Patent ID: 8221293

Claim:
A runner restraint device adapted to be elastically tethered to a stationary object, the runner restraint device comprising: a generally rigid belly pad having a generally elongated curved body portion with opposite ends, the body portion having a vertical rib adjacent each end of the body portion and a pair of laterally spaced vertical recesses defining each of the vertical ribs, each recess having a pair of vertical slots therein; a first strap having one strap end extending through one of the vertical slots and another strap end extending through the other vertical slot in one of the vertical recesses, wherein the ends of the first strap are removably retained in the one of the vertical recesses by a rod carried in that vertical recess; a second strap having one strap end extending through one of the vertical slots in a vertical recess adjacent the other end of the body portion, wherein the ends of the second strap are removably retained in the one of the vertical recesses adjacent the other end of the body portion by a rod carried in that vertical recess; a first cord having one end connected to the first strap and an opposite end connected to one end of an elastic member and wherein another end of the elastic member is connected to an anchor member; and a second cord having one end connected to the second strap and having an opposite end connected to one end of another elastic member and wherein another end of the another elastic member is connected to the anchor member.