Abstract: A child bath chair includes a base member having a seating surface portion, and a back member having a backrest surface portion and detachably attached to the base member.

Abstract: A child seat comprising a seat portion, a back support as well as belts that can be connected to a crotch member for securing a child in the child seat. A least one belt or the crotch member is provided with a spring element, by means of which the belt or the crotch member can be moved against spring force from a first position, in which the shoulder belt and the crotch member are disconnected, to a second position, in which the shoulder belt and the crotch member are connected.

Abstract: A strap support apparatus has a body 121 having an elongare slot 131, and a strap support 141. The strap support 141 has a receiving portion 143 for receipt of a strap, a portion 145 that extends through the elongate slot of the body and defines an axis, and a portion 147 that is positioned on an opposite side of the slot from the receiving portion. Part of the strap support defines an engagement portion for selectively engaging part of the body to inhibit movement of the strap support along the slot. The strap support has a sliding configuration and an engaged configuration. The strap support 141 is adjustable between the sliding configuration and the engaged configuration by rotating the strap support about the axis relative to the body.

Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back, a pivotable shield, and a juvenile-restraint harness. The shield includes a barrier coupled to the juvenile-restraint harness.

Abstract: A child restraint seat is provided including a seat shell adapted to be coupled to a vehicle seat, a child restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, and a harness adjustment mechanism. A shoulder strap mounting mechanism permits the height of the shoulder strap mounts to be varied to adapt the seat to accommodate children of different sizes. The mounting mechanism is easily operable from the front of the seat without requiring operation of latching mechanism or the rethreading of straps.

Abstract: A child's play gym (1) comprising a base (2) to be positioned on a support surface (P), said base (2) having a perimetral frame (3) connected to an arched element (6) carrying games (11) and able to be disposed in at least one working position in which it lies above the base (2), this latter preferably presenting a flat element (4) connected to the perimetral frame (3). Said perimetral frame (3) comprises a first portion (12) and a second portion (13) hinged together and inclinable relative to each other, the flat element (4) being connected to at least a first (12) of said portions (12, 13), to act as a backrest for supporting a child when said first portion (12) is inclined to the second (13), the play gym being able to act as a seat when in that configuration.

Abstract: A protective cover for a restaurant-style high chair for children is disclosed. The high chair seat cover provides a barrier system for the top rail contact area of the high chair. This configuration keeps restaurant high chair germs and grime away from babies and toddlers. The protective cover is configured for rapid installation, removal, transport and cleaning.

Abstract: An infant seat comprising a seat rest, back rest and two side supports and a front post. The front post and the two side supports define grooves for receiving legs of an infant when seated in the infant seat. Bottom surfaces of the groove is elevationally higher than a back portion of the seat rest for leaning the infant against the back rest when placed in the infant seat. Moreover, a pommel or tray may be removably attachable to the front post for further retaining an infant in the infant seat by blocking or preventing the infant from lifting himself or herself out of the infant seat.

Abstract: A portable high chair including a flexible seat portion, a flexible tray portion, and a flexible restraint portion secured to both the seat portion and the tray portion.

Abstract: An infant carrier includes a carrier shell including a seating area for a child; and a harness system adapted to connect to the carrier shell and adapted to be adjusted between a first configuration for a smaller child and a second configuration for a larger child. The harness system includes first and second straps, each of the first and second straps having a shoulder strap end and a lap strap end, a shoulder strap adjuster associated with the shoulder strap ends of each of the first and second straps to enable adjustment of the shoulder strap ends between the first configuration and the second configuration, and a lap strap adjuster associated with the lap strap ends of each of the first and second straps to enable adjustment of the lap strap ends between the first configuration and the second configuration.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles. The device includes a horizontal member that is configured to be secured to a back support of a seat in a vehicle, and two vertical members, each being attached to the horizontal member, and each having a loop through which the seat belt is capable of being fed and fastened above the lap of the person, wherein the vertical members are configured to rest over the person's shoulders. The device further includes a strap-holding device that is attached to the vertical members at a position substantially above the second end of the vertical members, wherein the strap-holding device is configured to maintain a predetermined distance between the vertical members.

