US 12,465,533 B2
Mobility device restraining apparatus
Mark Pettigrew, Mount Carmel, IL (US); Michael Evans, Mount Carmel, IL (US); Luke Turpin, Mount Carmel, IL (US); and Larry Dean Michels, Mount Carmel, IL (US)
Assigned to B&D Independence, Mount Carmel, IN (US)
Filed by B&D Independence, Mount Carmel, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,626.
Application 17/958,626 is a continuation of application No. 16/822,554, filed on Mar. 18, 2020, granted, now 11,478,389.
Application 16/822,554 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2018/054949, filed on Oct. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/573,948, filed on Oct. 18, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0023107 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61G 3/00 (2006.01); A61G 3/02 (2006.01); A61G 3/06 (2006.01); A61G 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61G 3/062 (2013.01) [A61G 3/0209 (2013.01); A61G 3/0808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A restraint apparatus for securing a mobility device in a vehicle, comprising:
at least one coupling for engaging with the mobility device;
a support holding the coupling and being pivotally coupled about a horizontal axis to the vehicle for movement between a deployed position and a stowed position;
the support presenting a footprint that is greater in the deployed position than in the stowed position.