Child seat protector with back panel
AssigneeMacneil IP LLC
InventorsStephen KANE, Keehoon YOO
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Abstract
A protector integrally molded of a thermoplastic elastomer has a seat panel and a back panel. In use the seat panel conforms to a vehicle seat pan and the back panel conforms to a vehicle seat back. The back and seat panels are adapted to receive a child car seat thereon. Strap holes near the upper margin of the back panel may receive a strap for securing the upper margin of the back panel to the vehicle seat. A hinge panel joining the seat panel to the back panel may have one or more parallel grooves to create subpanels of the hinge panel, each of which may be at an angle to the others. The hinge panel may have a reduced width to permit access to child car seat anchors in the vehicle seat.
Claims19
A protector for protecting a vehicle seat for use with a child car seat, the protector integrally molded of an elastomer and comprising:
- a seat panel having a front margin and a rear margin;
- a back panel having a lower margin and an upper margin;
- fastening means disposed adjacent the upper margin of the back panel for affixing the upper margin of the back panel to a vehicle seat back;
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- a first hinge panel joining the rear margin of the seat panel to the lower margin of the back panel,
- whereby in use the back panel substantially conforms to the vehicle seat back and the seat panel substantially conforms to a seat surface of the vehicle seat, an angle of the seat panel to the back panel being substantially the same as an angle of the vehicle seat back to the vehicle seat surface, the seat panel and back panel adapted to receive a child car seat thereon.
A protector for protecting a vehicle seat for use with a child car seat, the protector integrally molded of an elastomer and comprising:
- a seat panel having a front margin and a rear margin;
- a back panel having a lower margin and an upper margin;
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- a first hinge panel joining the seat panel to the back panel, the first hinge panel having a first face for facing the vehicle seat and an opposed second face for facing the child car seat, wherein
- the first hinge panel is divided into a plurality of subpanels including first and second subpanels, a first groove formed in the first face of the first hinge panel to be transversely oriented, the first groove dividing the first subpanel from the second subpanel, the first hinge panel preferentially folding at the first groove such that the first subpanel may be at a different angle to the horizontal than the second subpanel;
- whereby in use the back panel substantially conforms to a vehicle seat back, the seat panel substantially conforms to a vehicle seat pan, an angle of the seat panel to the back panel being substantially the same as an angle of the vehicle seat back to the vehicle seat pan, the seat panel and back panel adapted to receive a child car seat thereon.
A child car seat protector integrally formed of an elastomer and comprising:
- a seat panel for substantial conformance to a vehicle seat pan;
- a back panel for substantial conformance to a vehicle seat back;
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- a hinge panel connecting the seat panel to the back panel, the hinge panel having a body, a car seat-facing surface and an opposed vehicle seat-facing surface, a first groove formed to extend into the body from the vehicle seat-facing surface and dividing the hinge panel from the seat panel, a second groove formed to extend into the body from the vehicle seat-facing surface and dividing the hinge panel from the back panel, the first and second grooves being substantially oriented transversely and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, whereby in use the hinge panel may preferentially fold at one or both of the first and second grooves such that the seat panel substantially conforms to the vehicle seat pan while the back panel substantially conforms to the vehicle seat back.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.