US 6,363,558 B1 · Infant support with an improved securement device

Abstract

An infant head support which fits within an infant carrier, swing, stroller, or car seat, prevents the infant's head from falling to one side and protects the infant from injury during transport. The infant head support includes a main body portion and a head cushion element extending around a portion of the body portion. The body portion includes two panels which cooperate to facilitate securement of the support within the infant carrier or other device having shoulder restraint straps. The two panels, which are releasably coupled to one another, detach to form a wide opening for receiving simultaneously the shoulder restraint straps, including a V- or Y-joint. The panels can be re-attached to one another after the shoulder restraint straps have been threaded through the support, thereby separating the straps from one another and guiding the straps over the infant's shoulders.

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Dependent claims

A child's head support for use with a child's seating device having a shoulder restraint system including two straps, the support comprising:

a main body portion having an upper panel and a lower panel spaced apart to provide an opening of sufficient size to allow passage therethrough of the assembled shoulder restraint system;
an inverted U-shaped roll made of soft, pliable material extending around at least a portion of the upper panel;
and
an extension portion extending from one of the upper and lower panels toward the other of the upper and lower panels, the extension portion adapted for being releasably coupled to the other of the upper and lower panels to form one large opening between the upper and lower panels when the extension portion is not coupled to the other of the upper and lower panels when the extension portion is coupled and to form two small spaced-apart openings between the upper and lower panels when the extension portion is coupled for receiving said straps.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Infant support with an improved securement device

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Infant support with an improved securement device

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Abstract

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