Infant's seat and restrainer

Claim 1

An infant's seat, said seat being adapted to be inflated and being mountable on an automobile seat in conjunction with an existing standard seat-belt-buckle arrangement, said inflatable seat comprising in combination: an inflatable seat portion which in its inflated condition with an upwardly directed wall is adapted to support the legs and lower torso of an infant; an inflatable generally upright back portion unitarily joined to said seat portion and which in its inflated condition with a forwardly directed wall provides support for an infant using the seat in a sitting position; an inflatable canopy portion unitarily joined to said seat portion to shield the head region of an infant; upstanding side walls for limiting lateral and allowing sufficient freedom of movement of an infant using the seat; with every side wall having a height which exends between said canopy portion and said seat portion and every side wall being unitarily joined to said seat portion, said back portion, and said canopy; said seat portion, said upright back portion, said canopy portion, and said side walls being unitarily joined to form a continuously hollow and inflatable structure of open shell configuration of a depth allowing substantially full freedom of movement of the legs and arms of an infant using said seat; at least one window means in each side wall for increasing the viewing range of an infant; at least one air inflator valve for inflating and deflating said inflatable structure; on each side wall an integrally joined ring for passing therethrough a respective seat belt whereby the infant's seat is fixed on the automobile seat in the secured condition of a respective seat belt; and harness means secured to the forwardly directed wall of said back portion, said harness means contributing substantially to the protection of a user in said seat.