Restraining protective foldable seat for infants

Claim 1

An infant-restraining protective seat, comprising: a seat portion (2) for seating an infant on an upper surface of the seat portion, said seat portion having a front end and a rear end and having a left side and a right side; a seat back (3) for supporting the back of the seated infant against a front surface of the seat back, said seat back having an upper end and a lower end and having a left side (32) and a right side (33); infant restraining means (5) for restraining and protecting the seated infant; said lower end of said seat back being tiltably attached to said rear end of said seat portion in such a manner that said front surface of said seat back is foldable towards said upper surface of said seat portion from a reclined-state position to a folded-state position; wherein said seat back left and right sides are respectively provided with left and right side walls (32, 33), the distance between inner side faces of said left and right side walls being set in such a manner that at least part of said seat portion will be received between said left and right side walls when said seat portion and seat back are folded to said folded-state position; and a seat tilting control means (4) for both locking said seat back in said reclined state and for locking said seat back in a folded-state, said control means including a locking pin (56) which is fittable into respective locking holes which correspond to said reclined state and said folded-state, said locking holes being provided on a member (50) which is fixed relative to said seat back.