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Child's automotive safety booster seat with a view
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-03-10
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Granted: 1995-01-31
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Expires: 2013-03-10
Abstract
Abstract The present device features a child's automotive safety booster seat that has enough rigidity to withstand high compression, and, at the same time, is soft and comfortable for the child occupant. Conflicting safety design objectives are accomplished by constructing the center of the booster seat from a rigid styrofoam, which is overlaid with a thin layer of soft urethane foam for comfort. The soft urethane foam also serves to provide a flexible intersection allowing the child seat to bend and conform with almost any angle of backseat currently provided by automobile manufacturers. This flexibility about the intersection does away with any need for a mechanical hinge to provide for the angle adjustment. Added strips of batten can be added to the rigid styrofoam to provide further stiffness and support.
Inventors
- 👤 Matthew H. Silverman
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:07
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
162 words
A child's automotive booster seat providing safety and comfort to a child occupant, as well as having universality to conform to different angles of automobile backseats, said child's automotive booster seat comprising a seat portion and a back portion of integral construction forming a unitary structure, means defining a flexible foam intersection between said seat portion and said back portion, allowing said back portion to bend with respect to said seat portion in order to accommodate different angles of said automobile backseats, said seat portion having a substantially rigid core member overlaid with a soft, compressible foam layer, a plurality of upper and lower side supports providing confinement and constraint to said child occupant, and means defining a pair of wells disposed between said upper and lower side supports, said wells being substantially flush with a surface of said seat portion, whereby an automotive lap seatbelt can be fitted snugly about said child occupant to prevent submarining during an impact or crash.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
162 words
A child's automotive booster seat providing safety and comfort to a child occupant, as well as having universality to conform to different angles of automobile backseats, said child's automotive booster seat comprising a seat portion and a back portion of integral construction forming a unitary structure, means defining a flexible foam intersection between said seat portion and said back portion, allowing said back portion to bend with respect to said seat portion in order to accommodate different angles of said automobile backseats, said seat portion having a substantially rigid core member overlaid with a soft, compressible foam layer, a plurality of upper and lower side supports providing confinement and constraint to said child occupant, and means defining a pair of wells disposed between said upper and lower side supports, said wells being substantially flush with a surface of said seat portion, whereby an automotive lap seatbelt can be fitted snugly about said child occupant to prevent submarining during an impact or crash.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The child's automotive booster seat of claim wherein said rigid core member comprises a polystyrene foam.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The child's automotive booster seat of claim 1, wherein said soft, compressible foam layer comprises a polyurethane foam.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The child's automotive booster seat of claim 1, wherein said upper and lower side supports comprise polyurethane foam.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The child's automotive booster seat of claim 1, wherein said back portion contains at least one rigid member for added stiffness.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
160 words
A child's automotive booster seat providing safety and comfort to a child occupant, said child's automotive booster seat comprising a seat portion and a back portion of integral construction forming a unitary structure, said seat portion having a substantially rigid core member comprising a polystyrene foam overlaid with a soft, compressible polyurethane foam layer, a plurality of upper and lower side supports providing confinement and constraint to said child occupant, and means defining a pair of wells disposed between said upper and lower side supports, said wells being substantially flush with a surface of said seat portion, whereby an automotive lap seatbelt can be fitted snugly about said child occupant to prevent submarining during an impact or crash, an intersection of said back portion and said seat portion defining a flexible foam demarcation allowing said back portion to bend with respect to said seat portion, whereby said child's booster seat can conform to different backseat angles presented by various automobiles.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
160 words
A child's automotive booster seat providing safety and comfort to a child occupant, said child's automotive booster seat comprising a seat portion and a back portion of integral construction forming a unitary structure, said seat portion having a substantially rigid core member comprising a polystyrene foam overlaid with a soft, compressible polyurethane foam layer, a plurality of upper and lower side supports providing confinement and constraint to said child occupant, and means defining a pair of wells disposed between said upper and lower side supports, said wells being substantially flush with a surface of said seat portion, whereby an automotive lap seatbelt can be fitted snugly about said child occupant to prevent submarining during an impact or crash, an intersection of said back portion and said seat portion defining a flexible foam demarcation allowing said back portion to bend with respect to said seat portion, whereby said child's booster seat can conform to different backseat angles presented by various automobiles.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The child's automotive booster seat of claim 6, wherein said upper and lower side supports comprise polyurethane foam.
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