Aircraft seat child restraint device

A child and infant restraint device for use with a conventional airplane passenger seat, said restraint device capable of being used in a forward facing orientation or in an aft facing orientation, said conventional airplane passenger seat including an associated seat belt, said restraint device comprising:

• a base member having a front end, a rear end, a top surface and a bottom surface;
• a back member having a top end, a bottom end, a front surface and a rear surface, said back member having a left side flange member and a right side flange member;
• a continuous unitary seat pan member rotatably connected to said base member such that the entire seat pan member is rotatable between a downwardly rotated sitting position of use and an upwardly rotated position, said seat pan member and said base member defining an unobstructed passageway therebetween when said seat pan is in said downwardly rotated position of use both in said forward facing orientation and in said aft facing orientation, said seat pan member connected to said base member independent of the connection of said back member to said base member, said seat pan member connected to said base member at a same horizontal plane as a portion of said passageway when said device is secured in said forward facing orientation, said back member positioned aft of said passageway when said device is secured in a forward facing orientation with said back member in said upwardly rotated open position of use, said restraint device adapted to be secured in either said forward facing orientation or in said aft facing orientation to a conventional airplane passenger seat;
• a first hinged structure attached to a left side of said base member and a second hinged structure attached to a right side of said base member, said first and second hinged structures disposed on the top surface of said base member at the rear end of said base members, said back member rotatably connected at its bottom end to said first hinged structure and said second hinged structure;
• means for safely restraining a child or infant disposed within said restraint device, said hinged structures also acting as guides to said means for safely restraining and said seat belt;
• a pair of one piece wing structures hingedly connected to said base member;
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• means for maintaining said back panel in either an open or close position;
• wherein when securing said restraint device to said conventional airplane passenger seat said seat belt is disposed through said passageway.

A child and infant restraint device for use with an aircraft passenger seat, said restraint device capable of being used in a forward facing orientation or in an aft facing orientation, said passenger seat including an associated seat belt, said restraint device comprising:

• a base member having a front end, a rear end, a top surface and a bottom surface;
• a back member having a top end, a bottom end, a front surface and a rear surface, said back member having a left side flange member and a right side flange member, said left side flange member and said right side flange each having a first aperture and a second aperture;
• a continuous unitary seat pan member hingedly connected to said base member such that the entire seat pan member is rotatable between a downwardly rotated sitting position of use and an upwardly rotated position, said seat pan member and said base member defining an unobstructed belt passageway therebetween when said seat pan is in said downwardly rotated position of use both in said forward facing orientation and in said aft facing orientation, said seat pan member connected to said base member independent of the connection of said back member to said base member, said seat pan member connected to said base member at a same horizontal plane as a portion of said belt passageway when said device is secured in said forward facing orientation, said back member positioned aft of said belt passageway when said device is secured in a forward facing orientation with said back member in said upwardly rotated open position of use, said restraint device adapted to be secured in either said forward facing orientation or in said aft facing orientation to said aircraft passenger seat;
• a first hinged structure attached to a left side of said base member and a second hinged structure attached to a right side of said base member, said first and second hinged structures disposed on the top surface of said base member at the rear end of said base member, said back member rotatably connected at its bottom end to said first hinged structure and said second hinged structure;
• said first hinged structure and said second hinged structure each having a locking pin extending through said hinged structures and mating with either said first aperture or said second aperture of a respective said flange member;
• a single sole restraint belt attached to said back member substantially at a restraint belt middle point to divide said restraint belt into a first belt section and a second belt sections said restraint belt provided with mating buckle members at its respective ends to connect the ends of said restraint belt to each other and safely secure an infant or child disposed within said restraint device, said hinged structures acting as guides to said restraint belt and said seat belt;
• a pair of wing structures hingedly connected to said base member;
• a pair of seat pan support means disposed on the top surface of said base member, said support means providing support to said seat pan when said seat pan is in its downward sitting position;
• wherein when securing said restraint device to said aircraft passenger seat said seat belt is disposed through said belt passageway;
• wherein when said back member is in its open position, said first apertures are aligned with their respective locking pins and said locking pins are inserted through their respective first apertures to maintain said back panel in its open positions, wherein when said back panel is in its closed position, said second apertures are aligned with their respective locking pins and said locking pins are inserted through their respective second apertures to maintain said back panel in its closed position.

A child and infant restraint device for use with a conventional airplane passenger seat, said passenger seat including an associated seat belt, said restraint device comprising:

• a base member having a front end, a rear ends a top surface and a bottom surface;
• a back member having a top end, a bottom end, a front surface and a rear surface;
• a continuous unitary seat pan member providing a resting area for the intended infant or child;
• articulating linkage means for pivotally attaching said base member to said back member and the entire seat pan member to said base member, said base member and said back member pivotally attached to one another independent from the pivot attachment of said seat pan member to said base member, said seat pan being rotatable between a downwardly rotated sitting position of use and an upwardly rotated position said seat pan member and said base member defining a belt passageway therebetween when said seat pan is in said downwardly rotated position of use both in a forward facing orientation and in an aft facing orientation, said seat pan member connected to said base member at a same horizontal plane as a portion of said belt passageway when said device is secured in said forward facing orientation, said back member positioned aft of said belt passageway when said device is secured in a forward facing orientation with said back member in said upwardly rotated open position of use, said base member adapted to be secured in either said forward facing orientation or in said aft facing orientation to said airplane passenger seat;
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• means for safely restraining a child or infant to said restraint device, said articulating linkage means also acting as a guide for said seat belt and said means for safely restraining;
• wherein said restraint device is an integral unit.