Vehicle seat having integrate child carrier
AssigneeE.V.S. Ltd.
InventorsStewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
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AssigneeE.V.S. Ltd.
InventorsStewart E. Gardner, Thomas A. Downey, Thomas Rumler
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The vehicle seat includes an integral child carrier that deploys and unfolds for use as either a child seat or an infant cradle for safely transporting infants while being conveniently stowed when not in use. The child carrier includes a folding seat/cradle that in certain embodiments doubles as both an upright child seat and reclined infant cradle. The folding seat/cradle rides on its own carrier sub-frame that is mounted to the main seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame allows the seat/cradle movement between a stowed position where the folded seat/cradle lies flat within or against the seat back frame and a deployed position where the unfolded seat/cradle extends outward from the seat back frame. The carrier sub-frame includes one or more slide rails, slide blocks, a linkage member and a latch assembly. The seat/cradle includes a seat panel hinged to a back panel that unfold to form a secure seat or cradle from a flat stowed package.
A vehicle seat comprising:
A child carrier adapted to carry a child and mountable to a structure, the child carrier comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.