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Title: Prototype air bag restraint for use in patrol vehicles

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/125064· OSTI ID:125064

An air bag has been designed and laboratory tested for use in existing police vehicles that will restrain a person if he or she becomes violent. The device will prevent self-injury and protect the vehicle and officer. The device does not pose a suffocation hazard and can be quickly and easily inflated or deflated by the officer from the front seat. The device is ready for field testing.

Research Organization:
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-94ID13223
OSTI ID:
125064
Report Number(s):
INEL-95/0115; ON: DE96001547; TRN: AHC29528%%99
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Mar 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English