Reversible Patents (Class 297/256.14)
  • Patent number: 11840164
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell for receiving a child, an extension member, an extension locking mechanism operable to lock the extension member with respect to the seat shell, and an anti-rebound part. The anti-rebound part can be installed on the extension member or the seat shell. The child safety seat is installable on a vehicle seat in a rear facing position with the anti-rebound part extending at an angle above the extension member and adjacent to a seatback of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Kyle S. Mason, Andrew Ma, David A. Lehman
  • Patent number: 8926014
    Abstract: An adjustable anchorage mechanism and a child safety seat are disclosed. The adjustable anchorage mechanism includes a seat base and a connecting device pivotally connected to the seat base. A seat is joined onto the top of the seat base. The connecting device is pivotally connected to the seat base relative to the seat such that the connecting device is capable of rotating downward so as to be engaged with an anchor-holding structure of a car seat selectively in front or rear of the seat. Therefore, the invention can provide child forward-facing or backward-facing sitting directly, which avoids the inconvenience of caregivers being demanded to prepare two child safety seats for different use conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Yu-Ya Su
  • Patent number: 8905478
    Abstract: A safety seat configured for installation in a vehicle may include a seat shell that includes a bottom, a back, and first and second sides. The safety seat may also include a seat support configured to extend at least partially adjacent to the first side of the seat shell. A second seat support may extend at least partially adjacent to the second side. The bottom of the safety seat may be located between the seat supports. The safety seat may include attachment straps that are each attached at a first end to a fixed location within the vehicle and attached at a second end to a bend of the seat support that is configured to define an attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
    Inventor: L. Curtis Strong
  • Patent number: 8827283
    Abstract: A mounting system includes at least one mounting fixture affixed on a stroller frame, and a connector affixed on a child support accessory. The connector can be inserted into the mounting fixture for locking the child support accessory in position on the stroller frame. The connector can lock with the mounting fixture in either of a rearward or forward facing configuration of the child support accessory. The construction of the stroller frame is such that it can be conveniently collapsed with the child support accessory installed thereon. Examples of the child support accessory can include a stroller seat module, a support adapter for carrycot or bassinet, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Nuna International B.V.
    Inventors: Maurits Homan, Thomas van der Schoor, Erik Baas, Jonathan K Mountz
  • Patent number: 8801097
    Abstract: A juvenile seat assembly is provided for use with a vehicle seat. The assembly includes a juvenile seat for placement on the vehicle seat and a vehicle anchor system. The vehicle anchor system includes an anchor belt adapted to be coupled to a pair of anchor mounts provided in or near the vehicle seat. The anchor belt includes a strap and connectors coupled to the strap and defining a central portion, the connectors adapted to be coupled to one of the anchor mounts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul D. Gaudreau, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8672403
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a child seat for rearward-facing use in a vehicle. It comprises a back portion and a squab portion. The back portion comprises a force-receiving assembly, located at the shoulder region, which is of a more rigid material than a main portion of the back portion, the main portion being of a light-weight material. The force-receiving assembly comprises a first portion arranged at the first side of the back portion providing an anchor point for a shoulder portion of a child safety belt arrangement. The force-receiving assembly further comprises a second portion arranged at the second side of the back portion providing an anchor point for a child seat fixation means. The disclosure further relates to a child seat arrangement, a kit of parts and a vehicle comprising the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Kolita Mendis, Björn Wessman, Robert Johnston, Andreas Zinn, Larry Abele, Maria Hansson, Lotta Jakobsson, Thomas Broberg, Christian Guse, Stefan Berge
  • Patent number: 8534757
    Abstract: A child safety seat comprises a seat portion including a seat bottom and a backrest, and a first and second rail section disposed parallel on a rear of the seat portion at left and right sides, respectively, each of the first and second rail sections including a first rail portion located on a rear of the backrest and a second rail portion located below the seat bottom. The first rail portion includes a first anchoring slot, and the second rail portion includes a second anchoring slot, the first and second anchoring slots adapted to hold spaced-apart portions of a seat belt. In addition, a method for installing the child safety seat is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiao-Hong Xiao
  • Patent number: 8459739
