Chairs and seats – Body or occupant restraint or confinement
Patent
1987-09-17
1988-10-25
Zugel, Francis K.
Chairs and seats
Body or occupant restraint or confinement
297460, 297486, 297391, 297397, A47D 1500
Patent
active
047799307
ABSTRACT:
An infant head support for use with infant retaining devices, such as automobile auxiliary seats, infant carriers, swing seats, baby strollers and the like, used for the retention of infants and early age children. The head support comprises a somewhat dense but resilient foam member which is adapted to fit within a pair of opposed side walls on the infant retaining device, e.g. a pair of forwardly extending flange portions on an infant seat. The foam member is formed with a first opening generally sized to conform to and receive the head of an infant. A second opening, which is larger than the first opening, is sized to engage the shoulders and the upper arm portions of the infant. Moreover, the dense but resilient foam member can be captured between the opposed walls on the infant retaining device so that it retains the infant's head in a fixed position. The infant's head creates outwardly projected lateral forces on the foam member which are opposed by the walls of the infant retaining device and thereby retains the infant's head in a position generally aligned with the torso at a point in the life of the infant when the neck muscles are not strong enough to support its head.
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