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US 6,206,470 B1Granted
Child safety seat
AssigneeBritax Child Safety, Inc.
InventorsThomas Charles Baloga, David William Burleigh
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Abstract
A child safety seat for use in a vehicle, comprises a seat body having a seat portion, a backrest and side wings projecting from each side of the backrest at the level of the head of a child occupant of the seat. The side wings are moveable relative to the backrest so as to be displaceable between a normal position and a fully deployed position in which they project from the backrest to a greater extent than when in their normal position.
Claims16
A child safety seat for use in a vehicle, the child seat comprising:
- a seat body having a seat portion and a backrest,
- side wings movably mounted on the seat body so as to project from each side of the backrest at a level of a head of a child occupant of the seat,
- an inertia sensor, and
- drive means for moving the movable side wings relative to the backrest from a normal position to a fully deployed position, in which the movable side wings project from the backrest to a greater extent than when in the normal position of the movable side wings, in response to actuation of the inertia sensor.
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A child safety sear for use in a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat body having a seat portion and a backrest,
- side wings movably mounted on the seat body so as to project from each side of the backrest at the level of the head of a child occupant of the seat, and
- fixed side wings projecting parallel to the moveable side wings, the side wings being pivotally mounted on the seat body for angular movement about a horizontal axis so as to be displaceable between a normal position and a fully deployed position in which they project from the backrest to a greater extent than when in their normal position, and each movable side wing overlapping an associated fixed side wing when in its normal position and projecting therefrom when in its fully deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.