Patent ID: 6886375
Filing Date: 2005-05-03
Classification: E05B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A set of handcuffs comprising: a pair of openable bracelet sections, each of said bracelet sections including a locking mechanism for opening and closing a said bracelet section; linkage means for tethering said bracelet sections together; and a restraint mechanism connected to said linkage means, said mechanism permitting at least one bracelet section to be angularly rotated about a linkage axis extending through said linkage means and said bracelet sections so as to rotate said bracelet section to a predetermined angular position relative thereto wherein rotation of said at least one bracelet section in a first rotational direction about said linkage axis enables said bracelet section to assume at least one annular locking position and in which said restraint mechanism includes means for preventing said bracelet section from being rotated to a previous annular Position in a second rotational direction opposite from the first rotational direction once a succeeding angular locking Position has been assumed.