Abstract: An wearable, light weight infant supporting device to aid in learning to sit. The device consists of a triangular cross section pillow-like back support and attaching straps for snugly securing the back support to the infant. The back support is placed at the rear of the seated infant, the straps are routed under the infant's legs, across the stomach and fastened to the opposite end of the back support.

Abstract: A back support device which supports the lower back of the user enabling the user to sit in an upright position for extended periods of time formed of a flexible back conforming support panel having elongated sleeves and a unitary strap threaded through the sleeves forming adjustable loops which engage the knees of a user to tension the support against the wearer's back.

Abstract: An infant restraining chair for installation in a corner or other compact area of a bathroom, for restraining an infant while the infant's guardian makes use of bathroom facilities. A chair supporting and surrounding a substantial portion of an infant's body is mounted on top of a column having a cross-section of a generally triangular shape. Arcuate seat belt portions of substantially rigid construction are maintained in a body of the chair normally in a position retracted into the chair, but are selectably extendable out of the chair body to encircle and restrain an infant seated in the chair.

Abstract: An adjustable seating apparatus with full torso support for supporting persons of varying sizes. The seating apparatus is portable and adjustments can be made without the use of tools. A base unit includes a number of detachable elongated members which can be replaced with different size members, permitting both the length and width of the support apparatus to be adjusted. A backrest is supported by vertical members which are also detachable to permit adjustments in the height of the backrest. The backrest also includes a restraint for securing the user to the backrest about the torso. An optional tray is also adjustable in height and provides a work surface for the user.

Abstract: A seatbelt positioning assembly for positioning a seatbelt of an automobile along the lower abdominal region of a pregnant person so as to avoid crossing over the womb. The seatbelt positioning assembly comprises a seat pad adapted to be positioned on the seat of the automobile being secured thereto by a securing strap fastened about the seat back portion. A sleeve is removably fitted along a portion of the length of the seatbelt wherein a pair of positioning straps connected to and extending from the seat pad are adapted for attachment with a bottom edge of the sleeve so as to pull the sleeve and, accordingly, the attached seatbelt downwardly in position along the lower abdominal region of the user.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a support with a harness for securing a child to the support. The support is formed of two portions, a base and a flap, which are hinged together and which are locked in a planar configuration supporting the child, but are folded over for carrying and storing the restraint. The restraint is constructed further with a set of three wing panels extending from the base and another two wing panels extending from the flap, all the wings being connected by hinges and being locked in a common plane for supporting the child on a person's lap. The wing panels can be locked also in forwardly extending positions wherein the wing panels serve as walls surrounding the child to provide protection in vehicular travel, particularly during sudden deceleration and possible crash situations.

Abstract: A back support adapted to engage the lumbar region of the wearer having a pair of straps which extend longitudinally from the ends of the support member and terminate in loops to engage the knees of the wearer when the wearer is seated on the ground or on a backless support, such as a bench or the like. The force of the wearer's knees on the straps pulls the back-supporting member against the lower back supporting it and enabling the wearer to sit upright comfortably for extended periods of time. The back support is provided with an integrally formed container pack by providing a closure member along the outside periphery of the support which, in the closed position, forms a container pack for the straps. Carrying handles are provided. The back support further includes a connector, such as a buckle, for connecting the straps, thereby keeping the knees of the user together in a more comfortable position.

Abstract: A wheelchair headrest, attached to opposite vertical frame members of the wheelchair, includes at least two resilient head supports for preventing involuntary head movement in a person seated in the wheelchair. The wheelchair headrest is detachable from the wheelchair and can be easily folded for transport or storage. A padded band attached to the head supports passes around the person's forehead preventing involuntary forward head tilting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a forward recumbent posture pod (10) for supporting the anterior torso of an infant residing therein while allowing for substantially unrestricted movement of the infant's limbs and head. The forward recumbent posture pod comprises a pod (12) slidably secured to one end of an arc-shaped spring (14), with the other end of the spring pivotally secured to a base (20) to space the pod away from the base. An infant rests in a cavity (22) of the pod with the infant's legs projecting downwardly through openings (30). The forward recumbent posture pod is adjustable between a fully upright position in which the infant's weight is primarily supported by a bottom portion (28) of the pod and a fully inclined position in which the infant's weight is primarily supported by an anterior portion (24) of the pod.

Abstract: An infant carrier adapted to receive and retain an infant and to allow for efficient changing and cleaning of an infant is disclosed. Such changing and cleaning requires that the infant carrier provides unobstructed access to the anal and genital areas. Access thereto is gained through closable openings in the carrier in the anal and genital regions. The carrier keeps the infant in an ideal position and precludes the infant's legs from obstructing the changing or cleaning. Furthermore, the infant is not moved from the carrier for such cleaning or changing.

