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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 04, 1998
Brian D. Bender, Racine, WI (US);
Rite-Hite Holding Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A restraining member for use with a vehicle restraint for releasably securing a parked vehicle to an adjacent structure is disclosed. The restraining member is pivotally mountable to the vehicle restraint, and is shiftable between a retracted position in which the restraining member is disposed within the recess, and an extended position in which the restraining member is positioned to engage the ICC bar of a parked vehicle. The restraining member comprises a base pivotally mounted to the carriage, a crown, and an offset shank interconnecting the base and the crown. The crown, the shank, and the base each have inner edges, which cooperate to define an open, substantially tetragonally shaped, area sized to receive the ICC bar. The crown and the shank define an engagement portion which is adapted to receive and engage a wide variety of ICC bar sizes.