Restraint and protection seat for infant

• US 5,527,094 A
• Filed: 01/24/1994
• Issued: 06/18/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zeze, Kazuo, Hiramatsu, Koji
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US08/188,328
• Time in Patent Office: 876 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/254-256, 297/256.1, 297/256.11, 297/256.13, 297/256.15, 297/216.1, 297/216.11, 297/254.12, 297/464, 297/468, 297/471 , 297/472, 297/476, 297/479, 297/480, 297/463.1
• 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 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2878 the back-rest being inclinable
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 22/30 Coupling devices other than buckles, including length-adjusting fittings or anti-slip devices adaptations of manual three-point seat belt systems for use by small passengers using other means than belt anti-slip devices B60R22/024; buckles A44B11/00; releasable fastenings in general F16B

Abstract

A restraint and protection seat for an infant is placed on a seat of a vehicle and restrained by a seat belt equipped in the vehicle. The restraint and protection seat is formed of a seat section, an infant restraint device attached to the seat section for holding a body of an infant when the infant is seated in the seat section, and a belt engaging device attached to a back surface of a seat back portion of the seat section. The belt engaging device includes an elongated base portion having a first pointed waveform surface, and a hook portion having a second pointed waveform surface corresponding to the first pointed waveform surface. The hook portion is spaced from the base portion to form a space therebetween smaller than the thickness of a seat belt in the vehicle. Thus, when the seat belt is inserted into the space between the base portion and the hook portion, the seat section is securely fixed to the seat belt.

Claims

1. A restraint and protection seat for an infant adapted to be placed on a seat of a vehicle and restrained by a seat belt equipped in the vehicle, comprising:

a seat section having a seat portion, and a seat back portion with a back surface attached to the seat portion,

infant restraint means attached to the seat section for holding a body of an infant when the infant is seated in the seat section, and

belt engaging means attached to the back surface of the seat back portion, said belt engaging means including an elongated base portion having a first pointed waveform surface, and a hook portion having a second pointed waveform surface corresponding to the first pointed waveform surface, said hook portion being spaced from the base portion to form a space therebetween for holding a seat belt in the vehicle, said hook portion being formed of a center portion and two side portions situated on both sides of the center portion to form openings relative to the center portion for inserting the seat belt into the space through the opening so that when the seat belt is inserted into the space between the base portion and the hook portion, the seat section is securely fixed to the seat belt.

2. A restraint and protection seat for an infant according to claim 1, wherein said base portion and said hook portion are separately formed, and connected together by fixing means.

3. A restraint and protection seat for an infant according to claim 1, wherein said base portion and said hook portion are integrally formed together.

4. A restraint and protection seat for an infant according to claim 3, wherein said belt engaging means further includes a bracket fixed to the seat back portion together with the belt engaging means, said bracket having claws to be located behind the hook portion for reinforcement.