Seating board for child occupant and child seat

• US 6,193,312 B1
• Filed: 08/17/1999
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yoshida, Junichi, Nakagawa, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US09/375,799
• Time in Patent Office: 560 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/256.16, 297/256.17, 297/130, 297/283.1, 297/452.22, 297/3, 297/251, 297/467, 297/118
• US Class Current: 297/256.16
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2866 booster cushions, e.g. to lift a child to allow proper use of the conventional safety belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2881 Upholstery, padded or cushioned members therefor

Abstract

A seating board includes a board portion having a first surface on which a child with a small body is to be seated, and a second surface on which a child with a body larger than the small body is to be seated, which is located on a side opposite to the first surface. Clamp arms are attached to the board portion for attaching the seating board to a seat portion of a child seat. When the seating board is detached from the child seat, the child seat becomes a state suitable for a child larger than the infant. In case the seating board is disposed directly on a vehicle seat, the seating board becomes suitable for a middle size child. Thus, the seating board can be used for child occupants with various sizes.

Claims

1. A seating board for a child occupant comprising:

a board portion including a first surface on which a child with a small body is to be seated, a second surface on which a child with a body larger than the small body is to be seated, said second surface being located on a side opposite to the first surface, and a through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface for allowing a crotch belt of the child seat to pass therethrough,

a seat pad provided on the second surface for making the seating board in one of states where the through hole is covered and where the through hole is opened, said seat pad having a plate for closing the through hole, and

clamp arms attached to the board portion for attaching the seating board to a seat portion of a child seat.

2. A seating board according to claim 1, wherein said clamp arms project from two lateral sides of the second surface.

3. A combination comprising a child seat, and the seating board of claim 1 arranged on the child seat such that the first surface of the seating board is directed upward.

4. A combination according to claim 3, wherein includes right and left openings into which the clamp arms are inserted, respectively.

5. A seating board according to claim 1, further comprising side walls projecting from two sides of the first surface.

6. A combination comprising a child seat and a seating board for a child occupant, said child seat comprising:

a seat portion having right and left openings, and said seating board comprising;

a board portion including a first surface on which a child with a small body is to be seated, a second surface on which a child with a body larger than the small body is to be seated, said second surface being located on a side opposite to the first surface, and side walls formed at two lateral sides of the first surface to support the small body when the small body sits on the first surface, and

clamp arms for attaching the seating board to the seat portion of the child seat, said clamp arms projecting from two lateral sides of the second surface such that when the seating board is fixed to the child seat, the first surface of the seating board is directed upward and the clamp arms are inserted into the right and left openings of the seat portion to engage the seat portion.

7. A combination according to claim 6, wherein said first surface inclines rearwardly when the first surface faces upward so that a front side is higher than a rear side, and said second surface extends substantially horizontally.

8. A combination according to claim 7, wherein each said side wall has a top, an angle of inclination from a front to back direction of the top of the side wall being different from an angle of inclination from a front to back direction of the first surface, an angle of inclination from a front to back direction of the second surface when the second surface faces upward being determined by the angle of inclination of the tops of the side walls.