Car seat

A car seat for an occupant, comprising:

• a) an outer protective shell;
• b) an inner seat;
• c) a suspension system coupling and permitting relative movement between said inner seat and said outer protective shell, said suspension system suspending said inner seat substantially within said outer protective shell;
• and
• d) a harness adapted to hold the occupant in the inner seat and not attached to the outer protective shell, wherein
• said suspension system comprises a plurality of webs.

A car seat for an occupant, comprising:

• a) an outer protective shell;
• b) an inner seat;
• c) a suspension system coupling and permitting relative movement between said inner seat and said outer protective shell, said suspension system suspending said inner seat substantially within said outer protective shell;
• d) a harness adapted to hold the occupant in the inner seat and not attached to the outer protective shell, wherein
• said inner seat comprises a plurality of layers including a hard outer layer with an inner surface, a substantially uniform inner foam layer with an outer surface facing said inner surface of said hard layer, and a cushioning spacer layer between said inner surface of said hard outer layer and said outer surface of said cushioning spacer layer, wherein said cushioning spacer layer covers substantially less than the entire of said inner surface of said hard outer layer and substantially less than the entire of said outer surface of said inner foam layer and defines a plurality of air gaps between hard outer layer and said inner foam layer.

A car seat for an occupant and adapted for use on a seat of a car, comprising:

• a) an outer protective shell formed from at least one of carbon fiber and aramid fiber, said outer protective shell including two side walls, a back wall and a front wall;
• b) an inner seat protected by said outer protective shell and formed from a plurality of layers including at least one foam layer;
• c) a suspension system coupling and permitting relative movement between said inner seat and said outer protective shell, said suspension system having at least seven webs suspending said inner seat substantially within said outer protective shell;
• d) a harness adapted to hold the occupant in the inner seat and not attached to the outer protective shell, said harness including at least one belt.