Automotive seat with built-in child restraint
AssigneeAudi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft
InventorGunter Ruda
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Abstract
An automotive vehicle seat has a portion of its back part or seat part which can be pivoted or slid into a position above the sitting surface of the seat part and in front of the leaning surface of the back part. This portion is U-shaped and constitutes a passive child restraint having a pair of parallel legs extending in the direction of travel and a front cross piece, all padded. When out of use the U-shaped restraint bar may be pushed back level with the front surface of the back part of the seat or the top surface of the seat part of the seat.
Claims15
In combination with an automotive-vehicle seat having a seat part with an upper sitting surface and a back part with a front leaning surface, a child restraint comprising:
- a rigid U-shaped bar element;
- and
- means for displacing said bar element relative to said parts between a use position above said upper surface, open backwardly, and in front of said front surface and a storage position generally level with one of said surfaces, whereby a child sitting on said seat behind said bar in said use position is surrounded by said bar.
In combination with an automotive-vehicle seat having a seat part with an upper sitting surface and a back part with a front leaning surface, a child restraint comprising:
- a rigid bar element slidable generally parallel to said sitting surface between a use position above said upper surface and in front of said front surface and a storage position generally level with one of said surfaces, whereby a child sitting on said seat behind said bar in said use position is protected by said bar;
- and
- means for sliding said bar element generally parallel to said sitting surface between said positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.