Carrier with shock absorbing material

• US 10,144,319 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2015
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stevens-Poire', Dianne Tomita
• Original Assignee: Stevens-Poire', Dianne Tomita
• Inventors: Stevens-Poire', Dianne Tomita
• Primary Examiner(s): MCPARTLIN, SARAH BURNHAM
• Application Number:
  US14/844,237
• Publication Number:
  US 20160068088A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,188 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2881 Upholstery, padded or cushioned members therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4249 fixed structures, i.e. where neither the seat nor a part thereof are displaced during a crash
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/58 Seat coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/60 Removable protective coverings
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/7035 Cushions

Abstract

The disclosed invention will prevent or lessen injury to passengers when used as a supplemental safety device designed to work in combination with existing safety features found in transport vehicles. Family vans or SUVs have seats that are closest to the bumper that use a separate chassis with no crunch/crumble zones, offering minimal or no protection during rear-end collisions. In 2012 Ford Motor analysis stated, when a minivan with a third-row occupant is hit from behind, the occupant is usually a child, is killed at least half of the time. The disclosed invention will decrease harmful or deadly forces which drive the occupants backwards during rear-end collisions and will change this tragic outcome if the force is diminished by 70%, it may save lives.

Claims

1. A carrier comprising:

a base;

a seat fixed to a lower portion of the base, wherein the seat defines a sitting or holding area;

a force absorption carrier pad detachably positioned on the seat, wherein the fore absorption carrier pad comprises;

an outer fabric cover, a pad; and

one or more shock absorbing mats or layers, positioned between the outer fabric cover and the pad;

wherein the outer fabric cover wraps around a cushion positioned on the seat such that an inner surface of the outer fabric cover contacts the cushion;

the force absorption carrier pad including the one or more shock absorbing mats or layers, has a hole defined therein such that buckles extending from the base and attached to the seat cushion protrude through the hole for access by a user.