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Child safety seat with entertainment system
Assignee: TLC INDUSTRIES Inc
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Filing: 1996-03-25
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Granted: 1997-04-29
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Expires: 2016-03-25
Abstract
Abstract An entertainment system includes a child's seat such as a car seat, high chair, or stroller, an audio source supported on the seat, speakers positioned and disposed at preferred audible locations on the seat and conductors extending between and interconnecting the audio source to the speakers. A video device, interconnecting to the audio source, may further be provided for presenting a video picture at a preferred viewing orientation relative to a child in the seat.
Inventors
- 👤 Horacio Leal
- 👤 Teresita Leal
- 👤 Israel Kaganas
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 18:39
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/62; A47C7/72; A47C7/723; A47C7/727; B60N2/2839; B60N2/2872; B60N2/2881; B60R; B60R11/00; B60R11/02; B60R11/0217; B60R2011/0001; B60R2011/0003; B60R2011/0012; B60R2011/0017; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S5/00; Y10S5/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface, and a vertical portion including a backrest and opposite sides, a safety bar hingedly attached at opposite ends to said seat, said safety bar being movable between a raised position and a lowered, secured position and including a mid-section extending across a front of said seat and generally disposed in front of a user's lower torso and above a user's waist when seated in said seat with said safety bar in said lowered position, speaker means removably supported on the opposite sides of said vertical portion of said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, and conductor means for electrically interconnecting said audio source to said speaker means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
164 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface, and a vertical portion including a backrest and opposite sides, a safety bar hingedly attached at opposite ends to said seat, said safety bar being movable between a raised position and a lowered, secured position and including a mid-section extending across a front of said seat and generally disposed in front of a user's lower torso and above a user's waist when seated in said seat with said safety bar in said lowered position, speaker means removably supported on the opposite sides of said vertical portion of said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, and conductor means for electrically interconnecting said audio source to said speaker means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
57 words
An assembly as recited in claim 1 wherein said means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat includes a seat cover structured to be removably fitted to said seat in at least partially covering relation to said base and said vertical portion and including a pocket means for removable receipt of said audio source therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
An assembly as recited in claim 2 wherein said speaker means are removably attachable to said seat cover.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
24 words
An assembly as recited in claim 1 further including video means for presenting a video picture viewable to a user seated in said seat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
An assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein said video means is housed and positioned in an independent unit separate from said seat.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
An assembly as recited in claim 4 wherein said video means is housed within said seat.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
119 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface, and a vertical portion including a backrest and opposite sides, speaker means removably supported on the opposite sides of said vertical portion of said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, video means for presenting a video picture viewable to a user seated in said seat, and conductor means for electrically interconnecting said audio source to said video means and said speaker means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
119 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface, and a vertical portion including a backrest and opposite sides, speaker means removably supported on the opposite sides of said vertical portion of said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, video means for presenting a video picture viewable to a user seated in said seat, and conductor means for electrically interconnecting said audio source to said video means and said speaker means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
An assembly as recited in claim 7 wherein said video means is housed and positioned in an independent unit separate from said seat.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
An assembly as recited in claim 8 wherein said video means is housed and contained within said seat.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
225 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface and oppositely disposed arm rest panels, and a vertical portion including a backrest and upper side panels on opposite sides of said vertical portion, said opposite side panels extending along the opposite sides of the backrest from a top edge of the backrest to corresponding ones of the oppositely disposed arm rest panels, a safety bar hingedly attached at opposite ends to said seat, said safety bar being movable between a raised position and a lowered, secured position and including a mid-section extending across a front of said seat and generally disposed in front of a user's lower torso and above a user's waist when seated in said seat with said safety bar in said lowered position, speaker means removably supported on said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, video means housed and contained within said safety bar for presenting a video picture viewable to a user seated in said seat, and conductor means for electrically connecting said audio source to said video means and said speaker means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
225 words
An entertainment assembly comprising: a seat including a base having an upper support surface and oppositely disposed arm rest panels, and a vertical portion including a backrest and upper side panels on opposite sides of said vertical portion, said opposite side panels extending along the opposite sides of the backrest from a top edge of the backrest to corresponding ones of the oppositely disposed arm rest panels, a safety bar hingedly attached at opposite ends to said seat, said safety bar being movable between a raised position and a lowered, secured position and including a mid-section extending across a front of said seat and generally disposed in front of a user's lower torso and above a user's waist when seated in said seat with said safety bar in said lowered position, speaker means removably supported on said seat and structured to project sound therefrom in a direction which is audible to a user seated in said seat, an audio source, remote from said speaker means, for generating sound signals to be delivered to said speaker means, means for removably carrying said audio source on said seat, video means housed and contained within said safety bar for presenting a video picture viewable to a user seated in said seat, and conductor means for electrically connecting said audio source to said video means and said speaker means.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2004-04-28 | 2004-10-28 | 2005-04-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2008-04-28 | 2008-10-28 | 2009-04-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |