Integrated child safety seat

• US 10,052,979 B2
• Filed: 08/22/2017
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dali LLC
• Original Assignee: Dali LLC
• Inventors: Schonfeld, Lizbeth, Schonfeld, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Freedman, Laura
• Application Number:
  US15/683,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20180099587A1
• Time in Patent Office: 364 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/197 Blocking or enabling of input functions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/741 Instruments adapted for user detection
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/29 Instruments characterised by the way in which information is handled, e.g. showing information on plural displays or prioritising information according to driving conditions
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/65 Instruments specially adapted for specific vehicle types or users, e.g. for left- or right-hand drive
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/002 Seats provided with an occupancy detection means mounted therein or thereon detection means responsive to presence or absence of children B60N2/266
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0027 for detecting the position of the occupant or of occupant's body part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/01 Arrangement of seats relative to one another
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/26 for children B60N2/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/267 alerting means responsive to presence or absence of children
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/272 Buckle lock sensors for child seat safety belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/274 characterised by the communication means between the child seat and another entity, e.g. vehicle or portable device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2812 for securing the child to the child seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2816 with additional belt accessories, e.g. belt tension detectors
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/30 Non-dismountable or dismountable seats storable in a non-use position, e.g. foldable spare seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3081 Seats convertible into parts of the seat cushion or the back-rest or disapppearing therein, e.g. for children
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3084 Disappearing in a recess of the back-rest
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/3086 Disappearing in a recess of the cushion
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/2815 with additional belt accessories, e.g. a belt tension detector
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/981 Warning systems, e.g. the seat or seat parts vibrates to warn the passenger when facing a danger
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/24 : Cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2230/20 : Wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 5/005 : automatically actuated
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 : Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/008 : allowing the driver to see passengers, e.g. for busses combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/29 : for viewing an area inside the vehicle, e.g. for viewing passengers or cargo
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2022/4866 : Displaying or indicating arrangements thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/105 : for children adaptation of children's seats for seat belts B60N2/265, B60N2/2803
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/48 : Control systems, alarms, or interlock systems, for the correct application of the belt or harness
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8013 : for child monitoring

Abstract

An infant safety car seat seamlessly and permanently integrated into the bench seat between two adult seats or replacing the adult seats if more than one is incorporated into the vehicle. The child seat is sunken or not below and behind the vehicle bench and seat and safety harnesses are permanently installed to secure an infant in the safety seat. The seat adjusts to allow forward or rearward facing configurations suitable to different ages of the infant, from zero to eight years old. Security features are internally integrated to prevent the incidence of leaving an unbuckled and/or an unattended infant in a vehicle that includes some combination of a scale, hasps sensors in display and video monitor of cameras in screen.

Claims

1. An integrated safety seat built into a vehicle;

wherein the safety seat includes a seat bottom and a back configured to support a child too small for an adult seat;

the seat bottom is permanently integrated with the vehicle;

the back is permanently integrated with the vehicle;

the seat bottom and back of the safety seat are configured to incline in different positions and angles, from forward facing to rear facing and from rear facing to forward facing, for different ages and sizes, such that a headrest may also serve as a footrest and the footrest may also serve as the headrest, wherein the integrated safety seat is configured to have adaptable positions facing a driver and opposite the driver;

a harness and a hasp, wherein the harness and hasp are connected to the integrated safety seat and wherein the harness and hasp are configured to secure an occupant of the safety seat;

one or more safety features configured to determine whether the child is in the safety seat, whether the child is buckled in the seat, or whether the child is in the vehicle, wherein the one or more safety features is configured to reflect on a display within the vehicle; and

a button on the display to unbuckle the hasp of the harness.

2. The integrated safety seat of claim 1, wherein the seat bottom and back include a mechanized recline to convert the safety seat from forward facing to rear facing or from rear facing to forward facing.

3. The integrated safety seat of claim 1, wherein the vehicle includes a camera directed to the safety seat and a screen positioned visible and configured to a forward facing driver of the vehicle.

4. The integrated safety seat of claim 1, further including an integrated scale, wherein the integrated scale is configured to determine whether the child is in the integrated safety seat, and wherein the integrated scale is further configured to send an alert or other indication if the child is in the integrated safety seat.

5. The integrated safety seat of claim 1, further including a sensor to determine whether the hasp is fastened.

6. The integrated safety seat of claim 5, wherein a processor connected to the display determines whether the vehicle is in operation based on any of a speedometer, a transmission, or an engine computer, and wherein if the processor determines that the vehicle is not in operation and a scale integrated with the safety seat indicates to the processor a preselected threshold weight and the sensor indicates fastened, then an alert is sent;

and wherein the alert is any individual or combination of a light, an intermittent light in the display, a sound or a wireless message.

7. An integrated safety seat permanently built into a vehicle seat, wherein a segment of the vehicle seat has a seat bottom and a back, wherein a seat bottom of the integrated safety seat and a back of the integrated safety seat are configured to support an occupant;

wherein the seat bottom of the integrated safety seat is permanently integrated to the seat bottom of the vehicle seat and the back of the integrated safety seat is permanently integrated with the back of the vehicle seat;

the seat bottom and back of the integrated safety seat are configured to incline in different positions and angles, from forward facing to rear facing and from rear facing to forward facing, for different ages and sizes;

such that a headrest may also serve as a footrest and the footrest may also serve as the headrest; and

wherein the integrated safety seat is configured to have adaptable positions facing a driver and opposite to the driver;

a processor connected to a display for determining whether the vehicle is in operation based on any of, a speedometer, a transmission or an engine computer; and

a button on the display to unbuckle a hasp on a harness.

8. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, wherein the vehicle seat includes more than one integrated safety seat.

9. The integrated safety seat of claim 8, wherein the seat bottom and back of the integrated safety seat are provided with a mechanized recline to convert the seat bottom from forward facing to rear facing or from rear facing to forward facing.

10. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, wherein the harness and hasp are configured to secure the occupant of the seat bottom and back of the integrated safety seat, and wherein the harness and hasp are connected to the integrated safety seat.

11. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, further including one or more safety features, wherein the one or more safety features is configured to determine whether the occupant is in the integrated safety seat, whether the occupant in the integrated safety seat is buckled or whether the occupant is in the vehicle.

12. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, further including a camera, wherein the camera is directed to the integrated safety seat.

13. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, wherein a screen is configured to be visible to a forward facing driver of the vehicle.

14. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, further including a scale.

15. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, wherein the hasp includes a sensor to determine whether the hasp is fastened.

16. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, wherein if the processor determines that the vehicle is not in operation and a scale integrated in the safety seat indicates to the display a preselected threshold weight, and a sensor indicates that the hasp on the harness is fastened, then an alert is emitted.

17. The integrated safety seat of claim 16, wherein the alert includes any of, lights, intermittent lights, sounds, a lullaby or a wireless message.

18. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, further configured to send a notification that a child is in the vehicle.

19. The integrated safety seat of claim 7, further including a key fob connected to the integrated safety seat.