Convertible car seat apparatus

Claim 1

A convertible car seat apparatus comprising: an "L" shaped seat including a first flange side and a second flange side positioned on either side of the seat with an underlying downwardly depending skirt positioned under the seat, a first pair of spaced wheels and a second pair of spaced wheels, said first and second pair of wheels being mounted for pivotal movement between a retracted position within said skirt and an extended position, said first pair of wheels including a first wheel rod and said second pair of wheels including a second wheel rod, said first wheel rod being spaced rearwardly of and parallel to said second wheel rod, an actuator rod pivotally mounted orthogonally to said first wheel rod and said second wheel rod, a "U" shaped frame means including a first arm and a second arm pivotally mounted to said first and second sides respectively for pivotal movement from a lowered first position forwardly of said seat to a raised second position above said seat, said frame means including a connection link forming a handle and secured between the forward terminal ends of said first and second arms for maintaining said arms in a spaced parallel relationship, each of said first and second arms including a rear arm projection with an actuator bar extending therethrough, said actuator bar being pivotally mounted to the upper leg of a bell crank, the lower leg of the bell crank extending into a socket, said actuator rod being secured to the forward end of said socket, an indicator rod extending rearwardly through a rear wall of said skirt for movement between retracted and extended positions relative to said skirt, the forward end of said indicator rod being secured to the rearward end of said socket, wherein movement of said "U" shaped frame between said first and said second positions results in movement of said wheels and said indicator rod between said retracted and said extended positions respectively.