Child seat

• US 20040262966A1
• Filed: 06/29/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Original Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Inventors: Hosoya, Miho
• Granted Patent: US 7,086,695 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/250.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• 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 2/2851 provided with head-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2866 booster cushions, e.g. to lift a child to allow proper use of the conventional safety belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2872 provided with side rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2878 the back-rest being inclinable

Abstract

In a child seat comprising a base unit placed on a seat of a vehicle and a seat unit placed on the base unit in a forward attitude with respect to the seat of the vehicle, the base unit is provided with a base body to be fixed to the seat, a slider connected to the base body in a positionally adjustable manner in a longitudinal direction of the seat of the vehicle, and a restraining belt device for restraining a child sitting on the seat unit, and the seat unit is provided with a seat cushion integrally connected to the slider in a positionally adjustable and detachable manner, and a seat back connected to the rear end of the seat cushion in a manner turnable about an axis extending in a lateral direction of the seat and connected on the back side thereof to the base unit in a detachable manner.

Claims

1. A child seat comprising:

a base unit placed on a seat of a vehicle; and

a seat unit placed on the base unit in a forward attitude with respect to the seat of the vehicle;

wherein

the base unit is provided with a base body to be fixed to the seat, a slider connected to the base body in a positionally adjustable manner in a longitudinal direction of the seat of the vehicle, and a restraining belt device for restraining a child sitting on the seat unit; and

the seat unit is provided with a seat cushion portion integrally connected to the slider in a positionally adjustable and detachable manner, and a seat back portion connected to the rear end of the seat cushion portion in a manner turnable about an axis extending in a lateral direction of the seat and connected at the back side thereof to the base unit in a detachable manner.

2. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat cushion portion and the seat back portion of the seat unit can be detached from each other.

3. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein a restraining belt guide for regulating a passing position of a seat belt of the vehicle is disposed on each of both sides in a width direction of the seat cushion portion.

4. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the base body is provided with a fixing belt guide for stretching the seat belt of the vehicle along a predetermined path with respect to the base body, and a lock-off device for restraining the seat belt of the vehicle with respect to the base body.

5. The child seat according to claim 4, wherein a waist belt guide serving as the fixing belt guide for guiding a waist belt portion of the seat belt of the vehicle is located at a position to be covered with the seat cushion portion disposed on the slider.

6. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the restraining belt device is provided with a shoulder belt and a crotch belt connected to the shoulder belt, one end of the crotch belt being fixed to the slider while the other end of the crotch belt being drawn forward of the seat cushion portion in a manner connectable to the shoulder belt.

7. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the base body is provided with a bottom supporter disposed on the seat cushion of the seat of the vehicle and a back supporter extending upward from the rear end of the bottom supporter and abutting against the seat back of the seat of the vehicle, the slider is connected to the bottom supporter in a positionally adjustable manner in the longitudinal direction and the seat back portion is connected to the back supporter at the upper end on the back side.

8. The child seat according to claim 7, wherein the seat back portion is connected to the back supporter in a manner rotatable about an axis extending in a lateral direction of the seat.