Abstract: A swing system may include a bucket-style swing seat, with a front support portion and a back support portion. A grip may be provided at the top edge of the outer face of the swing. The back support portion of the swing may have a height greater than the front support portion, and this high molded backing may also be provided with a top edge that curves outwardly. The high-molded backing may provide additional comfort for a child in the swing, as well as a grip for the caregiver pushing the swing.

Abstract: An extendible protective element for use in a child safety seat is disclosed. The extendible protective element comprises a first thread component comprising a first external thread and a first internal thread, and a second thread component comprising a second external thread, wherein the first thread component is rotatably connected to the second thread component via the first internal thread of the first thread component and the second external thread of the second thread component.

Abstract: A child's booster seat is provided and can include a booster seat base and seat back. The booster seat base can be collapsed or folded from an in-use configuration to a collapsed configuration to improve portability of the booster seat base. The booster seat base can include multiple seating surface panels that are rotatably coupled to one another to allow the booster seat base to be collapsed from an in-use width to a collapsed width that is less than the in-use width. The booster seat base can also be coupled and decoupled from the booster seat back. The booster seat base can include tab members that can be inserted into tab receiving cavities of the booster seat back. Adjustment of the booster seat base from the in-use configuration to the collapsed configuration can also facilitate removal of the tab members from the tab receiving cavities of the booster seat back.

Abstract: A web management system includes a base that is configured to be secured to the seat of a vehicle. A retraction member has a first end and a second end. The first end is fixedly secured to an anchor attached to the base. The retraction member is configured to expand and retract in length between a first length and a shorter second length. The expansion and retraction are biased in favor of retraction to the second length. A web having at least a portion is fixedly secured to the base. A roller is attached to the second end of the retraction member. The roller is configured to slidably couple the web to the retraction member. Retraction of the retraction member takes up slack in the web.

Abstract: A carryable temporary layout blind comprising a frame for elevating the seating elements off the ground, and one or more closeable doors or flaps with a handle for simple and rapid opening and closing. The layout blind is collapsible into a carryable configuration and includes straps for carrying the collapsed blind in a fashion similar to a backpack.

Abstract: Car seat harness buckle retract system which by encircling the harness buckle that includes a cord lock with a length of elastic cord, where both ends pass through the cord lock to present a loop to encircle the harness buckle at the base wherein the loop is adjusted to secure the harness buckle. The other end is attached to the material or the like near the harness adjust opening of the car seat. This is then adjusted by releasing and adjusting the cord lock device to prevent the harness buckle from resting in the bottom of car seat.

Abstract: A child seat for a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, comprises a base element, if required a back element and/or side elements, as well as an impact shield that can interact with a belt system so as to retain a child. At least two belt section receiver-devices are provided on the impact shield which allow at least two belt sections to be arranged one next to the other, said two belt sections having an offset to one another in at least some sections and transverse to their longitudinal extension.

Abstract: A portable child-restraining safety seat assembly and method of use includes providing a sub-seat with a body defining a secured seating area sized to securely hold a child or smaller-than-average adult human and a fixed-shape rotatable restraining member mechanically coupled to the body and having an open position where the seating area is unobstructed and a closed position where the seating area is obstructed by the restraining member. The seat further includes a first anchor member and a second anchor member each having a first end mechanically coupled to the body and a second end selectively attachable to corresponding anchoring points of functional primary seat.

Abstract: A seat assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly includes a shell portion, a pair of harness straps, a seat cover, and a harness pad. The shell portion has an outer surface. The pair of harness straps have an upper portion. The seat cover has an inner surface. The harness pad includes a first portion and a pair of elongated pads. The first portion may be positioned between the outer surface of the shell and the inner surface of the seat cover. The pair of elongated pads may be connected to the head portion. The elongated pads may each be configured to slidably receive the upper portion of a respective one of the harness straps.