    Abstract: There is provided a child car seat that can be stably mounted on a seat of a vehicle by means of a simple mounting operation. A child car seat includes: a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the pedestal including a base part having a front surface and side surfaces, and a standing part standing from the base part; and a seat body supported on the pedestal. The pedestal includes a waist-belt guide part for guiding a waist belt. The waist-belt guide part includes a front guide part extending on the front surface of the base part, and side guide parts continuous to the front guide part and extending on the side surfaces of the base part. The pedestal includes a lateral guide member having a laterally projecting part laterally projecting from the side surface of the base part, and an upwardly extending part extending upwardly from the laterally projecting part. The laterally projecting part forms at least a portion of a lower edge defining a side guide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Combi Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Tamanouchi, Toru Miyachi, Hirohisa Suzuki, Isao Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 8348337
    Abstract: A child safety seat configured for installation in a vehicle may include a base and a seat that includes a bottom, whereby the seat is connected to the base along an axis. The base and the seat together define a cavity that is disposed therebetween and the seat bottom is configured to rotate about the axis that connects the seat to the base during a frontal impact such that the seat bottom advances into the cavity. The safety seat may include energy absorbing member disposed within the cavity wherein the energy absorbing member is configured to be deformed as the seat bottom advances into the cavity during frontal impact. The energy absorbing member may be deformed by substantially vertical movement of the seat bottom into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher G. Franck, L. Curtis Strong
  • Patent number: 8328281
    Abstract: A web extension and retraction device on a child seat. A pair of retractors are mounted to the device and have webs extendable therefrom with connectors releasable with vehicle anchors both when the child seat faces forward and rearward in the vehicle. In one embodiment the retractors slide in cavities provided on opposite sides of the child seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene R. Balensiefer, II, Jason Boyer
  • Patent number: 8317265
    Abstract: A car seat includes a seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The seat member is mounted on the base member in either a forward-facing orientation or a rear-facing orientation. The base member includes a pair of upper and lower recline slots that receive latch pins securing the seat member to the base member. A recline apparatus carried by the seat member engages a central control rack on the base member to lock the seat member in a selected recline position. In the rear-facing position, the seat member is positionable in different orientations to compensate for the angle at which the vehicle seat is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Ryan N. Miller
  • Patent number: 8313142
    Abstract: A child safety seat assembly comprises a base including a plurality of protruding sidewalls, and a seat movably assembled with the base including a plurality of anchoring slots adapted to retain a portion of a safety belt, wherein seat is movably adjustable between an erected position and a reclined position relative to the base. Some of the anchoring slots can be selectively obstructed by the sidewalls of the base when the seat is adjusted to a different inclination relative to the base. As a result, erroneous operations for securing the seat assembly with a safety belt can be prevented, and the seat assembly can be safer in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventor: Xiao-Hong Xiao
  • Patent number: 8186757
    Abstract: A child restraint including a seat support and a juvenile vehicle seat removably coupled to the seat support. The juvenile vehicle seat may be reclined with respect to the seat support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael C. Duncan, Nathan W. Heisey
  • Patent number: 8123295
    Abstract: A car seat is constructed with a car seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt or latch anchor which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The car seat member includes a recline actuation linkage formed with two pivotally mounted link members interconnected so that the upward movement of the recline actuator is translated into an intuitive release of the recline mechanism for adjustment of the recline angle of the car seat member relative to the base member. A level indicator is mounted on the car seat member to provide a positive feedback that the proper orientation of the car seat member has been selected for the rear facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Gregory S. Sellers
  • Patent number: 7984947
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotatable child seat (1) for motor vehicles, having a base frame (10) and a seat shell system (20). The base frame (10) is configured to be arranged on a vehicle seat and to be held there by means of an in-vehicle safety belt system. The seat shell system (20) has a seat shell (21) which is rotatable relative to the base frame (10) between a first position, in which the seat shell (21) faces in the direction of travel, and a second position, in which the seat shell (21) faces in the direction opposite to the direction of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2011
    Assignee: Cybex Industrial Ltd.
