US 12,133,821 B2
Wheelchair securement system and device
Jean-Marc Girardin, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US); Joseph Esteireiro, Cambridge (CA); and Patrick Girardin, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Assigned to Valeda Company, LLC, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed by Valeda Company, Oakland Park, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/147,165.
Application 17/147,165 is a continuation of application No. 15/896,024, filed on Feb. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,945,897.
Application 15/896,024 is a continuation of application No. 15/249,265, filed on Aug. 26, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/249,265 is a continuation of application No. 14/211,934, filed on Mar. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,445,957, issued on Sep. 20, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/798,914, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0128375 A1, May 6, 2021
Int. Cl. B60P 7/08 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/0808 (2013.01) [A61G 3/08 (2013.01); B60P 7/0823 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobility aid tie-down for securing a mobility aid during transit in a vehicle, the mobility aid tie-down comprising: a retractor secured to the vehicle at a first anchor point; the retractor having a spool and a restraint extendable therefrom; the restraint having a first restraint segment extending from the spool to a securement point on the mobility aid and a second restraint segment extending from the securement point on the mobility aid to a second anchor point; whereby the mobility aid tie-down is configured to distribute a load from the mobility aid during an adverse driving event between the first restraint segment and the second restraint segment; wherein both the spool and the second anchor point are disposed within a housing.