Infant seat, removable seat and seat latch
First Claim
1. A seat for use by a child in an automobile equipped with a seat belt, said seat comprising a base member securable within an automobile by said seat belt, said base member having a frame and a holder, said holder being disposable within said frame in at least two positions, said holder being selectively slideable between said positions, an infant carrier joined to said holder, said carrier being disjoinable from said holder without removal of the child from said carrier, and means for restraining the child in said seat.
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Abstract
An infant seat, a removable seat and a seat latch, the seat having a base, a removable seat, and means for restraining a child in the removable seat. The seat is usable as a car seat and the base securable to an automobile seat with a seat belt. The removable seat is joined to the base and reversibly disjoinable from the base without removal of the child from the seat.
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26 Claims
- 1. A seat for use by a child in an automobile equipped with a seat belt, said seat comprising a base member securable within an automobile by said seat belt, said base member having a frame and a holder, said holder being disposable within said frame in at least two positions, said holder being selectively slideable between said positions, an infant carrier joined to said holder, said carrier being disjoinable from said holder without removal of the child from said carrier, and means for restraining the child in said seat.
- 5. A seat comprising a frame, a holder mounted in said frame, said holder being moveable between a plurality of positions within said frame, means for releasably retaining said holder in said positions, said means for releasably retaining being biased against release of said holder, means for retaining said holder in said frame in a plurality of positions, an infant carrier, and one or more latches connected to said carrier, said insert being joinable in rigid relationship to said holder by said latches, said carrier being reversibly disjoinable from said holder by actuation of said latches.
- 19. A latch for use with a car seat comprising a body, an actuator movable within said body, a spring, and a cross bolt, said actuator being linearly movable in directions toward and away from said crossbolt, said cross bolt being movable into and out of an engagement position, said spring opposing said movement of said actuator away from said cross bolt, said actuator having a handle end and a cam end, said handle end being spaced from said cross bolt, said cam end and said cross bolt together acting as a cam and follower to provide said movement of said cross bolt.
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23. A seat for use by a child in an automobile equipped with a seat belt, said seat comprising a base member securable within an automobile by said seat belt, said base member having a frame and a holder, said holder being disposed within said frame, an infant carrier removably joined to said holder, said carrier being joinable in a rigid relationship to said holder in both a forward placement and a reversed placement, said carrier being both joinable and disjoinable from said holder without removal of the child from said carrier, and means for restraining the child in said seat.
- 24. A seat comprising a frame, a holder mounted in said frame, said holder being movable between a plurality of positions within said frame, means for releasably retaining said holder in said positions, an infant carrier and one or more latches cnnected to said carrier, said insert having one or more seat flanges, said holder having one or more holder flanges, said holder flanges being complimentary in shape to said seat flanges, said seat flanges being slidable on said holder flanges to direct placement of said carrier on said holder, said latches being engageable when said seat flanges and said holder flanges are in mating relationship, said carrier being joinable in rigid relationship to said holder by said latches, said carrier being disjoinable from said holder by actuation of said latches.
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