Abstract: A harness retractor (62) for a harness system (60) of a child safety harness, which has a tensioning web (80) and buckle connectors (70) coupled to straps of the safety harness. The tensioning device has a rotatable retractor mechanism (90) connected to the tensioning web (80) and biased to wind up the tensioning web in a wind up rotation direction. The tensioning device has a locking device (110) biased to a first position preventing rotation of the retractor mechanism in the wind up direction. The tensioning device has a buckle housing (64) coupled to the retractor mechanism. The buckle connectors (70) are releasably connectable to the buckle housing (64). A release mechanism is connected between the locking device (110) and the buckle housing (64) and can switch the locking device from the first position to a second position permitting rotation of the retractor mechanism in the wind up direction.

Abstract: An infant stimulation and learning apparatus includes an isolation device and an environmental monitoring and control system. The isolation device is constructed as an infant carrier having an isolation canopy hingedly affixed thereto. The environmental monitoring and control system includes an audio-visual display system, media player, fresh air circulation system and infant monitoring system. A video screen, forming part of the audio-visual display system, is mounted to the interior surface of the isolation canopy. The fresh air circulation system includes a blower for conveying air into and through the interior space of the isolation device and a filter for removing particulate matter from the airflow prior to introduction to the isolation device. Means for securing the infant stimulation and learning apparatus in an automobile seat and an infant stroller and an infant restraint are provided. The infant monitoring system transmits video, sound and temperature to a remote location.

Abstract: A convertible child seat includes a seat frame that presents a seat cavity and an open front to allow cavity ingress and egress by the child. The seat also includes a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position. In the storage position, the front restraint extends along the bottom wall so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front. In the child-restraining position, the front restraint at least partly spans the open front to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front.

Abstract: An infant restraint system includes: a back rest portion; a seat portion connected to a lower portion of the back rest portion swingably between an in-use and storage position; upper side position regulating portions formed on a left and right portion of an upper portion of the back rest surface; lower side position regulating portions formed on a left portion and a right portion of the back rest surface at a position below the upper side position regulating portions; an upper body belt portion which includes the pair of shoulder belts and a pair of tongue plates attached to the pair of shoulder belts; a side guard portion respectively extending frontward from a left edge portion and a right edge portion of a lower portion of the back rest portion; and a crotch belt portion having a buckle body which is detachably engaged with the pair of tongue plates.

Abstract: The pregnant passenger and fetus have many intrinsic combinations of risk factors making them vulnerable to pregnancy loss and possible death during vehicle accidents. In most cases of fetal loss in motor vehicle accidents the cause was placenta abruption. It takes very little changes in force for the placental tissues to separate. Seat belt in the pelvis area is a suspicious culprit even though it will take highly complex computer and experimental models to substantiate this. The fact of traditional seat belts in any close proximity of the pregnancy leaves us to question if it is paradoxically not the cause such high restraining pressures on the pregnancy. Hence, the MOMS SEAT is based on the concept of upper body safety restraining in transport of pregnant women, instead of current abdominal and pelvis restraining which can cause pregnancy loss.

Abstract: A passenger seat and safety belt system in accordance with the principles of the invention provides a comfortable seat having two straps that adjustably and safely restrain the passenger. A restraining mechanism, for example a buckle, may cross over the chest just above the nipple line connecting the two straps. This may provide a comfortable seat for the mother and safe protection for both her and the fetus. The seat may include an attaching mechanism that securely fastens it to the seatbelts of a vehicle.

Abstract: The child safety seat disclosed in the present invention includes a seatback, a headrest and a belt. The headrest is disposed on the seatback, and is adapted to move relative to the seatback up and down. The headrest includes an inclined guiding portion disposed on a bottom portion of the headrest, and an indentation of the inclined guiding portion points upward. The belt is disposed between the seatback and the headrest. The belt slidably contacts the headrest when a passenger sits the child safety seat and is constrained by the belt, and the headrest moves downwardly so that the inclined guiding portion drives the belt to be close to a center of the headrest. A height of the headrest is adjustable, a shoulder belt of the belt automatically moves when the height of the headrest is adjusted, and the neck of the passenger can be constrained by the shoulder belt.

