Patent ID: 6273091
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A63B,F41H

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 generally cone-shaped hollow receiver having a wide open top portion and a flat bottom narrow portion; anda stabilizing pad of a first thickness, said stabilizing pad having an upper surface attached to said flat bottom narrow portion of said receiver in a perpendicular manner and a bottom surface for contact with the floor surface, wherein said receiver is shaped and configured to receive the first person's elbow such that when the restraining hold is completed by the first person and a third person places said receiver and stabilizing pad assembly between the first person's elbow and the floor surface:the first person's elbow is guided onto said receiver such that said receiver and said stabilizing pad comfortably support 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, andthe 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; anda releasable retaining means for releasably retaining at least one of the first person's elbow and the second person's arm in substantial contact with said receiver, such that contact between said receiver and said at least one of the first person's elbow and the second person's arm is maintained when the second person initiates movement to escape the restraining hold.