Child car safety seat

• US 8,590,967 B1
• Filed: 06/20/2012
• Issued: 11/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ray R. Pearce
• Original Assignee: Ray R. Pearce
• Inventors: Pearce, Ray R
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US13/527,812
• Time in Patent Office: 524 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.16, 297/216.11, 297/250.1, 297/467, 297/488, 297/487, 297/256.15
• US Class Current: 297/256.15
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 15/006 in chairs
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2812 for securing the child to the child seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2839 having a front guard or barrier

Abstract

An improved child car safety seat is provided having a restraining system consisting of two chest restraining straps and one lower restraining strap, which are independently adjustable. The two chest restraining straps preferably comprise an adjustable crisscross harness system in which the chest restraining straps are crossed in front of the child. The child car safety seat also has an adjustable restraining safety bar.

Claims

1. A child car safety seat for placement on a vehicle seat for use by a child, the child car safety seat having a back, front, sides, a rear side, a seat and a frame, and further comprising:

a) two chest restraining straps, each chest restraining strap having a first end having a loop and a second end and having a strap holding mechanism to adjustably hold the second end of the chest restraining strap to that chest restraining strap between the first end and the second end of that chest restraining strap;

b) a lower restraining strap having a first end and a second end, an attachment means for attachment to the seat, and strap holding mechanism to adjustably hold the second end of the lower restraining strap to the lower restraining strap between the first end and the second end of the lower restraining strap;

c) a safety bar that is pivotably attached to the sides between a down position for use of the child car safety seat and an up position;

wherein the back has a plurality of pairs of strap holes extending through the back and has a strap retainer adjacent each strap hole on the rear side;

wherein to safely place a child in the child car safety seat, the loop at the first end of each of the two chest restraining straps is placed through a strap hole, the safety bar is placed around the front of the child;

the chest restraining strap is crossed over the front of the child and around the safety bar, and the lower restraining strap is placed around the safety bar and is attached to the seat.

2. The child car safety seat of claim 1, further comprising at least one seat belt access hole on the back through which a vehicle seat belt may be inserted to attach the child car safety seat to a vehicle seat.

3. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety bar is adjustable to provide a larger or smaller space for use when a child is positioned on the seat.

4. The child car safety seat of claim 3, wherein the safety bar comprises an outer bar tubing and two pieces of inner bar tubing, wherein the safety bar is assembled by releasably locking an end of each piece of inner bar tubing at any one of a plurality positions within an end of the outer bar tubing.

5. The child car safety seat of claim 4, wherein each piece of the inner bar tubing is pivotably attached to the side of the child car safety seat co-linearly with the outer bar tubing.

6. The child car safety seat of claim 4, wherein each piece of inner bar tubing has a right-angle bend and is pivotably attached to the side of the child car safety seat at a location that is above the outer bar tubing when the safety bar is in a down position.

7. The child car safety seat of claim 4, wherein the outer bar tubing has a plurality of holes at each of two ends and wherein each piece of inner bar tubing has a spring loaded push release button that is lockable in any of the holes when the inner bar tubing in placed within the outer bar tubing.

8. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety bar further comprises three strap holding mechanisms for holding the chest restraining straps and the lower restraining strap in position on the safety bar.

9. The child car safety seat of claim 8, wherein each strap holding mechanism comprises a D-shaped guide.

10. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the safety bar is attached to the child car safety seat through mounting holes.

11. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the strap retainers are molded on the rear side parallel to the strap holes.

12. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the strap retainers are riveted to the rear side.

13. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the attachment means comprises a snap-in locking tongue and the child car safety seat further comprises a female seat belt receiver on the front of the seat.

14. The child car safety seat of claim 1, wherein the chest restraining straps and the lower restraining strap are of webbing material.