Patent ID: 8002348

Claim:
A restraint system for a suspendable vehicle safety seat, the restraint system comprising: a vehicle seat suspended above a floor of a vehicle, a restraint harness coupled to the vehicle seat and configured to restrain an occupant of the seat, the restraint harness comprising at least one shoulder web configured to extend over a shoulder of an occupant of the seat and at least one lap web configured to extend over a lap of the occupant, at least one web guide having the at least one shoulder web extending therethrough, at least one deformable member attached at one end to the vehicle seat and attached at an opposite end to the at least one web guide, the at least one deformable member configured to deform and dissipate energy when a force is applied thereto by the at least one shoulder web translated through the at least one web guide in response to an upward transient force of sufficient magnitude applied to the vehicle seat, and a restraint harness pre-tensioning system responsive to a signal produced by a vehicle event sensor to tighten the at least one lap web about the occupant.