Vehicle safety restraint device
First Claim
1. A vehicle safety restraint for protecting occupants of a vehicle comprisinga. a confining means adapted in use for confining the upward and forward movements of an occupant of a vehicle;
- b. a container means mounted to the interior overhead of a vehicle for containing said confining means;
c. said confining means including at least one airbag and at least one extending torso and pelvic engaging safety restraint which are released from said container means upon application of extending and expanding forces;
d. a spring biased rotatable transverse tube supporting said container means in a ready position on the interior overhead of a vehicle;
e. a looped locking means for holding said rotatable transverse tube in a static ready condition;
f. a means for removing said looped locking means to release said rotatable transverse tube from a static ready condition to a kinetic condition;
g. an activating means responsive to a selected condition adapted to activate said means for removing said looped locking means;
h. said container means including top and bottom covers which open upon actuation of said air bag and said torso and pelvic engaging restraint by said extending and expanding forces.
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Abstract
A vehicle safety restraint device having an improved lock and release mechanism. The vehicle safety restraint device comprises an airbag and projectable lap plate attached to rotatably mounted transverse tubes containing compressed gas or chemical inflator cartridges, all of which are housed within a container capable of being used as a visor when in an inoperative condition. An electrical impulse from an impact sensing or emergency hand switch releases the unit to rotate into a vertical position, simultaneously inflating the airbag through telescoping tubes within the bag and projecting the lap plate into the occupant'"'"'s lap. The improved lock and release mechanism, which includes one or more electrically responsive explosive wire cutters and a looped locking wire, provides rapid rotation of the airbag and transverse tube. The looped locking wire holds the spring biased transverse tube in a ready position until a signal activates the wire cutters which sever the wire, thereby releasing the tube for rotation.
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14 Claims
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1. A vehicle safety restraint for protecting occupants of a vehicle comprising
a. a confining means adapted in use for confining the upward and forward movements of an occupant of a vehicle; -
b. a container means mounted to the interior overhead of a vehicle for containing said confining means; c. said confining means including at least one airbag and at least one extending torso and pelvic engaging safety restraint which are released from said container means upon application of extending and expanding forces; d. a spring biased rotatable transverse tube supporting said container means in a ready position on the interior overhead of a vehicle; e. a looped locking means for holding said rotatable transverse tube in a static ready condition; f. a means for removing said looped locking means to release said rotatable transverse tube from a static ready condition to a kinetic condition; g. an activating means responsive to a selected condition adapted to activate said means for removing said looped locking means; h. said container means including top and bottom covers which open upon actuation of said air bag and said torso and pelvic engaging restraint by said extending and expanding forces. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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