Combination child's seat and armrest for a vehicle
OwnerWarren E. Mauleinventor
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Abstract
A combination child's seat and armrest assembly includes an upper portion and a lower portion. The portions are pivotably attached to each other at the front of the assembly, thereby providing for the raising and lowering of the upper portion. In its lowered position, the assembly functions as an armrest for the driver and passenger. In its raised position, a child may be seated facing front, or the bottom side of the raised upper portion. This positioning securely fits the child between the raised upper portion and the seat back of the vehicle's seat. A bed telescoping between the rear seat and the front seat may also be provided.
Claims10
A combination vehicle seat and child's support and armrest assembly, said seat having a back and a base, said combination comprising:
- said armrest assembly having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side of said upper portion having a rear surface and an adjacent intermediate surface;
- said upper portion being selectively movable from a lowered downfolded position to a raised position;
- said bottom side of said upper portion further including a protruding chest support, said rear surface of said bottom side of said upper portion being provided on said protruding chest support, said rear surface comprising a chest-contacting region for contacting the chest of a child-passenger, whereby the chest of the child-passenger's body is supported by said chest-contacting region when said upper portion is in said raised position;
- said upper portion having an inconstant width between said top side and said bottom side, the width between said top side and said rear surface being greater than the width between said top side and said adjacent intermediate surface.
A combination vehicle seat and child's support and armrest assembly, said seat having a back and a base, said combination comprising:
- said armrest assembly having a lower portion and an upper portion;
- said lower portion having a top side, a front region, a back side, and a bottom side, said top side having a front surface, a back surface, and an intermediate surface disposed therebetween;
- said back side and said bottom side of said lower portion being respectively abuttable with said back and base of said seat;
- said upper portion pivotably fitted to said front region of said lower portion, said upper portion having a top side, a front region, and a bottom side, said bottom side of said upper portion having a front surface, a back surface, and an intermediate surface disposed therebetween;
- said upper portion being selectively movable from a lowered downfolded position wherein said top side of said upper portion is substantially parallel with said base of said seat to a raised position for seating of a child-passenger wherein said top side of said upper portion is substantially perpendicular to said base of said seat;
- said back surface of said bottom side of said upper portion further defining a protruding chest support, said chest support having a chest-contacting region for contacting the chest of a child-passenger, whereby the chest of the child-passenger's body is supported by said protruding chest support when said upper portion is in said raised position;
- said front surface of said bottom side of said upper portion defining a bottom side protrusion, said intermediate surface of said bottom side of said upper portion defining a depressed region with respect to said protruding chest support and said bottom side protrusion;
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- said intermediate surface of said top side of said lower portion defining a top side protrusion, said front surface and said back surface of said top side of said lower portion defining depressed regions with respect to said top side protrusion, whereby said bottom side of said upper portion and said top side of said lower portion are substantially mated when said upper portion is in said lowered downfolded position.
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