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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Trevor P. Ashline, Mooresville, NC (US);
Trevor P. Ashline, Mooresville, NC (US);
Simpson Performance Products, Inc., New Braunfels, TX (US);
Abstract
A restraint device for controlling the head of a driver during a high-performance vehicle collision. The device includes a support member having a back portion and shoulder portions that extend at least partially over the shoulders of the driver; a tether for attaching the support member to the driver's helmet; and at least one anchor strap attached at one end to the support member and at the other end to the vehicle's seat belt assembly, driver's truck, and/or driver's legs, which serves to anchor the device and oppose forward and rearward movement of the driver's head during a collision event, reducing the likelihood of injury. The shoulder portions are configured to engage the vehicle's shoulder belts, which improves the restraint device's ability to resist forward movement and downward rotation of the driver's head that is caused by a collision event.