Integrated child seat for vehicle

In a vehicle seat comprising a frame assembly for securement within a vehicle including a seat frame assembly and a seat back frame assembly operatively connected with said seat frame assembly so as to be capable of being disposed in a fixed operative position with respect to said seat frame assembly, a seat cushion carried by said seat frame assembly in a position to enable an adult occupant of the vehicle to sit thereon in an operative position, side cushions carried by said seat back frame assembly in positions to be engaged by opposite sides of the back of an adult seat occupant sitting on said seat cushion in said operative position with said seat back frame assembly in said fixed operative position, said side cushions being spaced apart a distance sufficient to define a child receiving space therebetween of a size to enable a child to be disposed therebetween, a plurality of cushion assemblies mounted on said frame assembly including a movable cushion assembly mounted on said frame assembly for movement between (1) an adult mode position wherein said plurality of cushion assemblies are disposed within the space between the side cushions and provide adult back cushions for engaging the back of an adult seat occupant sitting on the seat cushion, and (2) a child mode position wherein said movable cushion assembly extends from the space between the side cushions and said plurality of cushion assemblies including said movable cushion assembly provides (A) a cushioned child's seat extending from the bottom of the space in overlying relation to the seat cushion, (B) a cushioned child's seat back extending upwardly from said cushioned child's seat within the space between the side cushions and (C) a cushioned child's head support above the cushioned child's seat back, a child's seat belt assembly disposed in operative relation with said seat back frame assembly and extending forwardly of said cushioned child's seat back for extension over the shoulders of a child sitting on the cushioned child's seat, said movable cushion assembly including a rigid seat structure and a connecting structure between said rigid seat structure and said seat back frame assembly enabling the movable cushion assembly to be moved between said adult mode and said child mode positions, said rigid seat structure providing a rigid anchor point for the child's seat belt assembly between the legs of a child sitting on said cushioned child's seat, the improvement which comprises

• an upper head cushion assembly provided as one of said plurality of cushion assemblies, said head cushion assembly comprising a rigid head structure, cushioning material carried by said rigid head structure and a releasable latching structure between said rigid head structure and said seat back frame assembly, said releasable latching structure being constructed and arranged to enable said head cushion assembly (1) to be releasably fixed in a child mode position above said seat back frame assembly and the upper extent of said side cushions carried thereby so that said rigid head structure and cushioning material carried thereby provide said cushioned child's head support and (2) to be moved and releasably fixed into an adult mode position disposed between an upper extent of said side cushions forwardly of said seat back frame assembly so that said rigid head structure and cushioning material carried thereby define an upper extent of the adult back cushions for engaging the back of an adult seat occupant sitting on said seat cushion.