Patent ID: 7677671

Claim:
A passenger restraint apparatus for arrangement in front of a passenger seat of a funfair ride, said passenger restraint apparatus comprising: a restraint body ( 30 ) having a leg support surface ( 31 ) which is configured to be placed on the top side of the thighs of the passenger, a first guide lever ( 40 ) which is fixed at its first end to the restraint body and which is pivotably coupled with its second end in a floor region in front of the passenger seat of the funfair ride in such a way that the restraint body can be pivoted in relation to the passenger seat about a first lower axis ( 61 ) which is disposed in transverse relationship to the longitudinal axis of the thigh of the seated passenger from an opened position into a closed position, characterised in that the first guide lever is coupled at its first end to the restraint body pivotably about a first upper axis ( 34 ) which is disposed in parallel relationship with the first lower axis, arranged adjacent to the first guide lever is a second guide lever ( 50 ) which i. is spaced from the first guide lever in a direction in transverse relationship with the first lower axis and ii. is coupled at its first end to the restraint body pivotably about a second upper axis ( 35 ) which is arranged in parallel spaced relationship with the first upper axis and iii. is coupled at its second end pivotably about a second lower axis ( 62 ) arranged in parallel spaced relationship with the first lower axis in the region of a passenger footrest of the passenger seat of the funfair ride, in such a way iv. that the restraint body is guided by the first and second guide levers ( 40 , 50 ) in the manner of a parallelogram or trapezium lever arrangement, and a lower leg bow ( 80 ) coupled to the first and second guide levers and guided by the first and second guide levers in the manner of a parallelogram or trapezium lever arrangement, the lower leg bow being arranged in transverse relationship with the longitudinal axis of the lower leg of the seated passenger in such a way that a knee bend angle of at least 90° is forced by the lower leg bow bearing against the front side of the lower legs of the seated passenger.