    Inventor: Martin Pos
  • Patent number: 7891721
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a car baby seat system, which comprises: (a) a baby seat; (b) a supporting device for the baby seat; (c) positioning mechanism associated with said supporting device and baby seat, for transversally moving the supporting device and baby seat along the rear passengers' seat between at least three states, a safe center-car state, a side-car state, and a loading/unloading state, wherein in the loading/unloading state the baby seat is positioned by said mechanism at least partially outside the car in a rotated orientation relative to the normal use orientation, thereby enabling convenience of loading and unloading of the baby, and additional space for rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Inventor: Gidon Pesach
  • Publication number: 20100237672
    Abstract: A car seat includes a seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The seat member is mounted on the base member in either a forward-facing orientation or a rear-facing orientation. The base member includes a pair of upper and lower recline slots that receive latch pins securing the seat member to the base member. A recline apparatus carried by the seat member engages a central control rack on the base member to lock the seat member in a selected recline position. In the rear-facing position, the seat member is positionable in different orientations to compensate for the angle at which the vehicle seat is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Ryan N. Miller
  • Patent number: 7753444
    Abstract: A child seat attached to a vehicle seat comprises a base platform which is attached on the vehicle seat and comprises a guide groove; and a child seat body which comprises a bottom face and a guided member which is fixed on the bottom face. The guided member being slidably engaged with the guide groove. The guide groove comprises a curved portion. The child seat can turn to a substantially lateral direction to a moving direction of a vehicle by the guided member being guided along the curved portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Michael Vallentin
  • Patent number: 7753442
    Abstract: A base for fixing the safety seating system in a passenger car has an external guiding member that more than equatorially encompasses an internal guiding member for a direct spherical guiding of a removable seated newly born infant. The infant is seated with respect to the geometrical pivoting center and an overall mass axis of the rotating portions such that neck bending and head whip lashing are minimized during a vehicle crash. The encompassing spherical and direct guiding provides for a free impact aligned reorientation of the seated infant unimpeded by adjacent elements of the car that are eventually forced into contact during crash. The direct spherical guiding provides also for a lightweight construction of the rotating portions with low momentum of inertia and consequently high responsiveness of the safety seating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Anecia LLC
    Inventor: Janusz Liberkowski
  • Patent number: 7735921
    Abstract: A car seat includes a seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The seat member is mounted on the base member in either a forward-facing orientation or a rear-facing orientation. The base member includes a pair of upper and lower recline slots that receive latch pins securing the seat member to the base member. A recline apparatus carried by the seat member engages a central control rack on the base member to lock the seat member in a selected recline position. In the rear-facing position, the seat member is positionable in different orientations to compensate for the angle at which the vehicle seat is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Ryan N. Miller
  • Publication number: 20090127893
    Abstract: A car seat is configured to rest on a seat of a vehicle and to support a child, and the car seat has a shell with a front side and a rear side and a seating surface on the front side. A first contact surface is defined on a part of the car seat facing generally opposite the seating surface. The first contact surface is oriented to support the car seat with the seating surface at a first seat incline. One or more adapter bodies are carried on the car seat and movable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The one or more adapter bodies each define a second contact surface. With the adapter bodies in the stowed position, the first contact surface is exposed to rest on the vehicle seat. With the adapter bodies in the deployed position, the one or more second contact surfaces are exposed and oriented to support the car seat with the seating surface at a second seat incline different than the first seat incline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Brunick, Neil C. Penza, Craig Weber
  • Patent number: 7484801
    Abstract: A detachable child safety seat comprises a base member, a seat body mounted on the base member detachably, an upper locking mechanism to lock or unlock a stand wall of the base member and a backrest of the seat body, a lower locking mechanism to lock or unlock a bottom wall of the base member and a seat of the seat body, and a synchronization mechanism to connect the upper locking mechanism to the lower locking mechanism so as to synchronize locked states or unlocked states of both locking mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Kenzou Kassai, Haruo Kawano, Makoto Fukui
  • Publication number: 20080136234
    Abstract: A car seat includes a seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the base member to the vehicle seat. The seat member is mounted on the base member in either a forward-facing orientation or a rear-facing orientation. The base member includes a pair of upper and lower recline slots that receive latch pins securing the seat member to the base member. A recline apparatus carried by the seat member engages a central control rack on the base member to lock the seat member in a selected recline position. In the rear-facing position, the seat member is positionable in different orientations to compensate for the angle at which the vehicle seat is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: James M. F. Hutchinson, Robert E. Haut, Ryan N. Miller
  • Publication number: 20080136235
    Abstract: A child's vehicular transportation add-on, adjustable harness restraint system, front and/or rear facing modes, consisting of flexible materials and hardware components as means for safely securing the child in the vehicle directly to the latches or seat/seat back frames or head rest/head rest posts including flexible materials to support the head, buttocks and legs in the rear facing mode and auxiliary tethers for attaching the system regardless of the number or location of the latch or latches or other fastening locations providing a weight/force reduction safety benefit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventor: Mary L. Aaron
  • Patent number: 7246855