Abstract: A contoured vehicle seat back and a belt restraint which cooperate to safely secure and immobilize a rearwardly handcuffed prisoner for transport is disclosed. The contoured seat back includes a pair of downwardly converging channels therein for receiving and engaging the arms of the occupant. A central lower pocket for receiving the cuffed hands of the occupant is recessed into the seat back proximate the lower extremities of the channels. The belt restraint includes a cinching handle detachably mounted to the seat belt latching mechanism which can be detached from the latching mechanism and used to tighten the seat belt urging the occupant into engagement with the contoured seat back.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is an automotive seat which comprises a seatback proper; and a pair of side supports which are pivotally connected through respective pivot shafts to both sides of the seatback proper, each side support including a front surface which extends in a given direction. The thickness of each side support gradually decreases with increase of height of the same, and each pivot shaft extends substantially in the given direction.

Abstract: A child chair includes a cushioned character and a frame for supporting it upright with a child leaning against the cushioned character. The character has a body with upper and lower pairs of limbs connected thereto, and a seat pad connected between the lower limbs and capable of resting on a support surface when the body is disposed upright. The frame has a rigid skeletal member and an anchor member. The rigid member is composed of base and upright portions disposed within the character body. The base portion can assume a resting position on the support surface and the upright portion rigidly connected and extending in a generally transverse relation to the base portion can support the character body upright when the base position is in its resting position.

Abstract: A vehicular seat according to the present invention, which has a seat section and a seat back section connected thereto, comprises a pair of lower horizontal arms, attached to the lower portion of the seat back section and having lower support means for supporting the hipbone region of a user's body, and a pair of upper horizontal arms, protruding from the top of the seat back section and having upper support means for supporting the bladebone regions of the user's body. The lower horizontal arms are fixed after the space between them is transversely adjusted to the size of the user's body. The upper horizontal arms, which are adjustable in height relative to the lower horizontal arms, are fixed after they are transversely moved in association with the lower horizontal arms.

Abstract: An outer tube is used to guide a drive member which serves to drive a slider. The outer tube is constructed of a resin-made cylindrical tube main body, two resin-made slip-out preventing portions formed at both ends of the tube main body respectively, and at least one resin-made bracket provided on the tube main body at a point between the slip-out preventing portions. The slip-out preventing portions and bracket are formed as unitary members with the tube main body.

Abstract: The improved portable auxiliary seat cushion with upper body support for children is described as an elongated mat comprising four layers; the front and the back layers which are composed of a durable machine washable fabric, and the interfacing and fiber filled layers which are interposed between the front and back layer. The four layers are peripherally interconnected into a unitary structure by a continuous stitching at the perimeters thereof. A straight stitch at the hinge defines a back rest and seat portion. Slits, one on each side below the hinge, provide slots for seat belt. An upper body support ridge comprises five parts: The support ridge filler, which is made of a firm, yet resilient, material; the outermost, innermost, and uppermost sections; and the bottom ends, which create a tubular form. A zipper is attached centrally to the outermost section for easy removal of the ridge filler to facilitate laundering.

Abstract: A transportable, machine washable, collapsible, compact, lightweight seat insert for supporting a human in a sitting position. The insert includes a box shaped, flexible, resilient, padded frame including a back wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, and a front wall having a pair of openings for accommodating the human's legs. The seat insert further includes a pillow adapted to be selectively disposed above and adjacent to the back wall and attached to the back wall by means of VELCRO fasteners.

Abstract: A vehicle passenger safety seat for handicapped persons is designed for positioning and detachably mounting over the existing conventional seat on a bus, van, or other such vehicle. The supporting frame of the safety seat is constructed from a perforated sheet of aluminum material bent into a configuration having a seat and vertical back. A pair of retractable straps are attached to the upper portion of the seat back, which straps are lapped over the top of and downwardly behind the vehicles seat where the straps are latched to the floor of the vehicle to prevent forward tilting of the safety seat. A second retractable strap is attached to the rear of the foot rest and extends under the vehicle seat to the floor latch. Overlying the tubular aluminum frame is a cushioned seat. Arm rests attached to the frame are pivotally mounted for ease in placing the handicapped person into the seat.

Abstract: A chair, particularly adapted for use by infants, is disclosed, including a chair body having a generally upright part with a forwardly inclined supporting surface and an interconnected rearwardly extending lower part adapted to form a seat for the infant when the infant is positioned on the chair with the front of the torso presented toward the upright end forwardly inclined chair body, the chair further including adjustable infant supporting means mounted on the chair body and having upper and lower portions presented at an upwardly and rearwardly inclined angle, thereby providing for gravitational support of upper and lower portions of an infant occupant in a forwardly inclined position.

