Apparatus and method for restraining violent detainees

摘要

Methods and apparatus for restraining violent detainees, include a rigid binder (44) for binding the upper and lower legs of the detainee, a waist belt (45), and suspender straps (40) for joining the binder to the waist belt. An erection tether (100) for maintaining the detainee erect by being tautly stretched between an attaching ring (108) at the back of the waist bait and an overhead hook (122) provided for the purpose of maintaining the detainee erect. An alternate embodiment comprises a continuous sheet (443) or sectioned sheets (300) of relatively non-flexuous support material as leg flexure preventing means.