Child safety seat assembly

• US 9,156,379 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
• Inventors: Williams, Bruce L., Sellers, Gregory S., Saint, Nathanael, Gillett, Sharon A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R
• Assistant Examiner(s): GIACOMAN, YOLANDA G.
• Application Number:
  US13/181,685
• Publication Number:
  US 20120013154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,553 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/256.16, 297/256.14, 297/256.1, 297/256.12, 297/256.13, 297/423.2, 297/423.22
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2845 having handles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2884 with protection systems against abnormal g-forces

Abstract

A child safety seat assembly comprises a child seat, a base adapted to assemble with the child seat, wherein the base includes a first portion having an enlarged bottom, and an inclined second portion joined with an upper side of the first portion and provided with a storage pocket, and an abuttal support operable to slide relative to the base between a first position stowed in the storage pocket and a second position deployed outward.

Claims

1. A child safety seat assembly for seating a child in a vehicle, comprising:

a child seat having a seatback, and a front end portion for placement of a child'"'"'s legs;

a base adapted to assemble with the child seat and attachable with a vehicle seat, wherein the base includes a first portion having an enlarged bottom surface for resting on a vehicle seat, and a second portion joined with the first portion and provided with a storage pocket, the base and the child seat when assembled with each other and secured to the vehicle seat providing protection for a child on the vehicle seat;

an abuttal support assembled with the base and operable to move relative to the base between a first position stowed in the storage pocket and a second position deployed outward, the abuttal support extending at a forward location relative to the front end portion of the child seat when the base and the child seat are assembled with each other, and the abuttal support when in the second position extending higher than the front end portion of the child seat installed on the base; and

a holding structure for keeping the abuttal support in the second position.

2. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the abuttal support is adapted to provide a footrest in the second position.

3. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the abuttal support is operable to slide along an axis extending at an inclined angle relative to a direction of extension of the first portion.

4. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 3, wherein the angle is at least equal to or greater than 90 degrees.

5. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 3, wherein the second portion and the abuttal support in the second position lie generally in a same direction of extension.

6. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the abuttal support includes at least one rail that is movably received in a guide slot structure provided in the storage pocket.

7. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 6, wherein at least one outer surface of the rail includes a lateral protrusion movable to come into interference fit against an opposing inner sidewall surface of the storage pocket to hold the abuttal support in the first position.

8. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the abuttal support includes an elongated slit, and the storage pocket includes an inner sidewall surface having a protrusion that is adapted to cooperate with the elongated slit for guiding movement of the abuttal support relative to the storage pocket.

9. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 8, wherein the protrusion disengages from the elongated slit when the abuttal support reaches the second position.

10. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 9, wherein the elongated slit has a lower end that is closed by an edge portion of the abuttal support, the edge portion of the abuttal support resting in contact against the protrusion to hold the abuttal support in the second position, the holding structure for keeping the abuttal support in the second position including the edge portion and the protrusion.

11. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the abuttal support is formed in a single body with a plate shape.

12. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the base is adapted to assemble with the child seat in a detachable manner.

13. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the seatback of the child seat assembled with the base is located at a side of the base opposite to the second portion.

14. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 1, wherein the base is positionable on a vehicle seat with the bottom surface resting on the vehicle seat and the abuttal support lying adjacent to a seatback of the vehicle seat.

15. A child safety seat assembly for seating a child in a vehicle, comprising:

a child seat;

a base operable to assemble with the child seat, wherein the base includes an enlarged bottom surface to provide resting support on a vehicle seat, a guiding structure, and an end portion provided with a storage pocket, the base and the child seat when assembled with each other and secured to the vehicle seat providing protection for a child on the vehicle seat; and

a rigid abuttal support assembled with the base and operable to move relative to the base between a first position where the abuttal support is stowed in the storage pocket, and a second position where the abuttal support is deployed outside the storage pocket and extends upward from an upper surface of the base, the guiding structure guiding movement of the abuttal support relative to the storage pocket from the first position to the second position and from the second position back to the first position.

16. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 15, wherein the abuttal support is configured as a footrest in the second position.

17. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 15, wherein the guiding structure includes a guide slot structure provided in the storage pocket, and the abuttal support includes at least one rail that is movably received in the guide slot structure provided in the storage pocket.

18. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 17, wherein at least one outer surface of the rail includes a lateral protrusion movable to come into interference fit against an opposing inner sidewall surface of the storage pocket to hold the abuttal support in the first position.

19. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 15, wherein the abuttal support is formed in a single body with a plate shape.

20. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 15, wherein the child seat has a front end portion for placement of a child'"'"'s legs, and the base and the child seat are positionable on a vehicle seat with the bottom surface resting on the vehicle seat and the abuttal support lying above the front end portion of the child seat and adjacent to a seatback of the vehicle seat.

21. A child safety seat assembly comprising:

a child seat having a seatback, and a front end portion for placement of a child'"'"'s legs;

a base adapted to assemble with the child seat and attachable with a vehicle seat, wherein the base has an enlarged bottom surface for resting on a vehicle seat, and an end portion provided with a storage pocket that is opened on an upper surface of the base, the base and the child seat when assembled with each other and secured to the vehicle seat providing protection for a child on the vehicle seat; and

a rigid abuttal support assembled with the base and operable to move relative to the base between a first position stowed in the storage pocket and a second position deployed outward above the upper surface, wherein when the child seat is installed on the upper surface of the base and the abuttal support is in the second position, the abuttal support is at a forward location relative to the front end portion and extends higher than the front end portion of the child seat.

22. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 21, wherein the base further includes a holding structure for keeping the abuttal support in the second position.

23. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 21, wherein the base further includes a guiding structure for guiding movement of the abuttal support relative to the storage pocket between the first and second positions.

24. The child safety seat assembly according to claim 21, wherein the abuttal support has a transversal dimension that extends substantially across a width of the base.