US 2003/0227202 A1Published application

Universal blanket and removable safety belt for use with a variety of child's seat assemblies

OwnerG. Joan Endicott, Dawn R. Lucwickinventors

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Abstract

Disclosed is a kit for covering a seat assembly and securing a child therein. The kit includes a generally rectangular blanket large enough to cover areas of the seat assembly within the immediate adjacency of a seated child. The blanket includes at least one leg opening to mate with the leg aperture of the seat assembly. It also includes at least one restraint opening. The kit includes a removable safety belt that may be threaded through the blanket restraint opening to secure the child in the covered seat assembly. Also disclosed is the combination of such a blanket and safety belt in combination with a seat assembly including a back portion, a seat, oppositely disposed side bars, and a front portion having at least one aperture to accommodate the legs of a child.

Claims28

Dependent claims

The combination of a seat assembly in which may be seated a child and a blanket for covering the seat assembly which comprises:

(a) a seat assembly including a back having an interior surface and an exterior surface, oppositely disposed side bars connected to said back, a horizontal front bar spaced apart from said back, extending between said side bars, and having at least one aperture to accommodate the legs of a child seated in said seat assembly, and a seat extending between said side bars and between said horizontal front bar and said back;
(b) a substantially rectangular blanket having an area sufficient to cover said seat assembly within the immediate adjacency of said child, and having at least one leg opening located to mate with said seat assembly aperture when said blanket is positioned in said seat assembly, and having at least one restraint opening;
and
(c) a removable safety belt adapted to extend through said restraint aperture, about a portion of said exterior surface of said back and about said child, said removable safety belt carrying a pair of fastening elements mutually engageable with one another and being fastenable at one or more of in front of said child or behind said back for securing said blanket and said child to said seat assembly.

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A method for protecting a child seated in a seat assembly, comprising the steps of:

(a) providing a seat assembly having a back with an interior surface and an exterior surface, oppositely disposed side bars connected to said back, a horizontal front bar spaced apart from said back, extending between said side bars, and having at least one aperture to accommodate the legs of a child seated in said seat assembly, and a seat extending between said side bars and between said horizontal front bar and said back;
(b) providing a substantially rectangular blanket having an area sufficient to cover said seat assembly within the immediate adjacency of said child, and having at least one leg opening located to mate with said seat assembly aperture when said blanket is positioned in said seat assembly and having at least one restraint opening;
(c) aligning said at least one leg opening with said seat assembly aperture;
(d) covering said seat assembly with said blanket;
(e) providing a removable safety belt carrying a pair of fastening elements mutually engageable with one another for securing said blanket and said child to said seat assembly;
(f) threading said safety belt through said at least one restraint opening such that said safety belt extends across said exterior of said back of said seat assembly and about said child;
and
(g) fastening said fastening elements.

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A kit adapted for use with a grocery cart having a seat assembly including a back with an interior surface and an exterior surface, oppositely disposed side bars connected to said back, a horizontal front bar spaced apart from said back and extending between said side bars, and at least one aperture to accommodate the legs of a child, and a seat extending between said side bars and between said horizontal front bar and said back, which comprises:

(a) a substantially rectangular blanket having an area sufficient to cover said seat assembly within the immediate adjacency of a child when seated in said seat assembly, having at least one leg opening located to mate with said seat assembly aperture when said blanket is positioned in said seat assembly, and having at least one restraint opening;
and
(b) a removable safety belt adapted to extend through said restraint aperture, about a portion of said exterior of said back, and about said child, said removable safety belt carrying a pair of fastening elements mutually engageable with one another and being fastenable at one or more of in front of said child or behind said back for securing said blanket and said child to said seat assembly.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 10/165,346Filed 6 Jun 2002
Published: 11 Dec 2003
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

B62B 3/144
Characterised by provisions for nesting or stacking, e.g. shopping trolleys: adaptations for transporting children; Mounting of toys for the children
A47D 15/006
Restraining devices, e.g. safety belts, contoured cushions or side bumpers: in chairs
B62B 3/1456
Adaptations for transporting children; Mounting of toys for the children: mounting of toys
B62B 3/1448
Adaptations for transporting children; Mounting of toys for the children: linings or cushions

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