Universal floatation child safety seat

Claim 1

A child safety seat, comprising, safety seat means for belting to a surface or seat of a motor vehicle, aircraft or boat and for holding a child so that the child is protected from injury in the event of sudden movement in both an automotive environment and a marine or airplane environment including a safety strap for removably holding the child to said safety seat means, said safety seat means including a cradle and a base member removably secured to said cradle, said base member having a planar surface compatible with placing said safety seat means on the surface or seat of a motor vehicle, aircraft, or water craft with said base member belted thereto; non-corrosive ballast means connected to said safety seat means for providing said cradle with a center of gravity, floatation means permanently secured to said cradle for floating same in water in arrangement with said ballast means so that the head of the child seated in said cradle is maintained above water level in combination with said ballast means, said floatation means including a floatation material made of a closed cell foam buoyant material, and said floatation material being arranged in relation with said ballast means so as to automatically self-right and maintain said center of gravity in water, side arm bar means including side support bars oriented lateral to said cradle of said safety seat means and cross bar means oriented transverse to and connected to said side support bars, and said floatation means including floatation material supported by at least said cross bar means, and said cradle includes a flat, planer seat bottom wall, a seat back wall connected to said seat bottom wall, and seat side walls connected to and extending vertically from said seat back wall and said seat bottom wall, said floatation material being secured to said seat bottom wall, said seat back wall and said seat side walls.