Child's seat

• US 6,305,745 B1
• Filed: 06/30/1999
• Issued: 10/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc. (Dorel Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Maxi Miliaan BV
• Inventors: Rijsdijk, Gert Ariën Luc
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US09/230,789
• Time in Patent Office: 846 Days
• Field of Search: 297/481, 297/250.1, 297/256.1, 297/484, 297/483, 297/468
• 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

Abstract

A child'"'"'s seat comprising a back support, a seat and interconnectable belts. The seat is provided with at least one storage element, to which a belt, which has been disconnected from the other belts, can be detachably attached. The storage element is positioned outside the part of the child'"'"'s seat on which or against which a child being placed in the seat sits or rests.

Claims

1. A child'"'"'s seat comprising:

a back support having a shoulder part and a two side supports;

a seat operably attached to the back support;

interconnectable belts that comprise;

two side belts that are each connected to the shoulder part with a first end and proximate the seat with a second end; and

a third central belt connected proximate a center of the seat with a first end and detachably connected to the side belts between the first and second ends with a second end; and

two storage elements that each comprise a hook secured to one of the side supports, wherein each of the storage elements is adapted to receive and retain therein one of the side belts, wherein the storage elements thereby retain the side belts outside a part of the child'"'"'s seat that is occupied by a child present in the child'"'"'s seat, wherein each of the storage elements comprises;

a spacer that extends transversely to the side support; and

a plate-shaped part connected to the spacer remote from the side support, wherein the side support, the spacer and the plate-shaped part define a recess that is adapted to receive one of the side belts.

2. The child'"'"'s seat of claim 1, wherein the storage elements are each fabricated from plastic.

3. The child'"'"'s seat of claim 2, wherein the back support and the seat are substantially covered with upholstery, and wherein the storage elements extend through the upholstery.