Integrated car seat with adjustable sunshield
OwnerPatricia Willisinventor
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Abstract
A child car seat is selectively movable between a stowed configuration in a storage area defined by a base portion of a rear passenger seat of an automobile and a deployed configuration positioned against the rear passenger seat. The car seat may be deployed when needed or stowed inside the base portion when not needed. A sun shielding assembly is mounted to a top edge of the child car seat and is adjustable according to remote control signals received from a transmitter that may be positioned near a driver of the automobile.
Claims19
An integrated child car seat apparatus mounted in an automobile having a driver cabin and a rear passenger seatback, said car seat apparatus comprising:
- a base portion having a lower section and an upper section pivotally coupled to a front edge of the lower section that, together, define an interior area, said upper section being pivotally movable between a closed configuration preventing access to said interior area and an open configuration allowing access to said interior area;
- a child car seat having a back edge pivotably coupled to a rear edge of the lower section and, when the upper section is in the open configuration, is pivotally movable between a stowed configuration situated inside the storage area and a deployed configuration bearing against the rear passenger seatback;
- wherein a front surface of said child car seat includes a strap and a strap buckle;
- wherein said upper section of said base portion defines a plurality of latch slots each being configured to receive said strap buckle when said back portion of said child car seat is in said deployed configuration and said upper section of said base portion is at said closed configuration;
- a sun shielding assembly, comprising:
- a sun shielding portion having a plurality of shielding flaps coupled to one another in an accordion configuration, each shielding flap having a pair of opposed ends that overlap respective opposed ends of an adjacent shielding flap;
- a control portion that includes a remote input device mounted in the driver cabin and having a transmitter operative to transmit signals indicative of movements of said plurality of shielding flaps;
- wherein said sun shielding portion includes a receiver configured to receive said signals and to actuate said plurality of shielding flaps to move between compressed and expanded configurations according to said signals, respectively.
An integrated child car seat apparatus mounted in an automobile having a driver cabin and a rear passenger seatback, said car seat apparatus comprising:
- a base portion having a lower section and an upper section pivotally coupled to a front edge of the lower section that, together, define an interior area, said upper section being pivotally movable between a closed configuration preventing access to said interior area and an open configuration allowing access to said interior area;
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- a child car seat having a back edge pivotably coupled to a rear edge of the lower section and, when the upper section is in the open configuration, is pivotally movable between a stowed configuration situated inside the storage area and a deployed configuration bearing against the rear passenger seatback;
- a latch blocking assembly mounted on a bottom surface of the upper section of the base portion adjacent said plurality of latch slots, said latch blocking assembly including a blocking member that is configured to block the latch slots from receiving said strap buckle when actuated;
- wherein a front surface of said child car seat includes a strap and a strap buckle;
- wherein said upper section of said base portion defines a plurality of latch slots each being configured to receive said strap buckle when said back portion of said child car seat is in said deployed configuration and said upper section of said base portion is at said closed configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.