Dual air bag and crossbar child safety seat

• US 6,736,455 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2003
• Issued: 05/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: John Zakovic, Rose A. Zakovic
• Original Assignee: John Zakovic, Rose A. Zakovic
• Inventors: Zakovic, John, Zakovic, Rose A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US10/388,282
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.15, 297/250.1, 297/DIG.3, 297/216.1, 297/216.11, 297/487, 297/488, 280/728.1
• US Class Current: 297/256.15
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2839 having a front guard or barrier
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2851 provided with head-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2884 with protection systems against abnormal g-forces
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2072 in children's seats

Abstract

A child safety car-seat having an upper and a lower safety crossbar, with each crossbar having an air bag. The air bags deploy outward from the crossbars when activated in order to avoid injury to the child in the car-seat when the air bags fill with gas. The position of the air bags and the crossbars helps prevent injury to the head, face, neck, chest, and abdomen of the child during an automobile collision.

Claims

1. A child safety car-seat, comprising:

a. a seat portion and a back portion;

b. a crossbar rotatably attached to said seat portion and a crossbar attached rotatably to said back portion;

c. said crossbars each having an air bag attached thereto; and

d. said air bags being deployed outwardly from said crossbars away from said seat portion and said back portion when said air bags are filled with gas.

2. The child safety car-seat of claim 1 wherein said crossbars are positioned approximately in the center region of said air bags when said air bags are deployed.

3. The child safety car-seat of claim 2 wherein said air bags engulf said crossbars when said air bags are deployed.

4. The child safety car-seat of claim 1 wherein said crossbar attached to said back portion is approximately level with a child'"'"'s chest when the child is in place in said car seat, and said crossbar attached to said seat portion is approximately at the level of the middle abdomen of a child in place in said car seat.

5. The child safety car-seat of claim 4 wherein each of said crossbars has a padded portion, said air bag being contained in a compartment positioned centrally in said padded portion of said crossbar.

6. The child safety car-seat of claim 4 wherein said crossbars are positioned approximately in the center region of said air bags when said air bags are deployed.

7. The child safety car-seat of claim 6 wherein said air bags engulf said crossbars when said air bags are deployed.

8. The child safety car-seat of claim 1 wherein each of said crossbars has a padded portion, said air bag being contained in a compartment positioned centrally in said padded portion of said crossbar.

9. A child safety car-seat, comprising:

a. a seat portion and a back portion;

b. a crossbar rotatably attached to said seat portion and a crossbar attached rotatably to said back portion;

c. said crossbars each having an air bag attached thereto;

d. said air bags being deployed outwardly from said crossbars away from said seat portion and said back portion when said air bags are filled with gas;

e. said crossbar attached to said back portion being approximately level with a child'"'"'s chest when the child is in place in said car-seat, and said crossbar attached to said seat portion being approximately at the level of the middle abdomen of the child in place in said car seat; and

f. each of said crossbars having a padded portion, said air bag being contained in a compartment positioned centrally in said padded portion of said crossbar.

10. The child safety car-seat of claim 9 wherein said crossbars are positioned approximately in the center region of said air bags when said air bags are deployed.

11. The child safety car-seat of claim 10 wherein said air bags engulf said crossbars when said air bags are deployed.