Chairs and seats – Supplemental seat – Adjustable to plural operative positions
Reexamination Certificate
2000-09-08
2003-04-01
Friedman, Carl D. (Department: 3635)
Chairs and seats
Supplemental seat
Adjustable to plural operative positions
C297S256160, C297S250100, C297S476000, C297S479000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06540293
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle and more particularly pertains to a new child restraining seat for easily securing a child to the seat of a vehicle with the use of the vehicle's seatbelt.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle is known in the prior art. More specifically, seats designed to restrain children, in a moving vehicle heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,383,708; U.S. Pat. No. 5,810,435; U.S. Pat. No. 5,286,085; U.S. Pat. No. 4,711,490; U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,828; and U.S. Pat. No. Des. 366,965.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new child restraining seat. The inventive device includes a seating member, a base member, seating member lock and a connecting member. The seating member has a first surface that is designed to abut the body of a child. The seating member further has a second surface that is positioned opposite the first surface. Moreover, the seating member has an upper end and a lower end. The base member has an outside surface that is designed to abut a seat of a vehicle. The base member further has a connecting side that is positioned opposite the outside surface. The base member also has an upper end, a lower end and a medial portion that is positioned in between the upper end and the lower end of the base member. The connecting surface of the base member is designed to selectively abut the second surface of the seating member.
Moreover, the lower end of the seating member is pivotally coupled to the lower end of the base member. The seating member lock is used for selectably securing the upper end of the seating member to the upper end of the base member. The seating member lock is coupled to the upper end of the base member and is selectably engaged to the upper end of the seating member. In addition, the connecting member is used, for coupling the base member to the seat of the vehicle. The connecting member is coupled to the connecting side of the base member proximate the medial portion of the base member. The connecting member is selectably coupled to a seatbelt of the vehicle.
In these respects, the child restraining seat according to the resent invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of easily securing a child to the seat of a vehicle with the use of the vehicle's seatbelt.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new child restraining seat construction wherein the same can be utilized for easily securing a child to the seat of a vehicle with the use of the vehicle's seatbelt.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new child restraining seat apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child restraining seat which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle, either alone or in any combination, thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a seating member, a base member, seating member lock and a connecting member. The seating member has a first surface that is designed to abut the body of a child. The seating member further has a second surface that is positioned opposite the first surface. Moreover, the seating member has an upper end and a lower end. The base member has an outside surface that is designed to abut a seat of a vehicle. The base member further has a connecting side that is positioned opposite the outside surface. The base member also has an upper end, a lower end and a medial portion that is positioned in between the upper end and the lower end of the base member. The connecting surface of the base member is designed to selectively abut the second surface of the seating member.
Moreover, the lower end of the seating member is pivotally coupled to the lower end of the base member. The seating member lock is used for selectably securing the upper end of the seating member to the upper end of the base member. The seating member lock is coupled to the upper end of the base member and is selectably engaged to the upper end of the seating member. In addition, the connecting member is used for coupling the base member to the seat of the vehicle. The connecting member is coupled to the connecting side of the base member proximate the medial portion of the base member. The connecting member is selectably coupled to a seatbelt of the vehicle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new child restraining seat apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new child restraining seat which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art seats designed to restrain children in a moving vehicle, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new child restraining seat which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new child restraining seat which is of a durable and reliable constructi
Friedman Carl D.
Horton Yvonne M.
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