Spinning infant car seat

• US 9,487,111 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Issued: 11/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jason Lake, Monique Norman
• Original Assignee: Jason Lake, Monique Norman
• Inventors: Lake, Jason, Norman, Monique
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US14/667,666
• Publication Number:
  US 20150266399A1
• Time in Patent Office: 595 Days
• Field of Search: 297/256.12
• 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 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis

Abstract

An infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform which is easily rotatable in any direction, comprising a base having a swivel platform which is easily rotatable in any direction, and an infant car seat mounted onto the platform.

Claims

1. An infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform which is easily rotatable in any direction, comprising:

a base having a swivel platform rotatable in any direction; and

an infant car seat mounted onto the platform;

wherein the base has a locking position at four points to allow easy access to the seat facing front, back, left side or right side;

wherein the swivel platform of the car seat comprises outer ring having four equidistant notches spaced on an inner surface of the outer ring;

wherein the outer ring also has four equidistant holes which are spaced midway between the notches and the holes are cylindrical and extend from an outer edge of the outer ring to an inner edge of the outer ring;

wherein the swivel mechanism comprises an inner ring;

wherein the inner ring has four protuberances spaced equidistantly around an outer edge of the inner ring;

wherein protuberances of the inner ring fit into notches of the outer ring;

wherein the inner ring also has four grooves which are spaced equidistantly between the protuberances of the inner ring, further comprising at least one pin; and

wherein the pin or pins fits through the holes in the outer ring and into a groove or grooves on the inner ring, thereby securing the seat in place.

2. The infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform of claim 1, wherein the number of pins used is one, two, three, or four.

3. The infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform of claim 1, further comprising:

a machine washable and cushiony soft padded liner positionable on the car seat, a sunblocking canopy positionable over the car seat, and a carrying handle mounted to the car seat, a three point harness mounted to the car seat, a three point harness with shield mounted to the car seat, and a five point harness mounted to the car seat.

4. The infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform of claim 1, wherein the seat is a cradle style carrier seat.

5. The infant car seat with a base having a swivel platform of claim 1, wherein the seat is an upright bucket style safety seat.