Child's tiltable car seat

• US 5,380,062 A
• Filed: 06/23/1993
• Issued: 01/10/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Renolux Co.
• Original Assignee: Renolux Co.
• Inventors: Nania, Yves
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US08/079,890
• Time in Patent Office: 566 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.13, 297/325, 297/329, 248/420, 248/429, 248/609
• US Class Current: 297/256.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially

Abstract

A child'"'"'s tiltable car seat comprises a base intended to be attached to a vehicle seat having a part of a curved slide mounted thereon and a tiltable structure having the other part of the curved slide attached thereto and cooperating with the base part of the curved slide. The base part of the curved slide has a C-shaped cross section, while the part of the curved slide attached to the tiltable structure has an Ω-shaped cross section. The flanges of the Ω-shaped part are able to slide inside grooves delimited by the C-shaped part thus providing a stable assembly.

Claims

1. A seat for a child adapted to be removably attached to a vehicle seat, comprising:

a base for attachment to a vehicle seat, said base having a first curved slide part;

a body having a second curved slide part, said first curved slide part and said second curved slide part slidably coupled together to mount said body for tilting with respect to said base,

wherein said first curved slide part has a generally C-shaped cross section including a center part having a rack formed of a plurality of longitudinally arranged spaced openings, a pair of opposed arms extending from said center part, and a pair of facing flanges each extending from one of said opposed arms, wherein each of said facing flanges, each of said opposed arms and said center part define a groove, and

wherein said second curved slide part has a generally Ω

-shaped cross section including a generally U-shaped web and a pair of flanges extending outwardly therefrom, said outwardly extending flanges being slidingly received in said grooves of said first curved slide part, said second curved slide part also having a control lever extending from an end thereof and a hook with two ends pivotally coupled to said second slide part about a transverse pivot axis, one end of said hook having a tip that engages one of said openings in said rack and the other end being coupled to said control lever, said control lever controlling pivoting of said hook; and

a spring having two ends, one end pivotally coupled to said second slide part and the other end coupled to said hook, wherein said hook has a transverse hole therein, said other end of said spring engaging said transverse hole, and said one end of said spring pivotally coupled to said web of said second slide part.

2. The seat according to claim 1, further comprising a pair of sliding runners, each runner disposed in one of said grooves and between said first and second curved slide parts.

3. The seat according to claim 2, wherein each runner has a longitudinally extending inwardly facing guide groove that receives one of said outwardly extending flanges of said second curved slide part and at least one stud that engages said first curved slide part.

4. The seat according to claim 3, wherein at least one of said arms of said first curved part has at least one hole therein and said stud engages said hole to prevent relative sliding of said first curved slide part and said runner.

5. The seat according to claim 2, wherein said fist and second slide parts are made of metal and said sliding runners are made of synthetic material.

6. The seat according to claim 2, further comprising another pair of runners, each pair of runners disposed in each longitudinal end of said first slide part, and each runner having a length at least equal to an amount of sliding displacement of one slide part relative to the other slide part.

7. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said second slide part has an inwardly extending hump and said spring rests, between its two ends, on said hump.

8. The seat according to claim 7, wherein said hump has a longitudinally extending hole therein and a portion of said hook adjacent said tip is received in said longitudinally extending hole.

9. The seat according to claim 8, wherein said first slide part includes a stop projecting from said central part that engages with said hump adjacent said longitudinally extending hole.

10. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said first slide part has at least one square hole in said center part and second slide part has at lest one square hole in said web, and further comprising carriage bolts received in said square holes.

11. The seat according to claim 10, wherein at least one of said first and second slide parts has at least one projection that engages at least one of said carriage bolts when said base and said body are aligned.

12. The seat according to claim 1, wherein said first slide part includes a stop projecting from said central part.

13. A child seat for a vehicle, comprising:

a detachable base having a first longitudinally curved slide part with a center part and opposed inwardly facing side grooves, said center part being coupled to said base, said first slide part having a plurality of longitudinally aligned holes;

a tiltable body structure including a seat and having a second longitudinally curved slide part with a web and outwardly extending opposed flanges, said web being coupled to said body structure and said flanges being slidably engaged in said grooves, said second slide part having a hump extending from said web and a spring; and

a locking device including a control lever and a hook secured thereto, said hook being pivotally coupled to said web and said hook and detachably engageable with said first curved slide part, wherein said spring biases said hook toward said openings in said first slide part and said hump has a hole therein receiving said hook and limiting the bias of said spring, and wherein said locking device is selectively and independently engageable with each of said holes for adjusting an inclination of said seat.

14. The child seat of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of runners disposed in said grooves having a longitudinally extending guide groove receiving and guiding said flanges of said second slide part.

15. The child seat of claim 13, wherein one of said first and second slide parts has a stop extending therefrom that engages with the other of said first and second slide parts.