Abstract: A harness tensioner for a child safety seat has a lower lever part pivotable about an axis and an upper lever part above the lower lever part and pivotable about a different axis. A lower portion of the upper lever part contacts with an upper portion of the lower lever part. Harness straps of a child safety seat are coupled to the upper lever part. Upon an impact event, the lower part is moved against a biasing force, which in turn moves the upper part to apply rearward tension to the harness straps.

Abstract: A motorcycle safety seat is disposed on a rear of a motorcycle. The motorcycle safety seat includes a safety seat, a fixing portion and a pivotal portion. The safety seat includes a seat portion and a joint portion. The joint portion is disposed under the seat portion and connected with the seat portion. The fixing portion is disposed fixedly on the rear of the motorcycle. The pivotal portion is hinged between the safety seat and the fixing portion. The safety seat detachably connects to the fixing portion by the joint portion, and the safety seat is raised by the pivotal portion being a rotation central shaft.

Abstract: A child seat including a tensioning mechanism for applying tension to a seat belt to more fully secure the child seat to a car seat is provided herein. The child seat includes a seat base defining a seat portion and a backrest portion and designed to receive an untensioned belt to secure the child seat to a car seat in an untensioned configuration. The child seat further includes a tensioning mechanism attached to the backrest portion and rotatable between a first position substantially adjacent to the backrest portion and a second position disposed therefrom. In the second position, the tensioning mechanism can receive a portion of the belt. In the first position, the tensioning mechanism is configured to apply tension to the portion of the received belt to secure the child seat to the car seat in a tensioned configuration. Methods of manufacturing child seats are also provided herein.

Abstract: An infant stimulation and learning apparatus includes an isolation device and an environmental monitoring and control system. The isolation device is constructed as an infant carrier having an isolation canopy hingedly affixed thereto. The environmental monitoring and control system includes an audio-visual display system, media player, fresh air circulation system and infant monitoring system. A video screen, forming part of the audio-visual display system, is mounted to the interior surface of the isolation canopy. The fresh air circulation system includes a blower for conveying air into and through the interior space of the isolation device and a filter for removing particulate matter from the airflow prior to introduction to the isolation device. Means for securing the infant stimulation and learning apparatus in an automobile seat and an infant stroller and an infant restraint are provided. The infant monitoring system transmits video, sound and temperature to a remote location.

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.

Abstract: A convertible child seat includes a seat frame that presents a seat cavity and an open front to allow cavity ingress and egress by the child. The seat also includes a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position. In the storage position, the front restraint extends along the bottom wall so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front. In the child-restraining position, the front restraint at least partly spans the open front to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front.

Abstract: A portable child-restraining safety seat assembly and method of use includes providing a sub-seat with a body defining a secured seating area sized to securely hold a child or smaller-than-average adult human and a fixed-shape rotatable restraining member mechanically coupled to the body and having an open position where the seating area is unobstructed and a closed position where the seating area is obstructed by the restraining member. The seat further includes a first anchor member and a second anchor member each having a first end mechanically coupled to the body and a second end selectively attachable to corresponding anchoring points of functional primary seat.

Abstract: A convertible child seat includes a seat frame that presents a seat cavity and an open front to allow cavity ingress and egress by the child. The seat also includes a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position. In the storage position, the front restraint extends along the bottom wall so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front. In the child-restraining position, the front restraint at least partly spans the open front to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front.

Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having an opening, a crotch strap and a fixture. The crotch strap has a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions. The first end portion is anchored with the seat shell, the second end portion extends outward through the opening, and the intermediate portion is adjustable relative to the seat shell between a first and a second position spaced apart from each other. The fixture is operable to hold the intermediate portion of the crotch strap at any of the first and second positions.

Abstract: A magnetic buckle retention system is provided including magnetic material placed along the side and/or bottom portions of a child seat. The magnetic material is adapted to attract a component of the child seat's belt harness, such as a tongue, a buckle and/or a belt. When the child seat's belt harness is in an unfastened configuration, a tongue, buckle, and/or belt portion of the belt harness may be held in place by the magnetic material at the positions described above, thus reducing the likelihood of the belt harness components interfering with the ingress and/or egress of a child seat occupant.

