Safety device for children in vehicles

Claim 1

IN A VEHICLE OF THE TYPE HAVING A FRAME AND A SEAT, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A RIGID CHILD RETAINING FRAME HAVING A PAIR OF UPRIGHT SIDE MEMBERS WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED IN SPACED RELATION, SAID SIDE MEMBERS EACH HAVING GENERALLY UPRIGHT REAR PORTIONS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE AND BEAR AGAINST THE BACK REST OF THE VEHICLE SEAT, AND GENERALLY HORIZONTAL BOTTOM PORTIONS RESTING ON THE VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION, SAID RIGID FRAME ALSO HAVING A GENERALLY RIGID PANEL SECTION EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY BETWEEN THE SIDE MEMBERS AND CONNECTED THERETO, SAID PANEL SECTION BEING GENERALLY L-SHAPED IN VERTICAL SECTION AND BEING COMPRISED OF A GENERALLY VERTICAL PORTION AND A GENERALLY HORIZONTAL PORTION AND BEING SPACED FORWARDLY AND UPWARDLY OF THE REAR AND BOTTOM PORTIONS OF THE SIDE MEMBERS SO THAT IT EXTENDS TRANSVERSELY ACROSS AND FORMS A RELATIVELY LARGE IMPACT AREA IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT OF THE CHEST AND IMMEDIATELY ABOVE THE LAP OF A CHILD ARRANGED IN A SEATED POSITION ON THE VEHICLE SEAT BETWEEN THE SIDE MEMBERS AND A BELT MEMBER EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM SAID RIGID FRAME AND ANCHORED TO THE FRAME OF THE VEHICLE.