    Abstract: A reclinable child seat assembly includes a base, a seat movably and detachably coupled to the base, and a recline mechanism to enable the seat to be positioned in different recline positions relative to the base. The recline mechanism includes a recline positioner mounted to the seat, the recline positioner having slots corresponding to the different recline positions, a recline lock movably mounted to the base to releasably engage a desired one of the slots of the recline positioner to position the seat in the corresponding one of the recline positions, and a recline adjustment handle movably mounted to the seat to disengage the recline lock from the desired slot to allow repositioning of the seat relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Michael N. Langmaid, Daniel J. Brunick, Craig M. Billman, Craig S. Weber
  • Patent number: 7222917
    Abstract: A juvenile seat unit includes a seat and a reversible seat pad for the seat. Belt-receiving slots are formed in the reversible seat pad to receive belts coupled to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael P. Ward
  • Patent number: 7097245
    Abstract: A vehicle child seat, in particular a child's car seat, including a seat module demountably attachable to a base module, and configurable between rearward-facing and forward-facing configurations. The base module includes a retractable and pivotable support leg and a headrest element. The seat module is adapted to interact with the headrest element to prevent pivoting of the support leg when in a deployed configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: Equipbaby Limited
    Inventor: Derrick J. Barker
  • Patent number: 7090294
    Abstract: A booster seat includes a high back juvenile seat configured to mount on a tiltable base. By adjusting the tilting orientation of the base relative to an underlying vehicle seat, a caregiver can control the orientation of the high back juvenile seat relative to the underlying vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene Roy Balensiefer, II, Noah Dingler, Jeff Deboer, Philip W. Burbrink
  • Patent number: 6746080
    Abstract: A child car seat includes a cradle to be fastened to a seat of a vehicle, having a base part and a standing part, a sliding base longitudinally slidably mounted on the cradle. A seat body having a backrest part, is supported for turning on the sliding base. The sliding base tilts gradually as the same slides on the cradle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Combi Corporation
    Inventors: Miho Tsugimatsu, Yukio Sakamoto, Yusuke Arii, Takeshi Furui
  • Patent number: 6739659
    Abstract: A motor and sprocket drive move a child safety seat between a sitting and reclining position on a base secured by a vehicle safety belt. A drive shaft and gear system, drive belt with pulley system, double action winch and cord system or other drive system positioned within an enclosed base move the sprocket reversibly. A remote control operable by the driver of the vehicle controls the seat motor. A pair of sprockets housed in the base interacts horizontally with a mating pair of arched tracking grooves in the seat to move the seat with no weight bearing on the sprockets. The electric motor may be battery powered or plugged into the cigarette lighter of the vehicle. The sprocket or a solenoid lock the seat in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: David N. Dukes
  • Patent number: 6739660
    Abstract: A motor and reversible drive move a child safety seat between a sitting and reclining position on a base secured by a vehicle safety belt. A drive shaft and gear system, double action winch and cord system, hydraulic drive, screw drive, or other drive system positioned within an enclosed base move the safety seat reversibly. A remote control operable by the driver of the vehicle controls the seat motor. An interconnecting system between the safety seat and the base maintains the safety seat in proximity with the vehicle seat back. The electric motor may be battery powered or plugged into the cigarette lighter of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: David N. Dukes
  • Patent number: 6447060
    Abstract: A small child and infant restraint device is disclosed which can be used with an existing seat of a transportation member such as an aircraft passenger seat. The restraint device includes a base member connected to a back panel by a hinge member. A seat pan provides a seating surface for the child or infant. A seat belt path is defined between the seat pan and the base member for disposal across the base member of a seat belt associated with the existing passenger seat, for attaching the restraint device to the existing passenger seat. The restraint device can be utilized in a forward facing configuration or in an aft facing configuration. The forward facing configuration is utilized with small children and toddlers, while the aft facing configuration is utilized with infants and small children without sufficient neck development. When the device is not in use, the back panel is folded down towards the base member to form a relatively thin stowable assembly where it can be properly stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: DME Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Franco Vila, Dean T. Brady, Michael J. Brookman
  • Patent number: 6386632
    Abstract: The convertible child safety seat of the present invention provides improved occupant protection in all vehicles, in both the front and rear seats, and especially in vehicles equipped with a passenger-side airbag. The child safety seat includes an air bag deflector, including a shock absorbent canopy to deflect an expanding air bag away from the infant and dampen the shock of airbag deployment and an impact. The child safety seat is convertible from a rearward facing position to a forward facing position. The cradle of the safety seat is removable utilizing a single-handed release mechanism to unlock the cradle from the frame. A handle with ergonomically designed grips aids removal of the cradle and allows carrying the cradle to put less strain on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2002
    Assignee: XSCI, Inc.
    Inventors: Dan Goor, David F. Clement, E. Patricia Goor
  • Patent number: 6193310
    Abstract: A child car seat is configured for attachment to vehicle anchor points in at least two configurations including a frontward facing configuration and a rearward facing configuration. The child car seat includes an exterior portion and an interior portion, the interior portion defining a receiving area for a child. A front area of the interior portion is generally open and a rear area of the interior portion is generally closed by a back section. A first structure is positioned on the interior portion for securing a first strap thereto such that the first strap is positioned interiorly of the seat and is capable of extending both toward the front area and the rear area, and a second structure is positioned on the interior portion for securing a second strap thereto such that the second strap is positioned interiorly of the seat and is capable of facing both toward the front area and the rear area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2001
    Assignee: Evenflo Company, Inc.
    Inventors: George Thomas Batalaris, Danny C. Bowles, Kelly Goodwin, Tracy George, Will Gibson, Joseph J. Kelly, Sherry Mescher, Herman Shie, John Winand, Tom Witman