Abstract: A portable adjustable child's chair which may be converted into a booster seat or high chair. Removable seat and back panels permit both height and depth adjustment of the child's chair by selectively inserting the panels into one or another of a series of generally horizontal and generally vertical grooves in the side panels.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved restraining device which restrains a prisoner in a seated position with the hands and arms clamped in a position restraining the prisoner. The device may include back and head support structure as well as a seating area and a pair of pedestals each of which is designed to restrain one of the arms. Mechanically or electromagnetically activated clamps are associated with the pedestals and are provided to releasably clamp the wrists and hands of the prisoner.

Abstract: An angular bar is mounted on each opposing lower portion of a wheelchair frame for securement of the pelvis of a person seated in the wheelchair. Each bar has a side portion that extends across the lateral regions of the hip and a front portion that extends in front of the hips above the thighs. Universal adjustment means with a quick release mechanism are provided for independent adjustment of each arm.

Abstract: An upper torso garment including an integrally formed back support member adapted to engage the lumbar region of a wearer. A pair of straps extend longitudinally from the ends of the support member and terminate in loops to engage the knees of the wearer when the wearer is seated on the ground or on a backless support such as a bench, or the like. The force of the wearer's knees on the straps pulls the back supporting member against the back of the wearer supporting the back and enabling the wearer to sit upright comfortably for extended periods of time.

Abstract: The stop where the shoulder belt restraint is composed of four parallel, coplanar, cylindrical rods bridging between side plates. Each end of each rod is connected to a side plate by a tongue joint including a bellied split tongue snap fitted into a socket. The webbing of the restraint passes sinuously through the stop rods having at least two convolutions under one rod and over the adjacent rod.

Abstract: A driver holder seat comprising a seat cushion, a seat back and side support members each pivoted on one side of that portion of the seat where the seat cushion and back are crossed each other, and provided with protection portions swelled from the sides of the seat cushion and back to hold the driver's upper and lower halves.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a motorcycle seat including a single seat or a double seat provided with a side support portion in each of both right and left sides which is adjustably constructed the distance between an operator's or a passenger's waist sides and the side support portions. It can easily adjust the supporting pressure to their waist sides and therefore, such an arrangement can realize any suitable space adjustment to accommodate the difference from the operator's or the passenger's size.

Abstract: A compliance, compact, collapsible, lightweight infant or child restraint device is provided which is detachably secured directly to an unaltered lap belt which can contain a shoulder harness in a vehicle such that the restrained infant is positioned in a face-to-face relationship with the attending adult yet the restrained infant is not attached in any manner to or dependent for security upon the attending adult. The infant restraining device secures the infant against the body of the attending adult in a "lap-down, face-up" relationship such that the needs of the infant are able to be attended to without the attending adult removing his/her seatbelt or having to "turn around" in relation to the infant to be attended.

Abstract: An infant head support for use with infant retaining devices, such as automobile auxiliary seats, infant carriers, swing seats, baby strollers and the like, used for the retention of infants and early age children. The head support comprises a somewhat dense but resilient foam member which is adapted to fit within a pair of opposed side walls on the infant retaining device, e.g. a pair of forwardly extending flange portions on an infant seat. The foam member is formed with a first opening generally sized to conform to and receive the head of an infant. A second opening, which is larger than the first opening, is sized to engage the shoulders and the upper arm portions of the infant. Moreover, the dense but resilient foam member can be captured between the opposed walls on the infant retaining device so that it retains the infant's head in a fixed position.

Abstract: A back supporting device which permits a wearer to sit in an upright position for extended periods of time without discomfort including a flexible padded back support dimensioned to engage and support the lower back of the wearer and straps attached to the end of the pad which are adapted to loop around the knees of the wearer when in a sitting position in order to tension the support against the wearer's back.

Abstract: A structure for fixing a child's seat body on a car seat by means of a car seat belt wherein hook members are provided on both sides of the child's seat body and the pulling end of the seat belt is connected to the hook members through connectors which are hooked upon the hook members.

Abstract: In a safety harness, a strap length adjustment device (10) has an adjustment member (20) selectively movable generally longitudinally of the strap (9), the strap preferably extending around the member so that twice the length of strap is protracted or retracted per unit movement of the member. The adjustment member (20) may be held in a selected position against a spring (29) tending to retract the strap by spring-biassed caliper jaws (30) released by a push button (37). The device (10) may be embodied as an abdominal pad in a child's harness for use or incorporated in a push chair or a vehicle safety seat.

