US 12,296,960 B2
Leg restraint system with compliance indicator
Rahul Merh, Hyderabad (IN); Lakshmana Kumar Marineni, Hyderabad (IN); Tippanna Channabasappa Shetgar, Hyderabad (IN); and Mark B. Dowty, Rural Hall, NC (US)
Assigned to B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed by B/E Aerospace, Inc., Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,077.
Claims priority of application No. 202311016682 (IN), filed on Mar. 13, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0308667 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01); B64D 11/06 (2006.01); B64D 45/00 (2006.01); G08B 21/22 (2006.01)
CPC B64D 11/062 (2014.12) [B64D 45/00 (2013.01); G08B 21/22 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A leg restraint system for a side facing seat, comprising:
a leg restraining device configured to be positioned in proximity to a side facing seat, the leg restraining device including a panel configured to deploy along a deployment path;
a sensor configured to be positioned relative to the leg restraining device, the sensor configured to monitor the deployment path;
an indicator configured to indicate information regarding the monitored deployment path; and
a controller, communicatively coupled to each of the sensor and the indicator, the controller configured to:
receive, from the sensor, information regarding the monitored deployment path; and
instruct the indicator to indicate a compliance status associated with the monitored deployment path.