Child-restraining vehicle seat

A child seat in combination with a vehicle seat for maintaining a child at a safe position while a vehicle is in motion, said seat comprising:

• a body stored within a cavity of a vehicle seat such that said body is repeatedly adapted between operating and non-operating positions, said body being invisible When stored in the non-operating position, said body including a bottom portion having a generally rectangular shape for providing a surface area on which a child may sit, said body further having a pull out handle attached thereto for assisting a user to pull said child seat outwardly from the vehicle seat cavity, said body being formed from energy-absorbing material having resilient properties for providing comfort during operating conditions;
• a plurality of arm rests detached from said body and independently operable therefrom, said arm rests being disposed on opposed sides of said body and stored within the vehicle seat cavity such that said arm rests are selectively extracted therefrom when moved along a substantially horizontal plane and forwardly of the vehicle seat;
• means for extracting said body from the vehicle seat cavity wherein said extracting means is connected to selected portions of the vehicle seat, said extracting means being maintained at open and closed positions when said body is adapted between operating and non-operating modes respectively, said extracting means comprising a plurality of zippers selectively spaced along the vehicle seat for defining an opening through which said body and said arm rests are extractable;
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• means for locking said body at a fixed operating position and a fixed non-operating position, said locking means comprising a quick-release button attached to said bottom portion of said body.

A child seat in combination with a vehicle seat for maintaining a child at a safe position while a vehicle is in motion, said seat comprising:

• a body stored within a cavity of a vehicle seat such that said body is repeatedly adapted between operating and non-operating positions, said body being invisible when stored in the non-operating position, said body including a bottom portion having a generally rectangular shape for providing a surface area on which a child may sit, said body further having a pull out handle attached thereto for assisting a user to pull said child seat outwardly from the vehicle seat cavity, said body being formed from energy-absorbing material having resilient properties for providing comfort during operating conditions, said body further comprising substantially linear edge portions extending parallel to each other such that said body can be readily and effectively stored and extracted from the vehicle seat cavity;
• a plurality of arm rests detached from said body and independently operable therefrom, said arm rests being disposed on opposed sides of said body and stored within the vehicle seat cavity such that said arm rests are selectively extracted therefrom when moved along a substantially horizontal plane and forwardly of the vehicle seat, said arm rests having elongated shapes for assisting a user to slidably extract said arm rests along a linear path from the vehicle seat cavity;
• means for extracting said body from the vehicle seat cavity wherein said extracting means is connected to selected portions of the vehicle seat, said extracting means being maintained at open and closed positions when said body is adapted between operating and non-operating modes respectively, said extracting means comprising a plurality of zippers selectively spaced along the vehicle seat for defining an opening through which said body and said arm rests are extractable;
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• means for locking said body at a fixed operating position and a fixed non-operating position, said locking means comprising a quick-release button attached to said bottom portion of said body.