Patent ID: 7445284

Claim:
A four part immobilizing restraint for a human head and upper torso comprising: a) a V-shaped vehicular head rest, b) connected with a pivot and ratchet assembly to a seat back in a vehicle, said pivot and ratchet assembly allowing only forward pivotal movement during an collision; said seat back also forwardly pivoting and ratcheting via a pivot and ratchet assembly during an collision, c.) a seat belt anchored and latched to said seat back for securely restraining said head, and upper torso, d.) a rapidly deployable U-shaped airbag adapted to be contained in a head liner of a vehicle and deployed on left and right sides of the head of a person seated in said seat back, with said head rest, said seat back, said seat belt and said air bag providing an immobilizing cradle for any inertia responsive forward, backward, or sideways movement of said head and upper torso when moving together in unison with the inertia of said head rest and said seat back during the first seconds of a front or side impact collision of said vehicle.