Abstract: This invention has for object an automobile seat (1) for children, intended to be integral with the seat of a motor vehicle, of the so-called group 1/2/3 type, comprising a seat (2) and a seatback (3), said automobile seat offering two separate guide paths for a safety belt of said vehicle intended to maintain said seat and/or said child, respectively according to whether said seat is used in a so-called group 1 position or in a so-called group 2/3 position. The seat includes means for determining the position, group 1 or group 2/3, wherein said seat is located, and at least one passage indicator (53; 54; 57) of a strap of said safety belt of the vehicle able to have two different states, an active state and an inactive state, according to information and/or an action delivered by said means for determining the position.

Abstract: An enclosed motorcycle child seat created to resemble the general shape of an enclosed helmet. The enclosed motorcycle child seat includes a base, which attaches to the back portion of the motorcycle seat. The base is attached to a hinged cover that opens and closes to receive a child. While seated, the cover closes over the child to completely engulf them inside the enclosed motorcycle child seat. By being adaptable to many different motorcycle makes and models, the enclosed motorcycle child seat offers greater functionality and transferability for both the diver and the child.

Abstract: A stackable plastic booster seat apparatus with a body having a set of four corner cylindrical portions. A right foot having cylindrical portions engages two of the corner cylindrical portions and a left foot engages the other two corner cylindrical portions. The body includes a back with a lumbar support, a seat with a safety bump and a downward and rearward slope such that a child tends to sit properly in the apparatus away from the safety bump and against the lumbar support.

Abstract: An infant chair designed to attach and secure to the rear of a seat functions as a conventional baby seat and has a soft fabric-based seat. The chair comprises a pair of adjustable handles that extend over the seating surface. The base of the chair also comprises a pair of adjustable legs to support the seat against the back cushion portion of the seat. The handles allow the infant chair to be placed upon a seat more safely than existing models. To make the chair more appealing to the infant, the chair comprises an animal motif with the handles being the upper arms of an animal and the lower base supports being the legs of an animal. The chair further has an integral vibrating mechanism and permanently attached toys to help amuse the infant while in the chair.

Abstract: A child safety seat has a seat back with an upper end, a back side, and a front facing side. A harness system has a pair of safety straps each with a back portion on the back side and a shoulder strap portion on the front facing side. A router is on the back side and has a fixed upper guide, a fixed lower guide spaced below the upper guide, and a slider vertically movable therebetween. The back portions are routed from the respective shoulder strap portions through the slider, up to the upper guide, down to the lower guide, and back up to the slider. The slider is vertically adjustable between a raised position and a lowered position and determines the height of the shoulder strap portions.

Abstract: A seatbelt adjusting device includes: a guiding track provided with a plurality of first engaging members; a belt-connecting slider mounted on the guiding track and slidable on the guiding track; an actuator mounted movably on the belt-connecting slider, provided with a second engaging member, and operable to move relative to the belt-connecting slider between an engaging position, in which the second engaging member engages releasably an aligned one of the first engaging members, and a disengaging position, in which the second engaging member is disengaged from the first engaging members; and an urging member urging against the actuator for restoring the actuator from the disengaging position to the engaging position.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat including a seat shell and a rigidifying structure for the seat shell. The seat shell includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a safety bow (40) for use in children's chair (1) comprising a seat plate (2), a backrest (3, 4) and possibly two side pieces (5), wherein the backrest or side pieces have at least one opening each, the safety bow being a three armed constructional part in one piece comprising: two first ends (43) with first and second connecting members (44) for hooking into the opening(s) in the backrest (3, 4) or the side pieces (5); and a third end comprising a third connecting member (46) for detachable fixing to the seat plate (2). The invention also concerns the use of the safety bow in a children's chair.

Abstract: An infant support structure includes a support frame, a seat portion coupled to the support frame and configured for receiving an infant in a seated position, and a restraint assembly. The restraint assembly is coupled to the seat portion and configured to retain the infant in the seat portion. The restraint assembly includes a strap portion having a polymer coating.

