US 12,453,664 B2
Retractor restraint sensor assembly and stop
Ovidius Turcanu, Delray Beach, FL (US); and Edgardo Cardona, Pompano Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Valeda Company, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed by Valeda Company, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/150,916.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/297,298, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0218457 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A61G 3/00 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [A61G 2203/40 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retractor defined by a restraint having a first end connected to a spool and a second end, the second end being a free end, the restraint being retractable upon the spool to a coiled position and withdrawable from the spool to an extended position, the retractor comprising a sensor assembly for generating a signal indicative of a length of the restraint that is withdrawn from the retractor, the sensor assembly comprising a sensor and an indicator element, wherein the indicator element is disposed at a location on the restraint and the sensor detects when the indicator element is proximate the sensor.