Patent ID: 7758130

Claim:
A rotational vehicle restraint system, comprising: a substantially rectangular anchoring panel configured to be attached to a vehicle seat assembly; a plurality of anchoring connectors, including a top anchoring connector and a bottom anchoring connector, configured to attach top and bottom portions of the anchoring panel to the vehicle seat assembly; a substantially rectangular rotatable panel attached to the anchoring panel, wherein the rotatable panel is configured to rotate relative to the anchoring panel individually about each of a plurality of selectively-engagable pivots; a harness connected to the rotatable panel and configured to fit about a passenger, wherein the harness comprises at least one of: a strap harness, or a vest harness; a plurality of harness connector straps configured to connect the harness to the rotatable panel, wherein the harness connector straps are retractably-based in a plurality of harness connector strap base units in the rotatable panel; a guide device including a guide track and at least one of: a guide rail configured to move along the guide track during rotation of the rotatable panel relative to the anchoring panel, or a guide pin configured to move along the guide track during rotation of the rotatable panel relative to the anchoring panel; wherein the guide device is connected to the anchoring panel and the rotatable panel; and wherein the rotational vehicle restraint system, when installed in a vehicle, is configured to: restrain a passenger fitted with the harness in both an upright position and a lying down position; and enable the passenger fitted with the harness to change from a first lying down position facing forward in the vehicle seat assembly to a second lying down position facing backward in the vehicle seat assembly, wherein, when the passenger changes from the first lying down position to the second lying down position, one of the plurality of harness connector straps extends further from the rotatable component and another of the plurality of harness connector straps retracts at least partially into the rotatable component.