Abstract: A stackable plastic booster seat apparatus with a body having a set of four corner cylindrical portions. A right foot having cylindrical portions engages two of the corner cylindrical portions and a left foot engages the other two corner cylindrical portions. The body includes a back with a lumbar support, a seat with a safety bump and a downward and rearward slope such that a child tends to sit properly in the apparatus away from the safety bump and against the lumbar support.

Abstract: A convertible child seat includes a seat frame that presents a seat cavity and an open front to allow cavity ingress and egress by the child. The seat also includes a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position. In the storage position, the front restraint extends along the bottom wall so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front. In the child-restraining position, the front restraint at least partly spans the open front to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front.

Abstract: A child restraint seat unit has adjustable shoulder straps coupled to an adjustable strap that extends between the child's legs and is coupled to a contoured consol that automatically separates the child's legs into a proper position and orientation when the seat belt system is operated. The straps are adjusted by means of a motorized unit coupled to the belts and having controls on the side of the safety seat in position for easy access by an adult, but which have anti-tampering protection so the child is not able to operate the controls. The motorized unit is located on the seat so the entire seat can be moved as a unit into and out of a desired location in the vehicle.

Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a harness belt retaining system for a child safety seat. The system includes a first portion including a first attachment portion and configured to secure to a chest clip on a harness belt. The first portion may be configured to be removably secured to the chest clip. The first portion may include a strap. The strap may include a first end and a second end. The first end may include an aperture configured to receive the second end. The strap may be configured to form a loop having an adjustable size, such that the loop can secure to the chest clip. The first portion may have a first surface and a second surface. Each of the surfaces may include the first attachment portion. The first portion may include a toy or a decorative tag.

Abstract: A safety device in connection with a child seat in a shopping cart. The safety device prevents a child, placed on the seat from being able to pull its legs out of the openings formed through the end wall of the shopping cart. The child seat is pivotally suspended from the end wall, which can preferably be swung inwards/upwards in the shopping cart about a horizontal axis, when shopping carts are being stack horizontally. The child seat is placed adjacent to the through opening for the child's legs. Adjacent the openings for the child's legs through the end wall there is arranged an adjustable safety element that can restrict the openings when activated, after the child's legs have been put through the openings.

Abstract: A seat includes at least a pair of child restraining members which are selectively moveable to an extended position to restrain an infant or small child, or a restraining for a larger child, the seat back including a fixed portion providing a back support for an infant or child which is extended in surface area upon retraction of one of the child restraint's, forming a comfortable back support for a larger child, the respective child restraints when retracted into the seat back forming a comfortable back support for an adult. At least one child restraining member can pivot away horizontally from an exit, allowing ease of exit of the child from the child restraining device. A locking mechanism prevents the child restraining member from inadvertent pivoting horizontally during use. Apertures in the joints of the child restraining assembly allow the child restraining assembly to be mounted to the support bar of the car seat.

Abstract: A safety device used in combination with a child seat assembly is provided to solve the problems about complicated structure and risk for the children. The safety device includes a bracket, a first wing and a second wing pivotally connected to the head portion of the bracket, a flexible piece cooperating the first and second wings, a locking piece releasably engaged with the first and second wings. When one of the wings is pivotally rotated, both of the wings will be synchronously rotated to a vertical or horizontal state.

Abstract: A crotch belt assembly for a child car seat comprising a safety belt system and a seat body is provided. The safety belt system is composed of shoulder harnesses provided with a buckle and the crotch belt assembly. The crotch belt assembly comprises a crotch belt set, a crotch protection pad shielding the crotch belt set, and an elastic body. One end of the crotch belt set is connected to a buckle body adapted to be locked with the buckle and the other end of the crotch belt set is connected to the seat body. The elastic body is inserted into an accommodating space of the crotch protection pad and is arranged at least partially against the seat body so that the crotch belt assembly, when not in use, is kept in a desired position.

