Child car seat with air bag protection bar

• US 5,895,092 A
• Filed: 02/26/1998
• Issued: 04/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dean A. Fischer
• Original Assignee: Dean A. Fischer
• Inventors: Fischer, Dean A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US09/031,479
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.15, 297/250.1, 297/487, 297/488, 403/381
• US Class Current: 297/256.15
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2839 having a front guard or barrier
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence

Abstract

A new child car seat with air bag protection bar is provided for protecting a child in event of the release of an air bag. Included is a car seat portion having a seat portion and a back portion. The car seat portion includes a harness strap for securing a child therein. A lower end of the back portion has a slot therethrough for receiving a seat belt of a vehicle therethrough to facilitate securement of the car seat portion within the vehicle. A restraint system is provided including a pair of inner vertical brackets secured on opposing sides of the back portion of the car seat portion. The restraint system includes a pair of outer vertical brackets slidably received within the inner vertical brackets. The restraint system includes a pair of horizontal supports pivotally coupled with upper ends of the outer vertical brackets. An outer portion of the horizontal supports have a channel formed therein. An outer end of the horizontal supports have an aperture therethrough. The restraint system includes a cross bar extending between the outer portions of the horizontal supports.

Claims

1. A new child car seat with air bag protection bar for protecting a child in event of a release of an air bag comprising, in combination:

a car seat portion having a seat portion and a back portion, the car seat portion including a harness strap for securing a child therein, a lower end of the back portion having a slot therethrough for receiving a seat belt of a vehicle therethrough to facilitate securement of the car seat portion within the vehicle;

a restraint system including a pair of inner vertical brackets secured on opposing sides of the back portion of the car seat portion, the inner vertical brackets each having a female dovetail recess formed along a length thereof, the recess having a plurality of linearly aligned apertures therein, the restraint system including a pair of outer vertical brackets, the outer vertical brackets each having a male dovetail member extending outwardly therefrom for being slidably received within the female dovetail recesses of the inner vertical brackets, the outer vertical brackets each having upper and lower locking pins for selectively engaging two of the plurality of apertures of the inner vertical brackets, the restraint system including a pair of horizontal supports pivotally coupled with upper ends of the outer vertical brackets, an outer portion of each of the horizontal supports having a channel formed therein, an outer end of each of the horizontal supports having an aperture therethrough, the restraint system including a cross bar extending between the outer portions of the horizontal supports, the cross bar including an interior rigid member and an exterior padded member, the interior rigid member having T-shaped stems extending outwardly of opposite ends thereof for being slidably received within the channels formed within the horizontal supports, the opposite ends of the interior rigid member each having a spring pin extending outwardly thereof for selectively engaging the apertures of the outer ends of the horizontal supports, the restraint system including a pair of angular brackets extending between the horizontal supports and the outer vertical brackets, upper ends of the angular brackets pivotally coupling with the T-shaped stems of the cross bar.

2. A new child car seat with air bag protection bar for protecting a child in event of a release of an air bag comprising, in combination:

a car seat portion having a seat portion and a back portion, the car seat portion including a harness strap for securing a child therein, a lower end of the back portion having a slot therethrough for receiving a seat belt of a vehicle therethrough to facilitate securement of the car seat portion within the vehicle;

a restraint system including a pair of inner vertical brackets secured on opposing sides of the back portion of the car seat portion, the restraint system including a pair of outer vertical brackets slidably received within the inner vertical brackets, the restraint system including a pair of horizontal supports pivotally coupled with upper ends of the outer vertical brackets, an outer portion of each of the horizontal supports having a channel formed therein, an outer end of each of the horizontal supports having an aperture therethrough, the restraint system including a cross bar extending between the outer portions of the horizontal supports.

3. The child car seat with air bag protection bar as set forth in claim 2 wherein the cross bar includes an interior rigid member and an exterior padded member.

4. The child car seat with air bag protection bar as set forth in claim 3 wherein the interior rigid member has T-shaped stems extending outwardly of opposite ends thereof for being slidably received within the channels formed within the horizontal supports.

5. The child car seat with air bag protection bar as set forth in claim 4 wherein the opposite ends of the interior rigid member each have a spring pin extending outwardly thereof for selectively engaging the apertures of the outer ends of the horizontal supports.

6. The child car seat with air bag protection bar as set forth in claim 5 wherein the restraint system includes a pair of angular brackets extending between the horizontal supports and the outer vertical brackets, upper ends of the angular brackets pivotally coupling with the T-shaped stems of the cross bar.