Methods and systems for ornamenting safety seats
Assignee2B, LLC (2B)
InventorNatalie Beth Unger
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Abstract
Systems and methods capable of changing the aesthetic appearance of a safety seat by covering portions thereof with an ornamental accessory. The systems includes the ornamental accessory and an attachment system configured for removably securing the ornamental accessory to a belt system of the safety seat.
Claims20
A system for ornamenting a safety seat that includes a belt system comprising at least first and second belts for restraining a child in the safety seat and a buckle system comprising buckles associated with the first and second belts for releasably securing the first and second belts together, the system comprising:
- an ornamental accessory for covering at least a portion of the buckle system;
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- an attachment system configured for removably securing the ornamental accessory to the belt system, the attachment system comprising an attachment device having first and second arms that define a gap therebetween and fastening means for removably securing the first and second arms to the attachment device so that the gap defines a window of the attachment device through which the buckle of the first belt is accessible when the first and second arms of the attachment device are wrapped around the first belt.
A method for ornamenting a safety seat that includes a belt system comprising at least first and second belts for restraining a child in the safety seat and a buckle system comprising buckles associated with the first and second belts for releasably securing the first and second belts together, the method comprising:
- removably securing an attachment system to the belt system, the attachment system comprising an attachment device having first and second arms that define a gap therebetween and fastening means for removably securing the first and second arms to the attachment device so that the gap defines a window of the attachment device, the attachment system being removably secured to the first belt of the belt system so that the buckle of the first belt is accessible through the window when the first and second arms of the attachment device are wrapped around the first belt;
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- removably securing an ornamental accessory to the attachment system such that the ornamental accessory covers at least a portion of the buckle system of the safety seat.
A method for ornamenting a safety seat that includes a belt system comprising at least first and second belts for restraining a child in the safety seat and a buckle system comprising buckles associated with the first and second belts for releasably securing the first and second belts together, the method comprising:
- removably securing an attachment system to the belt system so that the buckle of the first belt is accessible through a window defined in a first attachment device of the attachment system and the buckle of the second belt is accessible through a window defined in a second attachment device of the attachment system;
- placing a child in the safety seat;
- coupling the first and second belts with the buckles of the buckle system through the windows of the first and second attachment devices while the first and second attachment devices remain secured to the first and second belts;
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- removably securing an ornamental accessory to the attachment system such that the ornamental accessory covers the buckle system of the safety seat and the ornamental accessory is positioned at the chest of the child and remains at the chest of the child as a result of the first and second attachment devices and the buckles of the first and second belts cooperating to inhibit movement of the attachment system along the first and second belts in longitudinal length directions thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.