Abstract: An adjustable booster-type seat having a base 10 for supporting the seat on a flat surface, a riser 12 mounted for height adjustment on the base, a body support 14 having a seat and back mounted for arcuate motion on the riser 12 for changing the angular position of the body support 14 and being adjustable in height by virtue of the adjustability of the riser on the base. A restraint bar 16 is detachably connected to the body support and in turn adjustably carries a tray 18 enabling the tray to be moved toward and away form the back and to be mounted at different angles with respect to the body support 14.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting an infant in a bathtub includes a base, a fabric frame, a frame support, and a fabric cover. The base has a peripheral structure and an inner aperture. The fabric frame defines first and second planes forming a frame angle. The fabric frame is coupled to the base at the frame angle. The frame support is coupled to the base and to the fabric frame. The fabric cover is removably attached to the fabric frame.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles. In each embodiment of the invention, the device includes a seat strap assembly and a body strap assembly that are attached to a back-support portion. The seat strap assembly is adapted to secure the device onto the back-support of the existing vehicle seat. The seat strap assembly, which may include one or both of a horizontal strap and a strap web, rests over the vehicle seat. The body strap assembly is adapted to secure a passenger on the device. The body strap assembly includes a body strap or a crotch strap, or both. The body strap may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. The device further includes at least one loop to receive the existing seat belt to secure the device. The loop may be part of the back-support portion or the body strap assembly.

Abstract: An infant car seat is provided, including a car seat, a car seat base, and a mechanism for connecting the seat to the base. With the car seat base secured to a vehicle seat, the car seat can be conveniently connected to the base to safely transport an infant. The connection and release mechanisms between the car seat and the base are durable and easy to operate.

Abstract: A safety device in connection with a child seat in a shopper trolley. The safety device prevents a child, placed on the seat (22) from being able to pull its legs out of the openings formed through the end wall (10) of the shopper trolley. The child seat (22) is pivotally suspended from the end wall (10), which can preferably be swung inwards/upwards in the shopper trolley about a horizontal axis, when shopper trolleys are being stacked horizontally. The child seat (22) is placed adjacent to the through opening (14′, 14″) for the child's legs. At their bottoms and sides the openings are defined by elements (10′, 10″, 16′, 16″, 20) included in the end wall (10).

Abstract: A seat device includes a safety bar which is connected to two lateral wing members of a seat body by insertion of two insert plugs into two mounting sockets, respectively. A lever plate is pivoted to each socket and is turnable such that an engaging end thereof engages a concavity in the corresponding plug to place the safety bar in an engaged state. Pressing an opposite actuating end of the lever plate will cause the engaging end to disengage from the concavity so as to permit removal of the plug from the socket.

Abstract: A child safety car-seat having an upper and a lower safety crossbar, with each crossbar having an air bag. The air bags deploy outward from the crossbars when activated in order to avoid injury to the child in the car-seat when the air bags fill with gas. The position of the air bags and the crossbars helps prevent injury to the head, face, neck, chest, and abdomen of the child during an automobile collision.

Abstract: In an arrangement of a child seat on a motor vehicle seat according to the ISOFIX standard, in the case of a crash-associated deceleration, the child seat is displaced in a limited manner in the direction of travel (FR), so that the resultant movement of the child in said direction of travel (FR) is compensated within the seatbelt system of the child seat.

Abstract: A vehicles passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles. In each embodiment of the invention, the device includes a seat strap assembly and a body strap assembly that are attached to a back-support portion. The seat strap assembly is adapted to secure the device onto the back-support of the existing vehicle seat. The seat strap assembly, which may include one or both of a horizontal strap and a strap web, rests over the vehicle seat. The body strap assembly is adapted to secure a passenger on the device. The body strap assembly includes a body strap or a crotch strap, or both. The body strap may be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal. The device further includes at least one loop to receive the existing seat belt to secure the device. The loop may be part of the back-support portion or the body strap assembly.

