Patent · US Expired

Easy-to-use safety net device

US6390526B1 · kind B1 · utility

33Cited by

4References

10Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Baumeister + Ostler GmbH & Co. · DE

Inventors

Eduard Ament · Esslingen am Neckar, DE
Holger Seel · Aidlingen, DE
Herbert Walter · Großenhain, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 2, 1999
Grant date	May 21, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 2, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S160/10
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a safety net device (9) with a housing (11), in which a winding shaft is rotationally mounted. The winding shaft (13) is pretensioned by means of a spring motor (14) in the direction of winding of a safety net (12) which is fixed to the winding shaft (13). The other edge of the safety net (12) is connected to a pull bar (21) which is suspended in recesses (24) in the car body. In order to minimize the effort required by the user to suspend said device, a holding device (25) absorbs at least part of the pull-back force when the safety net (12) is wound back into the housing (11) immediately after the safety net (12) has been pulled out of the housing (11) to enable the pull bar (21) to be suspended in the recesses (24). The holding device (25) can be released at will in order to roll up the safety net (25) back into the housing (11).

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