Infant's restraining seat

• US 6,158,807 A
• Filed: 11/09/1999
• Issued: 12/12/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lewis E. Hampton
• Original Assignee: Lewis E. Hampton
• Inventors: Hampton, Lewis E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US09/437,024
• Time in Patent Office: 399 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/256.12, 297/344.24, 297/256.1, 297/256.16, 297/344.22, 297/254, 296/65.01, 296/65.06, 296/65.11
• US Class Current: 297/256.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/06 slidable B60N2/12 , B60N2/2209 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/245 for handicapped persons
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2857 characterised by the peculiar orientation of the child B60N2/2869 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis

Abstract

A unique construction for an infant'"'"'s restraining seat providing a platform adapted to rest on and be secured in position on a vehicle seat, a base laterally pivotally affixed to the platform, a slide slideably mounted on the base and supporting an infants seat, whereby the slide and infants seat attached thereto can be moved between a rearward position adjacent the back of a vehicle seat and at least one forward position on the vehicle seat and preferably locked into position thereon, and whereby thru pivoting of the restraining base the infants seat it can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of the vehicle for providing easy and safe access to the infants'"'"' seat by a person standing substantially outside the vehicle.

Claims

1. A construction for an infant'"'"'s restraining seat unit having base means, slide means mounted on said base means for sliding motion in a substantially horizontal plane, platform means adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, and infant seat means, said base means being pivotally connected to said platform means to allow said base means to pivot on said platform means substantially in a horizontal plane, said infant seat means being mounted on said slide means for movement therewith between a rearward position adjacent a back of a vehicle seat and at least one forward position on said vehicle seat, and whereby, thou pivoting of said base means on said platform means and thru sliding of said slide means and infant seat means on said base means, said slide means and infant seat means can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of said vehicle for providing easy and safe access thereto by a person standing substantially outside said vehicle.

2. The construction of claim 1 wherein said slide means is slidably mounted in guide means on said base means, locking means is provided on said construction for locking said slide means in a desired position on said base means, and a retracting mechanism is provided on said construction for operating said locking means for completely removing or releasably locking said slide means to said base means in a desired longitudinal position in said guide means and with respect to said vehicle seat.

3. The construction of claim 2 wherein said platform means has a substantially flat surface adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, and securement means is provided on said platform means for attaching said platform means to a stationary portion of a vehicle whereby said platform means can be substantially stabilized in position on the vehicle seat adjacent the back thereof.

4. The construction of claim 2 wherein said locking means comprises cooperating positioning pin means and locking shoulder means for engaging said pin means, said pin means and shoulder means being cooperatively positioned on said slide means and guide means.

5. The construction of claim 4 wherein said locking shoulder means comprises recess means, and wherein said retracting mechanism comprises pull means affixed to said pin means for pulling said pin means out of said bore means to allow said recess means to slide within said guide means.

6. The construction of claim 2 wherein said base means has a longitudinal axis and is pivotally connected to said platform means for pivoting thereon substantially in a lateral plane, longitudinally extending first shoulder means on said guide means, longitudinally extending second shoulder means on said slide means and interlocking with said first shoulder means to allow relative longitudinal motion but not significant vertical motion therebetween, and cooperating releasable locking means on said base means and said guide means whereby said slide means can be moved longitudinally along said guide means between a rearward position adjacent the back of a vehicle seat and at least one forward position on a vehicle seat and locked into position on said guide means.

7. The construction of claim 6 wherein said first shoulder means on said guide means is provided by a longitudinally extending slot means in said base means, said locking means comprises positioning pin means as a first component laterally slidably mounted in said slide means, and recess means as a second component is provided in said base means at one or more longitudinal positions along said slot means, wherein said pin means is spring urged toward said recess means, and wherein pull means is affixed to said pin means for extracting said pin means from said recess means.

8. The construction of claim 7 wherein said pull means comprises cable means extending longitudinally along said slide means from adjacent an inner end thereof to adjacent an outer end thereof.