Patent ID: 11911308
Assignee: THE CROWN IN RIGHT OF THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES ACTING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CORRECTIVE SERVICES NSW, CORRECTIVE SERVICES INDUSTRIES
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  E | IPC A  E

Claim 0:
1. A restraint for non-injurious securement of a limb of a person to an object, the restraint comprising:
a flexible strap defined by opposed ends and opposed edges and comprising, between the opposed ends, a substantially cut-resistant webbing enclosing a mesh strip comprised of interlinked rings; and
at least one locking mechanism including a pivotable jaw portion being reversibly pivotable about an axis to a defined position, and one or more projections or pins that are adapted to be movable through the substantially cut-resistant webbing and into engagement with the interlinked rings and to disengage therefrom responsive to operation with a key received by a key receiver;
wherein:
the pivotable jaw portion is adapted to, upon pivoting to the defined position, operate the locking mechanism to move the one or more projections or pins;
the flexible strap, when flexed into a loop, is able to be fixed into a fixed length loop by operating the locking mechanism to move the one or more projections or pins to extend through the substantially cut-resistant webbing and engage the interlinked rings; and
the flexible strap is adapted to be able to be secured to the object with the fixed length loop adjusted to be able to encircle the limb of the person; and wherein the substantially cut-resistant webbing further encloses at least one reinforcement cable extending at least partially between the opposed ends of the flexible strap, in addition to the mesh strip comprised of interlinked rings; and wherein the at least one reinforcement cable is a pair of reinforcement cables; and the pair of reinforcement cables are arranged on opposing sides of the mesh strip comprised of interlinked rings; and wherein the substantially cut-resistant webbing is shaped into three tubular portions extending between the opposed ends of the flexible strap; and the mesh strip comprised of interlinked rings and the pair of reinforcement cables are each arranged to be enclosed within a separate one of the three tubular portions.