Infant's restraining seat
OwnerLewis E. Hamptoninventor
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Abstract
A unique construction for a base of an infant's restraining cushioned seat providing a slide for supporting the cushioned seat, a laterally pivotal guide for the slide, a lateral pivot position and longitudinal slide position locking device for the guide, whereby the slide and cushioned seat attached thereto can be moved to a rearward position adjacent the back of a vehicle seat and locked into position thereon, wherein the locking device can be released and the slide moved to a forward position on the vehicle seat, and whereby thru pivoting of the guide the cushioned seat can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of the vehicle for providing easy and safe access to the cushioned seat by a person standing substantially outside the vehicle.
Claims20
A unique construction for an infant's restraining seat for use in a vehicle, said construction providing platform means adapted to be secured in a stable position on a vehicle seat, elongated slide guide means having a rearward end and a forward end and a longitudinal slide axis and being laterally pivotally mounted at its said rearward end on said platform means, slide means adapted to support an infant's cushioned seat and being slidably mounted on said guide means for axial movement thereon, and position locking means for said slide means whereby said slide means and cushioned seat mounted thereon can be locked in a non-pivotal and rearward travel position adjacent the back of a vehicle seat and then unlocked and moved axially and pivoted laterally to a forward loading position on said vehicle seat whereby, thru pivoting of said guide means said cushioned seat can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of said vehicle for providing easy and safe access to said cushioned seat by a person standing substantially outside said vehicle.
An infant's restraining seat construction having base means comprising slide means having a longitudinal axis and adapted to support an infant's cushioned seat, platform means being adapted to rest on a vehicle seat securement means on said platform means adapted to attach said platform means to a stationary section said vehicle whereby said platform means can be substantially stabilized in position on said vehicle seat adjacent the back thereof, slide guide means also having said longitudinal axis and a lateral pivot plane, said guide means being pivotally connected to said platform means for pivoting on said platform means substantially in said lateral plane, longitudinally extending first shoulder means on said guide means, longitudinally extending second shoulder means on said slide means and interlocking with said first shoulder means to allow relative longitudinal motion but not significant vertical or lateral motion therebetween, and cooperating releasable locking structures on said slide means and said platform means whereby said slide means can be locked in a rearward position adjacent the back of said vehicle seat and, upon release of said locking means, moved forward on said guide means to a forward position on said vehicle seat, and whereby thru pivoting of said guide means on said platform means said slide means and cushioned seat can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of said vehicle for easy and safe access thereto by a person standing substantially outside said vehicle.
A unique construction for an infant's restraining seat for use in a vehicle, said construction providing a platform structure adapted to be secured in a stable position on a vehicle seat, elongated slide guide structure having a rearward end and a forward end and a longitudinal slide axis and being laterally pivotally mounted at its said rearward end on said platform structure, a slide structure adapted to support an infant's cushioned seat and being slidably mounted on said guide structure for axial movement thereon, and cooperating elements of a position locking structure on said slide structure and platform structure whereby said slide structure and a cushioned seat mounted thereon can be locked in a non-pivotal and rearward position adjacent the back of a vehicle seat and then unlocked and moved axially and pivoted laterally to a forward position on said vehicle seat, and whereby thru said pivoting, said cushioned seat can be aligned with and positioned adjacent a door opening of said vehicle for providing easy and safe access to said cushioned seat by a person standing substantially outside said vehicle.
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