US 2012/0267927 A1Published application

Pivotable infant car seat

AssigneeSteven William Rattenbury

InventorsSteven William Rattenbury, Edward Joseph Khoury

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Abstract

A car seat including a base unit securable to the seat of a car and a seat unit mounted to the base unit. First and second pivot mechanisms are provided on opposite sides of the car seat. A release mechanism provided on each of the first and second pivot mechanisms to disengage the first portion of the pivot mechanism from the second portion of the pivot mechanism. When the first portion of the first pivot mechanism is disengaged from the second portion of the first pivot mechanism, the seat unit pivots relative to the base unit about the second pivot mechanism. When the first portion of the second pivot mechanism is disengaged from the second portion of the second pivot mechanism, the seat unit pivots relative to the base unit about the first pivot mechanism.

Claims15

Dependent claims

A car seat comprising:

a base unit securable to the seat of a car;
a seat unit mounted to the base unit;
a first pivot mechanism adjacent a first side of the car seat comprising a first portion connected to the seat unit and a second portion connected to the base unit, the first portion being pivotally secured to the second portion such that the seat unit is pivotable about the base unit;
a second pivot mechanism adjacent a second side of the car seat comprising a first portion connected to the seat unit and a second portion connected to the base unit, the first portion being pivotally secured to the second portion such that the seat unit is pivotable about the base unit;
and
a release mechanism provided on each of the first and second pivot mechanisms to disengage the first portion of the pivot mechanism from the second portion of the pivot mechanism;
wherein when the first portion of the first pivot mechanism is disengaged from the second portion of the first pivot mechanism, the seat unit pivots relative to the base unit about the second pivot mechanism and when the first portion of the second pivot mechanism is disengaged from the second portion of the second pivot mechanism, the seat unit pivots relative to the base unit about the first pivot mechanism

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Facts

Application: 13/519,786Filed 24 Dec 2010
Priority: AU 20109000144 Jan 2010
Published: 25 Oct 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60N 2/14
The whole seat being movable: rotatable, e.g. to permit easy access
B60N 2/2821
Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle: having a seat and a base part
B60N 2/286
Characterised by the peculiar orientation of the child: forward facing
B60N 2/2869
Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle: rotatable about a vertical axis

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