Chairs and seats – Supplemental seat
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-30
2001-10-23
Brown, Peter R. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Supplemental seat
C297S483000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06305745
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a child's seat comprising a back support, a seat and interconnectable belts.
In a similar child's seat known from European Patent Application EP-A1-0 295 838 two belts are laid over the child's shoulders upon placing the child in the child's seat, after which the belts are connected to a buckle by means of so-called belt tongues. The belt is fixed to the seat near the child's crotch by means of a belt.
A drawback of such a known seat is the fact that the belts and the belt tongues connected thereto lie loose in the seat prior to placing the child in the seat. As a result of this the child will be positioned on top of the belts, after which the belts must be removed from under the child, or an adult engaged in placing the child in the seat must first arrange the belts so that the child can be placed in the seat without impediment.
The object of the invention is to provide a child's seat wherein the above drawbacks are avoided.
This objective is accomplished with the child's seat according to the invention in that said seat is provided with at least one storage element, to which a disconnected belt can be detachably attached, whereby the storage element is positioned outside a part of the child's seat that is occupied by the child present in the child's seat.
The storage element must be disposed beyond the child's seat or back portion. By attaching the belt to the storage element, the belt is temporarily stored at a position which is known in advance. When a child is being secured in the child's seat, the belt is detached from the storage element, after which the belt can be connected to the other belts. When the child is being taken out of the seat, the belt is connected to the storage element by hand again.
It is noted that from European Patent Application EP-A1-0 656 285 a child's seat is known wherein the belts can be stored near the shoulder portion by means of a retracting roll. A drawback of this arrangement is the fact that it causes the belts to be pulled against the back support, as a result of which the child will be positioned with its back against the belts upon being placed in the child's seat. In addition to that a mechanism of this type is relatively costly.
In one embodiment of the child's seat the interconnectable belts comprise two side belts, which are each connected to the child's seat near a shoulder part with a first end and near the seat with a second end. The belts comprise a third central belt, which is connected to the child's seat near the center of the seat with a first end, and which can be detachably connected to said side belts between said first and said second ends of said side belts with its second end.
The child's seat according to the invention is characterized in that the child's seat is provided on either side of the side belts with a storage element, whereby each disconnected side belt can be detachably attached to one of said storage elements.
In this manner the side belts can be readily stored near the sides of the child's seat, as a result of which a child being placed in the child's seat cannot sit with its back against the belts.
Another embodiment of the child's seat according to the invention is characterized in that in that said storage element is secured to a side support connected to the back support.
Such a storage element is readily accessible, whilst the storage element will not impede the child present in the seat.
Yet another embodiment of the child's seat according to the invention is characterized in that said storage element is a hook.
A hook can be formed on the seat in a simple manner, whereby the belt or the belt tongue connected to the belt can be suspended from the hook.
It is noted that from U.S. Pat. No. 3,992,056 a child's seat comprising hook-shaped slots
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,
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is known. Said slots are intended for guiding the seat belt present in a car, however, and not for storing the belts provided in the child's seat.
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Brown Peter R.
Maxi Miliaan B.V.
Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A
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