Integrated safety seat

• US 10,259,345 B2
• Filed: 07/18/2018
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• 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:
  US16/038,214
• Publication Number:
  US 20190009695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• 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 2/0028 of a body part, e.g. of an arm or a leg
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/01 Arrangement of seats relative to one another
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/0292 Multiple configuration seats, e.g. for spacious vehicles or mini-buses
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2231 Worm and worm gear articulations
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/265 Adaptations for seat belts
• 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 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially
• 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 2002/0216 the seat or seat part turning about or moving along a transversal axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2205/30 Seat or seat parts characterised by comprising plural parts or pieces
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/24 Cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2210/40 Force or pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2230/20 Wireless data transmission
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8013 for child monitoring

Abstract

An integrated safety seat permanently built into a vehicle. The safety seat may be united with other seats or separated from other seats, or other integrated safety seats. The integrated safety seat is configured to accommodate an occupant from newborn to adulthood in a seat bottom, as well as in a back, whereby the seat bottom, back and a cradle in between may incline upward and downward by an internal mechanism, to a plurality of angles, ranging from rear facing to forward facing. The integrated safety seat includes a headrest and footrests support in the forward facing position, which serve as a footrest and headrest support, respectively in the rear facing position. The integrated safety seat includes harnesses and lap-belts with hasps, armrests, and headrests, footrests, inserts, within that elevate. The safety seat further includes integrated safety controls that operate regardless of whether the vehicle is in operation.

Claims

1. A safety seat permanently integrated into a vehicle, wherein the integrated safety seat comprises:

a seat bottom and a back, wherein the seat bottom and the back incline in a plurality of angles, whereby inclinations of the seat bottom and back cause the configuration of the safety seat to change from a plurality of forward facing positions to a plurality of rear facing positions, and from a plurality of rear facing positions to a plurality of forward facing positions, thereby allowing an occupant ranging in age from a newborn to an adult positioned in the safety seat to face a driver when the safety seat is in a forward facing position or face a rear of the vehicle when the safety seat is in a rear facing position;

a first support positioned at a first end of the seat bottom, wherein the first support serves as a footrest configured to the occupant in the safety seat when in a forward facing position and wherein the first support serves as a headrest configured to the occupant in the safety seat when in a rear facing position;

a second support positioned at a first end of the back, wherein the second support serves as a headrest configured to the occupant in the safety seat when in a forward facing position and wherein the second support serves as a footrest configured to the occupant in the safety seat when in a rear facing position; and

a means for inclining the seat bottom and back.

2. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety seat includes a cradle section positioned between the seat bottom and back, the cradle section comprising a first section of the seat bottom and a first section of the back, and wherein the cradle section inclines to a plurality of angles ranging from a forward facing position to a rear facing position.

3. The safety seat of claim 2, wherein the seat bottom, the back, and the cradle section incline independently of one another.

4. The safety seat of claim 2, wherein the cradle further comprises a plurality of sections and wherein each of the plurality of sections is configured to incline independently of the remaining sections of the plurality, and wherein each of the plurality of sections incline in a plurality of angles.

5. The safety seat of claim 2, further comprising a first harness with a hasp and a first lap belt with a hasp in the seat bottom configured to secure an occupant in a rear facing position, a second harness with a hasp and a second lap belt with a hasp in the back configured to secure an occupant in a forward facing position.

6. The safety seat of claim 2, further comprising an armrest in the seat bottom and an armrest in the back, positioned along either side of the integrated safety seat.

7. The safety seat of claim 2, further comprising inserts within the cradle section, the seat bottom and back of the integrated safety seat.

8. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety seat is united with another seat in the vehicle.

9. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety seat is separated from another seat in the vehicle.

10. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the seat bottom and back each comprise a plurality of sections, and wherein each of the plurality of sections of the seat bottom and back are configured to incline independently of the remaining sections of the plurality, and wherein each of the plurality of sections incline in a plurality of angles.

11. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the first support and the second support are each configured to independently incline in a plurality of angles to accommodate the occupant.

12. The safety seat of claim 1, further including safety controls permanently integrated in the vehicle, wherein the safety controls are configured to provide alerts regarding a status of the occupant in the vehicle, and further configured to provide alerts as to whether the occupant is buckled in the safety seat, and wherein the safety controls are operational regardless of whether the vehicle is in operation.

13. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein the means for inclining the seat bottom and the back is a mechanism positioned within an interior of the integrated safety seat, and wherein the mechanism is configured to incline and elevate the integrated safety seat in a plurality of at least one upward and downward inclined positions.

14. The safety seat of claim 13, wherein the mechanism for inclining the seat bottom and the back is configured to incline and elevate the integrated safety seat in at least one of a sliding, a rotation and an elevation motion.

15. The safety seat of claim 13, wherein the mechanism for inclining and elevating the seat bottom and the back moves the safety seat in a first direction in a plurality of angles from the forward facing positions to the rear facing positions and in a second direction in a plurality of angles from the rear facing positions to the forward facing positions.

16. The safety seat of claim 1, further comprising an armrest in the seat bottom and an armrest in the back, positioned along either side of the integrated safety seat.

17. The safety seat of claim 1, further comprising inserts within the seat bottom and back of the integrated safety seat.

18. The safety seat of claim 1, wherein a third support is located within at least one of the seat bottom and back.