Patent ID: 6360748
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
An apparatus for assisting a first person in maintaining a safe restraining hold on a second person, wherein the first person initiates the restraining hold by manipulating the second person into a face-down prone position onto a floor surface, such that the first person is disposed along and above the second person so as to substantially restrain the second person from movement, wherein the first person completes the restraining hold when the first person's weight is distributed between the first person's knees and the first person's elbow and wherein the first persons elbow is proximal to a corresponding arm of the second person, said apparatus comprising:a first resilient pad, said first resilient pad having a first upper surface comprising a generally centrally positioned receiving channel for receiving the first person's elbow and a first bottom surface comprising an extruded area generally postioned to align with said receiving channel; and a second resilient pad positioned under said first resilient pad, said second resilient pad having a second upper surface comprising a receiving indentation, positioned to align with and receive said extruded area when said first resilient pad is placed above said second resilient pad, so that when the restraining hold is completed by the first person and a third person places said first and second resilient pads between the first person's elbow and the floor surface, the first person's elbow is guided into and applies pressure to said receiving channel thereby causing a releasable vacuum seal to form between said extruded area and said receiving indentation thereby releasably attaching said first resilient pad to said second resilient pad to form a tripod stand assembly such that: said first resilient pad comfortably supports the first person's weight that is distributed to the first person's elbow so that the first person may comfortably maintain the restraining hold for an extended period of time, and the first person is elevated above said second person to a sufficient degree so as to reduce a risk of positional asphyxiation and other discomfort to the second person during the restraining hold.