# US 2014/0191547 A1 · Portable Child Safety Seat Assembly for Use with Shopping Carts

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- Number: US 2014/0191547 A1
- Document ID: US20140191547A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/927,942
- Filed: 2013-06-26
- Published: 2014-07-10
- Earliest claimed: 2012-06-27
- Assignees: Inventurous, LLC
- Applicants: Inventurous, LLC
- Inventors: Joseph M. Fink
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191547A1

## CPC

- B62B 3/1444: {Transporting devices mounted on the shopping cart}
- B62B 3/144: {Adaptations for transporting children; Mounting of toys for the children}
- B62B: HAND-PROPELLED VEHICLES, e.g. HAND CARTS OR PERAMBULATORS; SLEDGES (characterised by animal propulsion B62C; propulsion of sledges by driver or engine B62M)

## Abstract

A portable child safety seat assembly for use with standard wire mesh shopping carts is foldable and has a seat belt that attaches to the seat assembly and removably attaches to the shopping cart.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A portable child safety seat assembly for use with standard wire mesh type shopping carts comprising:
(a) a seat that lies upon the bottom wall of the top section of a shopping cart;
(b) a back rest attached to the rear that extends in a generally vertical direction from the seat;
(c) stringers attached to the seat and the back rest to prevent the back rest from moving back more than 115° relative to the seat; and
(d) a seat belt extending across the seat assembly and attached at each end to the shopping cart and to the safety seat assembly at the intersection of the seat and the back rest.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The portable child safety seat assembly of claim 1, wherein the seat belt and safety seat assembly are removably attached to the shopping cart by turnbuckle and hook arrangements that are removably hooked to the wire mesh of the shopping cart.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The portable child safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat of the assembly has a hook attached to its underside to hook the seat to the wire mesh of the shopping cart.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The portable child safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat has a strap fixed to the seat that is buckled into the seat belt and extends between the legs of the child.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The portable child safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat and the back rest contain stiffening rods to provide rigidity.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The portable child safety seat assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat and the back rest are each formed in three sections so that they may be folded when not in use.

### Claim 7

A portable child safety seat assembly for use with standard wire mesh-type shopping carts comprising:
(a) a seat that lies upon the bottom wall of the top section of the shopping cart and has a hook attached to its underside to hook the seat to the wire mesh of the shopping cart;
(b) a back rest attached to the seat that extends in a generally vertical direction from the seat;
(c) stringers attached to the back rest and the seat to prevent the back rest from moving back more than 115° relative to the seat;
(d) a seat belt extending across the seat assembly and attached at each end to the shopping cart and to the safety seat assembly at the intersection of the seat and the back rest, the seat belt being removably attached to the shopping cart by turnbuckle and hook arrangements that are removably hooked to the wire mesh of the shopping cart;
(e) the seat has a strap fixed to it that extends between the legs of the child and is buckled into the seat belt;
(f) the seat and the back rest each contain stiffening rods to provide rigidity; and
(g) the seat and the back rest are each formed in three sections so that they may be folded when not in use.

### Claim 8

A portable child safety seat assembly for use with shopping carts comprising:
(a) a seat;
(b) a back to support the back of a child when in the seat;
(c) an attachment connection that attaches the seat to the cart; and
(d) a safety harness that keeps a child within the seat.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The assembly as recited in claim 8 wherein the seat is collapsible.

### Claim 10

A portable child safety seat assembly for use with a shopping cart comprising:
(a) a safety harness that keeps a child securely attached to a shopping cart; and
(b) an attachment connector that attaches the harness to the shopping cart.