Abstract: A child's riding wagon, including a wagon body supported on wheels, one or two chairs on the body fitted with safety belts, a removable overhead canopy and a telescopic handle for a person to pull the wagon.

Abstract: A seat for use in a vehicle equipped with an automatic seatbelt system includes a seat cushion for supporting the buttocks of an occupant. The seat cushion is provided with a passage for a webbing of the seatbelt system. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the contact between the webbing and the seat cushion when the webbing is wound up into and unwound from a webbing retractor.

Abstract: An infant wall seat and changing table assembly is foldable between a substantially flat condition against a vertical support and a horizontal position at which it forms a changing table for the child. The assembly is further folded to form a seat for the child with constraints for maintaining the child therein. The assembly may then be returned to either the changing table position or its flat vertical position.

Abstract: The disclosed seat cushion has a padded member, defining a wedged shape that is pointed rearwardly; and a flexible fabric case encloses such padded member. Ties on the case are used to removably secure the seat cushion to the chair, so that the rear wedged shape of the cushion is located just forwardly of where the seat of the person, sitting on the chair seat, actually makes contact with the chair seat; and the person's legs cross over the seat cushion. The wedge angle may be between 20 and 40 degrees. The case fabric has a high degree of roughness and friction against the clothing of the person that will sit on the chair and over the cushion, such as of a duck or canvas material. The padded member is of a firm foam, to resist being deformed by the weight of the person who will normally be sitting on the cushion, to a dimension less than approximately between 10% and 40% that of the original dimension.

Abstract: A safety seat for the conveyance of babies and small children in vehicles, including a holder frame, a seat shell swivelably on the holder frame for pivotal movement about a swivel axis and so as to define an area of overlap between a bottom of the seat shell and the holder frame, and structure for locking the seat in a plurality of angular positions relative to the holder frame, this structure including a locking catch in the area of overlap between the bottom and the holder frame, and being spaced far distant from the swivel axis. The locking catch includes a locking member manually retractably shiftable into locking engagement with the holder frame when the seat frame is in any one of the angular positions.

Abstract: A head support for a traveler sitting in a chair having a headrest, and which includes:(a) a first band adapted to be fitted in adjustably wrapped condition closely about the user's head and at eye or forehead level,(b) band retention structure associated with the band for retaining the band in said wrapped condition, and(c) head restraint structure coupled to the band and adapted to be coupled to the headrest for restraining the user's head against lateral side-to-side movement relative to the headrest.

Abstract: A child restraining seat having a harness with an adjuster for controlling harness sizing. In the preferred embodiment, the harness includes a pair of belts fixedly secured to a pad having a downwardly extending tongue lockingly received by a belt buckle secured to the seat between the legs of the child. The opposite ends of the belts extend slidably through the seat back being attached to a moveable bar. A third belt attached to the moveable bar extends forwardly through a slot in the forward portion of the seat and is adjustably received by an adjuster mounted to the front of the seat. The adjuster includes a spring biased cam member for lockingly holding the third belt in place. Alternate embodiments include such a harness assembly having the buckle fixedly secured thereto with a tongue secured to the seat.

Abstract: A side support assembly for the seat of an automotive vehicle includes a pair of horizontally swingable side support frames provided on the left and right sides of the seat backrest to support a seated individual from the right and left sides, a connecting rod for swinging the side support frames toward or away from each other, and a locking mechanism for locking the side support frames at a position to which they have been set. The locking mechanism is provided on the connecting rod so that the side support frames will support the seated individual with the same rigidity when the individual is forced against them due to an inertial force produced at cornering.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having an upholstery support that supports the upholstery of the back rest has at least one arm provided on the upholstery support which extends over the shoulder of a seat user and restrains the user in the upward and outward directions during vehicle collision. A side restraint member is connected with the arm and configured so as to protect the user in a lateral direction without interfering with the freedom of movement of the user.

Abstract: A child-restraining car safety seat usable by infants and children of varying sizes includes an outer pouch having leg and arm holes. Vertical anchor straps are securable around a car seat or to the vehicle frame and are releasably attachable to the pouch for holding the pouch in position against the seat. A generally horizontally extending torso strap loops around the anchor straps and the pouch. The armholes are sufficiently long to allow the straps to be inserted from behind into the sides of the pouch so that they may be applied directly around a child seated in the pouch. Also included is an inner pouch attached to the back of the outer pouch for accommodating a child or infant smaller than the largest child which can be accommodated in the outer pouch. The inner pouch is positioned such that the torso strap is in alignment with the torso of a child or infant held in the inner pouch.