Abstract: A portable seat for a pet for cooperating with the vehicle seat may include a seatback to cooperate with the back of the vehicle seat. a seat bottom to cooperate with the bottom of the vehicle seat, a pair of opposing seat sides to extend from the seat bottom and the seatback, and a pivotable animal retention tray which may pivot with respect to the opposing seat sides. The portable animal seat may include a top cover section to cover a top surface of the seatback, and the portable animal seat may include a back cover section to cover a front surface of the seatback. The portable animal seat may include a seat cover section in order to cover a top surface of the seat bottom, and the seatback may include a mechanical release. The seatback may include a detachable strap assembly to cooperate with the mechanical release, and the detachable strap assembly may include a expandable and retractable strap which operates in response to the mechanical release.

Abstract: A collapsible highchair with a locking device includes a first frame, a second frame which is pivotally connected to the first frame in “X” shape, a seat portion pivotally connected to upper sections of the frames, a backrest connected to the upper section of the first frame, a locking device secured to top end of upper section of the second frame, and an armrest one end of which is pivotally connected to the first frame and another end is engaged with the locking device. The locking device includes a first case and a second case, both of which cover the second frame. The first case is integrally formed with an elastic actuating portion. When the actuating portion is engaged with an opening on the armrest, the highchair is in a stretched state. When the actuating portion is pressed to disengage from the opening, the highchair is in a collapsible state.

Abstract: Safety device for a child seat (10) in a vehicle, having a seat surface (12), backrest (13) and armrests (15), which comprises at least one catching element (16) which, extending approximately transversely above the thighs of a child sitting in the child seat, is mounted so as to be adjustable in the longitudinal direction of the armrests (15). The adjustment direction (18) of the catching element (16) runs at a predetermined angle (?), increasing from back to front, of preferably about from 5° to 20°, relative to the seat surface (12).

Abstract: First and second frame supports (12, 13) with each including a frame support body (21a, 13a) and a frame support base (12b, 13b). The frame support bodies are substantially A-frames and the frame support bases are substantially C-shaped cylindrical rods connecting to the ends of a respective one of the A-frame frame support bodies (12a, 13a) to form outwardly extending frame support bases. The cross beam (15) sized or extended by addition of extension beam (16) to protrude beyond the connection points (17) and to substantially overly the extension of the frame support base (12b, or 13b). This allows a further swing or climbing means or the like to be connected therebetween. Alterable suspension means (51) includes a cleat plate (53) with a plurality of holes (54) to allow the rope (52) or other elongated flexible cord to be woven through the plurality of the cleat holes (54) to provide a frictional hold of the rope or other elongated flexible cord.

Abstract: A child restraint apparatus connectable to a vehicle and having a chassis with a back portion and a seat portion. A U-shaped guard is pivotally connected to the chassis so as to be movable between an up position and a down position, in the down position the guard forming a frontal and lateral barrier around the child. A seat member of appropriate size is detachably connected to the seat portion of the chassis. A harness assembly is connected to the seat member. The harness assembly comprises a retractor assembly connected to the seat member and a torso strap having a lower end fixed to the retractor and a pair of upper ends connectable to a helmet via a latch assembly connected to the helmet. The helmet is adjustabty connected to the chassis and has a rigid shell shaped to extend about at least a portion the head of the child.

Abstract: The present invention is a mounting device for a child safety seat. The child seat attaches to a motor vehicle seat through the use of mounting hooks attached to mounting brackets and mounting spikes that go through a set of receiver holes in the automobile seat. The mounting spikes connect the safety seat frame to the motor vehicle seat. The mounting spikes have spring-loaded securing latches that secure the child seat to the motor vehicle seat. The child seat will have a release mechanism that will quickly and easily release the mounting spikes from the seat to allow the child safety seat to be removed from the vehicle.

Abstract: A child safety seat assembly, including a base for being positioned on a vehicle seat bottom. An anti-rebound bar is carried by the base and extends outwardly and upwardly from a foot end of the base for engaging a seat back of the vehicle seat to which the seat is attached for retarding inertia-induced rotation of the base and the attached carrier by transmitting rotational force applied to the seat during a sudden change in velocity into the seat back of the vehicle seat onto which the seat is attached.