 3948556
Issued on: 04/06/1976
Inventor: Hyde , et al.

Inventors

Assignee

Rohr Industries, Incorporated

Application

No. 05/823211 filed on 08/10/1977

US Classes:

280/807, Retractable280/751, Padded or cushioned member297/335, About stationary horizontal pivot297/487, Front guard or barrier410/23, Tiedown*410/51, DRAFT (INCLUDING PUSHED) FREIGHT CARRIER, E.G., WAGON, HAND TRUCK410/7Vehicle retainer*

Examiners

Primary: Song, Robert R.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

International Classes

A61G 3/08 (20060101)
B60R 22/00 (20060101)
A61G 3/00 (20060101)

Abstract

A folding seat and wheelchair restraint assembly having a vehicle passenger seat and a barrier assembly. The vehicle passenger seat has a seat back portion and a seat bottom portion that is pivotally attached to the seat back portion whereby the seat bottom portion, which is normally horizontally oriented, may be pivoted to a vertical orientation. A restraint arm assembly is pivotally secured to the underside of the seat bottom portion in such a manner that it may be pivoted in a substantially horizontal plane when the seat bottom portion is folded upwardly in its vertical orientation. The barrier assembly has a complete seat belt unit with a retractable seat belt member and a non-retractable seat belt member attached to the barrier assembly. The retractable seat belt member is mounted on said barrier within a casing that is positioned on the barrier wherein it may also function as a support surface for the seat bottom portion of the folding seat when it is in a substantially horizontal position.