Abstract: A head restraint system is disclosed that is designed to protect the pilot's head against severe lateral forces. A circular track surrounds and is affixed to the pilot's helmet. The track is attached by two cables to a seat back. During normal flight conditions, the cables provide a small but constant tension to the helmet, and allow the pilot's head free movement in all directions. A spring loaded inertia reel will lock the cables in place when the lateral forces exceed a predetermined level. The system will also provide afterward head support during the pilot's emergency ejection from the aircraft, and the cables are automatically severed when the pilot is separated from the seat.

Abstract: A handicap trap seat for use with catamarans or other sailboats utilizing pontoons and a support frame extending therebetween which minimizes the likelihood of the user's being injured or sliding out of the trap seat while sailing.

Abstract: A seat back of a vehicular seat is movably supportable in the fore and aft direction relative to a seat cushion and lockable in its forward and rearward positions. The back side of the seat back serves as a part of a seat for a child in the forward position in which the child is restrained relative to the seat back by a seat belt assembly, while the front side of the seat back serves as a part of a usual passenger seat in the rearward position, thereby providing a sufficient comfortableness to the seated child without deteriorating the function of the usual passenger seat.

Abstract: A foldable child's high chair has a use position wherein an occupant can occupy the chair and a folded position wherein the chair can be folded for storage. The chair includes a seat having a base portion and a back support portion. The back support portion includes a stationary section and a movable section which is movable to position the child. A retaining latch is provided for retaining the movable section in at least two different selected positions relative to the stationary section. A frame is provided for supporting the seat and includes a front leg and a rear leg. A first pivot is provided for pivotally coupling the base portion to the front leg, and a second pivot is provided for pivotally coupling the base portion to the rear leg. A third pivot is provided for pivotally coupling the back support to the rear leg. A rigid link member and a pair of pivots are provided for coupling the back support portion to the base portion.

Abstract: A baby carriage has a seat belt with an annular belt section and a flexible belt connecting section. The annular belt section has disengageable buckles at its opposite ends. When the buckles are engaged with each other, the annular belt section surrounds the entire periphery of a baby's torso including his back with the baby placed on the seat of a baby carriage. The flexible belt connecting section connects the annular belt section to the lower end of the backrest of the baby carriage with a fixed spacing between the backrest and the seat belt proper to prevent a child from standing up.

Abstract: A pair of crisscrossing straps and a pair of tension straps connect the two ends of a rigid U-shaped member to the two sides of the backrest of an aircraft crewmember's seat. The end portions of the U-shaped member have slip rings which are the support points for a pair of support straps which form loops encircling the crewmember's rib cage. The support straps can move through the slip rings thereby allowing the crewmember the ability to turn to either side while secured to the seat by the restraint system. In another embodiment of the invention, the crisscrossing straps are eliminated and a pair of wedge shaped support pads mounted on the front surface of the backrest of the seat are used instead of a U-shaped member. The tension straps and the crisscross straps are connected to inertial reels mounted at the sides of the backrest of the seat in order to provide restraint to each side of the support strap system.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for restraining a recumbent passenger in a moving vehicle. A flexible sheeting is secured at a first end portion to a vehicle seat back, a passenger is placed in the central portion of the sheeting, and the second end portion of the sheeting is secured to the first end to form a U-shaped cradle. Straps are provided for securing the passenger in the restraint device. A padded board can be positioned beneath the restraining straps to provide additional support for the passenger. The restraint device can also be attached to the vehicle seat cushion by engagement with a vehicle seat belt.

Abstract: An improved cushion of buoyant material for an airplane seat in which the cushion is removably attached to the seat, such as by Velcro strips. The cushion has straps to receive the arms of the passenger sitting on the cushion whereby the passenger can become coupled to the cushion and cause the cushion to be separated from the seat by pulling the cushion away from the seat. The cushion is formed from a number of hinged sections which pivot forwardly and partially around the passenger to stabilize the passenger when the passenger is in the water and coupled to the cushion by the straps. Actuating devices cause the forward pivoting of the hinged sections when the cushion is pulled away from the seat.

Abstract: A seat which is employed in combination with a seatbelt system for a vehicle designed to protect an occupant when an emergency situation of the vehicle occurs. When the tension acting on the seatbelt exceeds a predetermined value, a movable member connected to a seatbelt anchor member causes a push-up member to move upwards within a seat cushion. As a result, the push-up member forms a protuberance at the front part of the seat cushion, whereby the movement of the occupant's waist toward the front end of the vehicle is limited.