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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2019
Universal City Studios Llc, Universal City, CA (US);
Daniel Matthew Freedman, Ocoee, FL (US);
Ji Hyun Han, Winter Park, FL (US);
William Travis Faircloth, Stem, NC (US);
Michael Joseph Troise, Manheim, PA (US);
Julia Ann Javorsky, Hinckley, OH (US);
Hannah Amelia Brush, Greenville, RI (US);
Morgan Elizabeth Dickinson, North Greece, NY (US);
Robert Henry Cybulski, III, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Universal City Studios LLC, Universal City, CA (US);
Abstract
A passenger restraint system of a vehicle includes a passenger restraint article with an interface, and a locking device that secures the interface. In some embodiments, the vehicle includes a vertical channel that enables the locking device to travel up and down. The locking device may include a camera that enables the locking device to align with the interface, and once aligned, the locking device secures the interface. In additional or alternative embodiments, the locking device includes two C-bars and a biasing element that urges the locking device into an open position. When the passenger sits or leans against the opened C-bars, the force caused by the interface on the C-bars overcomes the force applied by the biasing element, urging the C-bars into a closed position. The locking device is then secured by engaging a locking bar that pushes against a surface of the C-bars.