Patent ID: 7316135

Claim:
In a handcuff assembly for use in a pair of handcuffs wherein each handcuff assembly comprises a bow pivotally connected to and between cheek plates of a cheek plate assembly that also includes a base frame containing a lock mechanism, the improvement residing in said cheek plate assembly including an integral, one-piece, unitized metal frame formed from a single, die stamped metal plate which is folded into said unitized metal frame such that a cheek plate assembly is provided, said cheek plate assembly having an inwardly projecting reinforcing rib formed in the cheek plates extending longitudinally from the base frame towards the pivotal connection with the bow and said cheek plate assembly is overmolded with a polymer overmold that forms a continuous covering of an outer surface of the cheek plates from the base to a distal end in order to protect a user from an edge of the die stamped metal plate.