US5664833A
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Child's car seat with improved rotatable overhead shield
Assignee: Graco Childrens Products Inc
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Filing: 1996-07-31
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Granted: 1997-09-09
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Expires: 2016-07-31
Abstract
Abstract An overhead safety shield for an infant's car seat is rotatably coupled to the arms connecting the shield to the sides of the car seat. A detent mechanism provides positive locking engagement for the shield relative to the arms so that the shield can be fixed at one of several different angular positions about the pivot axis. The attitude of the shield can be set at the most convenient position for the occupant of the seat.
Inventors
- 👤 MaryAnn Celestina-Krevh
- 👤 William T. Ward, Jr.
- 👤 Michael P. Green
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:08
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; B60N2/2839
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
An adjustable overhead shield for an infant's car seat, said shield comprising: first and second arm members, each having an attachment end and a distal end; and a shield member having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being pivotally attached to the attachment end of a corresponding one of said first and second arm members, each end of said shield member including a detent member retractably mounted therein along a retraction direction substantially normal to said longitudinal axis, each attachment end of said first and second arm members having a detent socket provided with a plurality of angularly spaced detent channels, each of said detent channels being defined by a pair of spaced wall portions provided in said socket, said detent member being releasably engageable with said plurality of angularly spaced detent channels so that said shield member can be rotatably positioned to any one of a plurality of rotational positions and fixed therein.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
163 words
An adjustable overhead shield for an infant's car seat, said shield comprising: first and second arm members, each having an attachment end and a distal end; and a shield member having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being pivotally attached to the attachment end of a corresponding one of said first and second arm members, each end of said shield member including a detent member retractably mounted therein along a retraction direction substantially normal to said longitudinal axis, each attachment end of said first and second arm members having a detent socket provided with a plurality of angularly spaced detent channels, each of said detent channels being defined by a pair of spaced wall portions provided in said socket, said detent member being releasably engageable with said plurality of angularly spaced detent channels so that said shield member can be rotatably positioned to any one of a plurality of rotational positions and fixed therein.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention of claim 1 wherein said detent members each includes a detent arm extending outwardly from the corresponding one of said first and second ends of said shield member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The invention of claim 2 wherein said detent arm has a central U-shaped cross section and flanking flange portions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The invention of claim 2 wherein said first and second ends of said shield member each includes a partition having a sector shaped aperture, and wherein said detent arm extends through said sector shaped aperture.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
191 words
In combination: an infant's car seat having a main body portion; and an adjustable overhead shield attached to said main body portion of said infant's car seat, said shield comprising: first and second arm members each having a distal end attached to said main body portion of said car seat and an attachment end; and a shield member having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being pivotally attached to the attachment end of a corresponding one of said first and second arm members, each end of said shield member including a detent member retractably mounted therein along a retraction direction substantially normal to said longitudinal axis, each attachment end of said first and second arm members having a detent socket provided with a plurality of angularly spaced detent channels, each of said detent channels being defined by a pair of spaced wall portions provided in said socket, said detent member being releasably engageable with said plurality of angularly spaced detent channels so that said shield member can be rotatably positioned to any one of a plurality of rotational positions and fixed therein.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
191 words
In combination: an infant's car seat having a main body portion; and an adjustable overhead shield attached to said main body portion of said infant's car seat, said shield comprising: first and second arm members each having a distal end attached to said main body portion of said car seat and an attachment end; and a shield member having a longitudinal axis and first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being pivotally attached to the attachment end of a corresponding one of said first and second arm members, each end of said shield member including a detent member retractably mounted therein along a retraction direction substantially normal to said longitudinal axis, each attachment end of said first and second arm members having a detent socket provided with a plurality of angularly spaced detent channels, each of said detent channels being defined by a pair of spaced wall portions provided in said socket, said detent member being releasably engageable with said plurality of angularly spaced detent channels so that said shield member can be rotatably positioned to any one of a plurality of rotational positions and fixed therein.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
30 words
The invention of claim 5 wherein said detent members each includes a detent arm extending outwardly from the corresponding one of said first and second ends of said shield member.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The invention of claim 6 wherein said detent arm has a central U-shaped cross-section and flanking flange portions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
35 words
The invention of claim 6 wherein said first and second ends of said shield member each includes a partition having a sector shaped aperture, and wherein said detent arm extends through said sector shaped aperture.
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