Grab rail for transit vehicle seats

An energy-absorbing grab rail for a transit vehicle seat has a longitudinal core material and a covering material around the core material. Passenger movement assistance is provided with no or only slight deflection of the grab rail. Passenger restraint during abrupt movements of the vehicle such as...

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Hauptverfasser: BARECKI, CHESTER J
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Zusammenfassung:An energy-absorbing grab rail for a transit vehicle seat has a longitudinal core material and a covering material around the core material. Passenger movement assistance is provided with no or only slight deflection of the grab rail. Passenger restraint during abrupt movements of the vehicle such as occur in a collision is provided by a core having greater deflective characteristics in a selective direction and a resilient covering material. Additional passenger restraint is provided by deformation of the core material.