Patent ID: 6428254
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: A61G

Abstract:
A vehicle restraint system for a mass transit vehicle having a vehicle axis, a floor, and sidewalls comprising:a securement area for receiving a wheelchair; a rear attachment assembly secured with said vehicle in position for securing first portions of said wheelchair adjacent a boundary of said securement area; a front attachment assembly secured with said vehicle in position longitudinally spaced along said axis from said rear attachment assembly; said front attachment assembly including a pair of belts adapted to secure second portions of said wheelchair longitudinally spaced from said first portions of said wheelchair in said securement area; said front attachment assembly including a stationary belt crank carrying a first of said belts of said front attachment assembly; a front anchor for carrying said front attachment assembly which includes a slide anchor carried by a stationary member, said slide anchor carrying a second belt crank which includes a second of said belts of said front attachment assembly, and said stationary belt crank being carried by said stationary member; and, said slide anchor being slidably carried by said stationary member to slide transversely to said vehicle axis between a non-operating and an operating position, wherein said slide anchor is extended from said non-operating position to said operating position so that said wheelchair may be secured by said first and second belts of said front attachment assembly to said stationary member and said slide anchor respectively.