Method and apparatus for an infant safety seat

• US 8,702,169 B2
• Filed: 02/24/2011
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arvin Grande Abadilla
• Original Assignee: Arvin Grande Abadilla
• Inventors: Abadilla, Arvin Grande, Abadilla, Albert Grande
• Primary Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US13/033,714
• Publication Number:
  US 20110298257A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.12, 297/256.16
• US Class Current: 297/256.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/062 transversally slidable
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

An apparatus is disclosed having a car seat base lower housing fixed in a center position on a car seat; a car seat base sliding rail mounted to the car seat base lower housing; a car seat base mechanism turntable bracket mounted on the car seat base sliding rail; a car seat base turn table rotationally mounted to the car seat base mechanism turn table bracket; a car seat neck mounted to the car seat base turntable; a car seat peg groove formed on the car seat base; and a car seat base peg formed on the car seat base turn table, wherein the car seat peg follows the car seat peg groove as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from car seat base lower housing causing the car seat to rotate from a rearward facing position toward the direction of translation away from the center position.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a car seat base lower housing fixed in a center position on a car seat;

a car seat base sliding rail mounted to the car seat base lower housing;

a car seat base mechanism turntable bracket mounted on the car seat base sliding rail;

a car seat base turn table rotationally mounted to the car seat base mechanism turn table bracket;

a car seat neck mounted to the car seat base turntable;

a car seat peg groove formed on the car seat base;

a car seat base peg formed on the car seat base turn table, wherein the car seat peg follows the car seat peg groove as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from car seat base lower housing causing the car seat to rotate from a rearward facing position toward the direction of translation away from the center position; and

a car seat base rocker arm having a first foot at a first end and a second foot at a second end, wherein the car seat base rocker arm is pivotally mounted to the car seat base turntable bracket, wherein the first foot engages the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a first direction, thereby lowering the second foot to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the first direction and wherein the second foot engages the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a second direction, thereby lowering the first foot to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the second direction.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:

a car seat base articulating stability arm pivotally attached to a car seat outer shell for supporting the car seat outer shell while the car seat out shell is placed on a surface wherein a bottom of the car seat outer shell and the articulating stability arm contact the surface and support the car seat base outer shell in a stable position.

3. An apparatus comprising:

a car seat base lower housing fixed in a center position on a car seat;

a car seat base translational transport mounted to the car seat base lower housing;

a car seat base mechanism turntable bracket mounted on the car seat translational element;

a car seat base turn table rotationally mounted to the car seat base mechanism turn table bracket; and

a car seat base rotational element, wherein the car seat base rotational element rotates the car seat clockwise from a rearward facing position toward a first direction of translation of the car seat base lower housing on the translation transport away from the center position, as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from the car seat base lower housing in the first direction of translation and the car seat base rotational element rotates the car seat clockwise from the rearward facing position toward a second direction of translation away from the center position, as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from the car seat base lower housing in the second direction of translation; and

a car seat carrier flexible brim detachably connected to the car seat base lower housing for removing the flexible brim along with an infant supported by the flexible brim from the car seat base lower housing, wherein the flexible brim wraps around the infant for securing the infant during transport of the detached flexible brim, wherein the flexible brim further comprises a first handle and a second handle that separate and retractably engage a first and second side of the infant seat while supporting an infant in the infant seat and wherein the first and second handle come together to form a single handle for removing and transporting the infant in the flexible pod.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the rotational element further comprises a groove formed in the car seat base lower housing and a peg formed in the bottom of the car seat base turn table, wherein the peg follows the groove during translational movement creating a rotational force that rotates the car seat base turntable.

5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the rotational element further comprises a rack and pinion that creates rotational force during translational movement that rotates the infant seat.

6. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the translational transport comprises a pair of telescopic arms that move in a first direction away from the centered, rearward facing position and in a second direction away from the centered, rearward facing position.

7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the translational transport comprises at least one of a pair of telescopic ball bearing sliders and a pair of low friction plastic sliders.

8. The apparatus of claim 3, the apparatus further comprising a center position locking mechanism for preventing translation and rotation of the safety seat.

9. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the flexible brim further comprises a car seat base release apparatus for detachably connecting the flexible brim to the car seat base lower housing.

10. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a car seat base rocker arm having a first foot at a first end and a second foot at a second end, wherein the car seat base rocker arm is pivotally mounted to the car seat base turntable bracket, wherein the first foot engages the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a first direction, thereby lowering the second foot to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the first direction and wherein the second foot engages the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a second direction, thereby lowering the first foot to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the second direction.

11. The apparatus of claim 3, further comprising:

a car seat base articulating stability arm pivotally attached to a car seat outer shell for supporting the car seat outer shell while the car seat out shell is placed on a surface wherein a bottom of the car seat outer shell and the articulating stability arm contact the surface and support the car seat base outer shell in a stable position.

12. A method comprising:

placing a car seat base lower housing fixed in a center position on a car seat;

automatically rotating a car seat turntable clockwise from a rearward facing position toward a first direction of translation of the car seat base lower housing on the translation transport away from the center position, as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from the car seat base lower housing in the first direction of translation and the car seat base rotational element rotates the car seat clockwise from the rearward facing position toward a second direction of translation away from the center position, as the car seat base turn table bracket translates away from the car seat base lower housing in the second direction of translation; and

engaging a first foot of a rocker arm on the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a first direction, thereby lowering a second foot of the rocker arm to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the first direction and wherein the second foot engages the car seat base during translation of the car seat base mechanism turntable in a second direction, thereby lowering the first foot to contact the car seat to provide support for the car seat base mechanism from underneath the car seat base in the second direction.

13. The method of claim 12, the method further comprising:

extending a car seat base articulating stability arm pivotally attached to a car seat outer shell for supporting the car seat outer shell while the car seat out shell is placed on a surface wherein a bottom of the car seat outer shell and the articulating stability arm contact the surface and support the car seat base outer shell in a stable position.