Patent ID: 6367839
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A restraint system for protecting occupants in a sleeping compartment of a vehicle including a bunk bed comprising:at least two flexible straps each having a first end and a second end, each said strap extending from said first end over said bunk bed to said second end; an energy absorbent padding attached to at least two of said straps in a longitudinal position relative to said bunk for providing, when in use, restraint and secondary collision protection to an occupant wherein said padding is at least one generally tubular profile; a support bar extending through at least one of said profiles, said support bar partially protruding from said profile; locking means comprising at least two first releasable locks respectively attached to each one of said second ends and at least two second releasable locks respectively attached to said vehicle wherein each one of said second releasable locks is releasably lockable with an associated one of said first releasable locks; and at least two strap retractors attached to the vehicle and respectively having said first ends attached thereto, each of said strap retractors being operable to retract a connected one of said straps when said first locking means are separated whereby said straps retract into a stored position.