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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1999
Abstract
The invention relates to a safety net device ( ) with a housing ( ), in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft ( ) is pretensioned by means of a spring motor ( ) in the direction of winding of a safety net ( ) which is fixed to the winding shaft ( ). The other edge of the safety net ( ) is connected to a pull bar ( ) which is suspended in recesses ( ) in the car body. In order to minimize the effort required by the user to suspend said device, a holding device ( ) absorbs at least part of the pull-back force when the safety net ( ) is wound back into the housing ( ) immediately after the safety net ( ) has been pulled out of the housing ( ) to enable the pull bar ( ) to be suspended in the recesses ( ). The holding device ( ) can be released at will in order to roll up the safety net ( ) back into the housing ( ).