Abstract: A tray table for a child's car seat having at least two seat belt receiving slots, comprises a table top having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a periphery, and two connecting members extending from the lower surface of the table top for inserting in the seat belt receiving slots to thereby connect the table top to the child's car seat. The connecting members extend from the lower surface at an angle sufficient so that the upper surface of the table top is positioned approximately parallel to a seating surface of the car seat when the connecting members are properly inserted in the seat belt receiving slots. The table top includes an opening serving as a cup holder, or having a container for holding toys, crayons, and other small articles.

Abstract: A protector device for a child-care instrument such as a child safety car seat or a child bed provides cushioning and protection around the child while allowing the support space for receiving the child to be adapted to different stages of the growth of the child. The protector device includes a head protector surrounding the child's head, an upper protector surrounding the child's upper body, and a lower protector surrounding the child's lower body. Protector elements may also support the child's head and body from below. The adaptable protector device makes the child-care instrument safer and more comfortable for the child in various stages of growth.

Abstract: Nursing equipment for a child, such as an adjustable child safety seat, includes a back rest, a pair of side guards provided on opposing sides of the back rest for protecting side portions of an infant, and a pair of side head guards provided to be movable in an upward/downward direction and so as to be selectively detachable, inside the pair of side guards. By this structure, the nursing equipment helps to surely protect the head and particularly the brain of an infant as the infant grows.

Abstract: For a child or adult sitting in a car seat, a head protector having a cushion body with a cushion back portion and opposite cushion side portions together defining a recess that is open at the front and bottom of the cushion body, with a front opening into the recess that is large enough to pass the child's or adult's head and a bottom opening for passing the child's or adult's neck, and channel-shaped mounting members behind the cushion body for snug but slidable insertion over the top of the seat back of the car seat.

Abstract: A passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles is disclosed. In a first embodiment, the device is a “soft” device, i.e., a safety harness comprising exclusively straps and fasteners. A horizontal strap wraps around the back-support of a vehicle seat to secure the harness to the vehicle seat. In a second embodiment, the device comprises a back-support portion and a seat-pan portion. When folded, the exterior frame resembles a small briefcase with a shoulder strap. In a third embodiment, the device comprises a rigid front-support with an inflatable cushion that fills up the space between the passenger and the front-support.

Abstract: A harness or restraint system is provided that comprises a vest-like member designed to be used as a passive restraint system to protect a child passenger. The vest-like member encapsulates fully the front portion of a child car seat such that the child's torso is restrained, while providing openings that allow the free movement of the head and limbs.

Abstract: There is provided a child car seat assembly for installation on an automobile seat using the seat belt provided with the automobile seat. The assembly includes a child seat having a front, a back, a first side and a second side, such that when a child is seated in the child seat the child faces the front of the child seat. Also included is a first side panel adjacent to the first side of the child seat, the first side panel having means for attaching the child car seat assembly to the automobile seat using the seat belt, such that when the seat belt is tightened as much as possible, the child seat is oriented at a right angle to the automobile seat. The invention also concerns installation of a child car seat assembly on an automobile seat using a hook connected to the child car seat assembly, the length of the connection between the hook and the child car seat assembly being adjustable.

Abstract: An infant seat is disclosed which comprises: a seat/back member having opposite side portions; a frontal frame having opposite side portions each pivoted and releasably attached to a corresponding side portion of the integral seat/back member; a harness connected to the opposite side portions of the frontal frame and extending therebetween to restrain an infant seated in the vehicle seat when the frontal frame is attached thereto; and, a releasable frame lock for securing the frontal frame to the seat/back member. Most preferably the releasable frame lock is only accessible from a back portion of the seat so that an infant secured in the seat can not release himself therefrom. An airbag restraining guard is carried by opposite side portions of the frame to protect an infant against a rapidly expanding airbag in the vehicle.

Abstract: A novel child's bicycle seat/rack assembly is provided. The seat is capable of slidable attachment to a touring rack of the type including a substantially rectangular frame formed from struts. The seat has integrally-formed channels for slidably engaging the struts and forward and rear integrally-formed, latches adapted to releasably engage the struts so as to lock the seat member against rearward movement relative to the rack. A locking wedge is provided to secure a latch against unintentional flexing and disengagement from the strut. A child's seat may have a seat portion and a back portion pivotably attached to one another. The seat also may have a grab bar and a seat stand.