Providing Humane Restraints since 1876
Humane Restraint Company was founded in 1876 by Mathew Lynch. Mr. Lynch, a harness manufacturer, was approached by a local mental health hospital to make a device more humane than the metal shackles they used to manage agitated / aggressive patients. A leather restraint was produced, approved and implemented. And this was the birth of leather restraints. Many in the variety of professional fields have heard or used the words “Get the leathers’.
The original restraints were used primarily in state hospitals. Today Humane Restraint Co., Inc. sells to healthcare and long-term facilities, correctional facilities, police, sheriff and EMS departments, Department of Defense and others public servants concerned for safer work, rehabilitation and therapeutic environments.
Restraints designed for today's needs
Hospitals have used leather wrist and ankle restraints for over 130 years. Today’s trend is to see hospitals moving to our polyurethane restraint systems or web restraints (polypropylene or nylon restraints). In fact “Get the leathers” has been replaced with “Get the Poly” or “Get the Velcro" restraints.
Long Term Care Facilities have moved away from restraints but still contact Humane Restraint to purchase gait belts. Humane Restraint offers cotton gait belts, synthetic gait belts and polyurethane restraint belts. Patient positioning aids assist care giver in patient lifting.
Correctional Facilities use our locking restraint systems and are a safety staple, in many facilities, both our bed restraint systems and ambulatory restraints. The correctional field also uses the restraint chair, restraint bed and restraint board. Also, suicide smock, blankets and protective helmets have become recent standards.
Police, Sheriff and EMS Services use a variety of our products ranging from our nylon control strap which is used to restraint movement of the legs during transport. Humane Restraint’s transport belts used with handcuffs for greater control over a subject.
Court Security has been improved with use of leg restraints such the unique transport leg brace. This can be worn over clothing or under a pant leg for a discrete restraint. The transport leg weight is an other restraint that can be discrete yet results in secured control.
Human Restraint continues to grow and we offer more products to make safer work, rehabilitation and therapeutic environments.
