Patent ID: 7124607

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 having an open top, opposite side walls, opposite end walls and a bottom wall and containing a lock mechanism, and two base frames connected by chain links, the improvement residing in the cheek plate assembly of each handcuff being fabricated from a single, one-piece die stamped metal plate and a two-part swivel comprising a swivel cup fixed to said bottom wall of said base frame and a swivel comprising an eyelet portion attached to a chain link and a swivel pin portion received in and fixed for rotation in said swivel cup and wherein said bottom wall of said base frame of said single, one-piece die stamped metal plate of the handcuff has an opening which receives a mounting pin extending from said swivel cup through the opening and which fixedly attaches the swivel cup to said bottom wall of said base frame.