Child car seat device

• US 7,726,738 B1
• Filed: 07/18/2007
• Issued: 06/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ryon J. Rice
• Original Assignee: Ryon J. Rice
• Inventors: Rice, Ryon J.
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/779,659
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.12, 297/188.08, 297/188.11, 297/250.1
• US Class Current: 297/256.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2839 having a front guard or barrier
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially

Abstract

A child car seat device for facilitating insertion of a child into the infant car seat in a vehicle includes a base being positioned on a seat of the vehicle. The base includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that extends between the top wall and the bottom wall to define an interior space of the base. Each of a pair of side walls of the perimeter wall has a seat belt aperture that extends therethrough to permit a seat belt to be extended through the base to secure the base to the seat. A seat assembly is rotatably coupled to the base. The seat assembly receives and supports the child. The seat assembly is rotatable through approximately 180 degrees to facilitate the child being inserted into and removed from the seat assembly.

Claims

1. A child car seat device for securing a child in a vehicle, said device comprising:

a base being positioned on a seat of the vehicle, said base including a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between said top wall and said bottom wall to define an interior space of said base, each of a pair of side walls of said perimeter wall having a seat belt aperture extending therethrough to permit a seat belt to be extended through said base to secure said base to the seat;

a seat assembly being rotatably coupled to said base, said seat assembly receiving and supporting the child, said seat assembly being rotatable through approximately 180 degrees to facilitate the child being inserted into and removed from said seat assembly, said seat assembly including;

a pedestal being positioned in said interior space of said base and rotatably coupled to said bottom wall, said pedestal extending upwardly through said top wall of said base;

a seat section being pivotally coupled to said pedestal and positioned above said top wall, said seat section receiving the child in a seated position when the child is placed in the seat assembly, said seat section being pivotable between an upright position and a reclined position;

said top wall being angled upwardly from said perimeter and toward a juncture of said pedestal and said seat section; and

at least one drawer being coupled to said base and being extendable through an access aperture extending through a front wall of said perimeter wall of said base, said at least one drawer being extendable from said interior space to receive articles, said at least one drawer being slid into said interior space to store the articles in said interior space.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein said seat assembly includes a cushion cover being coupled to an upper surface of said seat section, said cushion cover being compressible to cushion the child positioned on said seat section.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein said seat assembly includes a plurality of restraint belts being coupled to said seat section and extending through said cushion cover, said restraint belts being extended over a torso of the child positioned on said cushion cover.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein said seat assembly includes a restraint buckle being coupled to said seat section and extending through said cushion cover, said restraint buckle being buckled to said restraint belts to secure said restraint belts over the torso of the child and secure the child to said seat section.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein said seat assembly includes a guard bar being hingedly coupled to said seat section, said guard bar being pivoted between a lowered position and a raised position, said guard bar in the lowered position being extended across said seat section and positioned in front of the child, said guard bar in the raised position extending upwardly from said seat section to permit the child to be placed in and removed from said seat section.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein said seat assembly includes said guard bar being approximately U-shaped.

7. The device according to claim 5, wherein said seat assembly includes an impact cushion being mounted to a medial section of said guard bar, said impact cushion being positioned in front of the child positioned on said seat section when said guard bar is in the lowered position, said impact cushion cushioning the child should the child impact said guard bar.

8. A child car seat device for securing a child in a vehicle, said device comprising:

a base being positioned on a seat of the vehicle, said base including a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall extending between said top wall and said bottom wall to define an interior space of said base, each of a pair of side walls of said perimeter wall having a seat belt aperture extending therethrough to permit a seat belt to be extended through said base to secure said base to the seat;

a seat assembly being rotatably coupled to said base, said seat assembly receiving and supporting the child, said seat assembly being rotatable through approximately 180 degrees to facilitate the child being inserted into and removed from said seat assembly, said seat assembly comprising;

a pedestal being positioned in said interior space of said base and rotatably coupled to said bottom wall, said pedestal extending upwardly through said top wall of said base;

a seat section being pivotally coupled to said pedestal and positioned above said top wall, said seat section receiving the child in a seated position when the child is placed in the seat assembly, said seat section being pivoted between an upright position and a reclined position, said top wall being angled upwardly from said perimeter and toward a juncture of said pedestal and said seat section;

a cushion cover being coupled to an upper surface of said seat section, said cushion cover being compressible to cushion the child positioned on said seat section;

a plurality of restraint belts being coupled to said seat section and extending through said cushion cover, said restraint belts being extended over a torso of the child positioned on said cushion cover;

a restraint buckle being coupled to said seat section and extending through said cushion cover, said restraint buckle being buckled to said restraint belts to secure said restraint belts over the torso of the child and secure the child to said seat section;

a guard bar being hingedly coupled to said seat section, said guard bar being pivoted between a lowered position and a raised position, said guard bar in the lowered position being extended across said seat section and positioned in front of the child, said guard bar in the raised position extending upwardly from said seat section to permit the child to be placed in and removed from said seat section, said guard bar being approximately U-shaped;

an impact cushion being mounted to a medial section of said guard bar, said impact cushion being positioned in front of the child positioned on said seat section when said guard bar is in the lowered position, said impact cushion cushioning the child should the child impact said guard bar; and

at least one drawer being coupled to said base and being extendable through an access aperture extending through a front wall of said perimeter wall of said base, said at least one drawer being extendable from said interior space to receive articles, said at least one drawer being slid into said interior space to store the articles in said interior space.