Patent ID: 7980634

Claim:
A vehicle restraint system, comprising: an anchoring component configured to be attached to a vehicle seat assembly; a rotatable component attached to the anchoring component and configured to rotate relative to the anchoring component about an axis of rotation, the rotatable component including a receiving surface configured to receive and support the back of a passenger sitting in the vehicle seat assembly; a harness connected to the rotatable component and configured to hold the passenger; and a guide track and a guide device portion configured to necessarily move along the guide track, the guide track configured to guide the movement of the guide device portion during rotation of the rotatable component relative to the anchoring component, the anchoring component including one of the guide track and the guide device portion and the rotatable component including the other of the guide track and the guide device portion; wherein the rotatable component is configured to rotate, along with the passenger, from a first position, corresponding to an upright position of the passenger when held by the harness, to a second position, corresponding to a lying down position of the passenger when held by the harness, wherein the passenger is held by and does not rotate relative to the harness during the rotation from the upright to the lying down position, and the receiving surface is configured to receive the back of the passenger during the rotation.