EFFECT OF SEAT BELTS AND SHOULDER HARNESSES ON FUNCTIONAL ARM REACH

A laboratory study was conducted to evaluate the effects of three different types of harnesses (lap belt, lap belt with crossed shoulder harness, and lap belt with parallel shoulder harness) on functional arm reach. Six male college students grasped a rotatable cylindrical handle as far away from the seat reference vertical line as was comfortably possible. Three different vertical heights and eight different azimuth angles were used. Contour curves for the reach envelopes are presented. The type of harness and height level had a significant effect on arm reach. Reach envelopes for the crossed and parallel harnesses were, on the average, 15 and 24% lower than the reach envelope for the lap belt. Of the three reach heights compared, the 110.5-cm reach envelope provided the greatest functional arm reach.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Garg, A
  • BAKKEN, G M
  • Saxena, U
• Publication Date: 1982-6

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 367-372
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Human subject testing; Manual safety belts; Shoulder harnesses
• Old TRIS Terms: Arm reach; Shoulder harness
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00385590
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 866
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: May 30 1984 12:00AM