Remote operated infant/child car seat

• US 8,220,870 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2005
• Issued: 07/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Melanee Omar
• Original Assignee: Melanee Omar
• Inventors: Omar, Melanee
• Primary Examiner(s): DUNN, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US11/095,887
• Publication Number:
  US 20060138819A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,665 Days
• Field of Search: 297/217.3, 297/250.1, 297/468, 246/03
• US Class Current: 297/250.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2845 having handles

Abstract

An infant/child car seat having a shell with a seat belt releasably secured to the shell by a release button, and a transponder that remotely activates the release button to release the seat belt from the shell.

Claims

1. An infant/child car seat comprising:

a seat shell having a seating surface and a seat belt releasably secured to the shell by a release button on the seating surface;

a transponder having an input device that remotely activates the release button to release the seat belt from the shell; and

wherein the input device of the transponder is hand held.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein the transponder has a microprocessor.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein a transreceiver is associated with the release button.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the input device is part of a key chain.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein the input device is part of a key.

6. The device of claim 3 wherein the input device is a button that when pressed sends a signal to the transceiver to cause the release button to be actuated.