Seating board for child occupant and child seat

Details Seating board for child occupant and child seat Seating board for child occupant and child seat

1999-08-17

2001-02-27

Nelson, Jr., Milton (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Supplemental seat

Detachably mounted to a support base

C297S250100

Reexamination Certificate

active

06193312

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION AND RELATED ART STATEMENT
The present invention relates to a seating board on which a child occupant in a vehicle is seated and, more particularly, to a seating board which can be adapted to either a child seat or a vehicle seat in an automobile. Further, the present invention relates to a child seat provided with the seating board.
Child seats are widely used for protecting child occupants. There is a type of a child seat in which the height of a squab or seating portion is adjustable so that the child seat can be used even when the child grows.
There may be a situation such that a body of a child is too large to be seated in a child seat but too small to be seated directly on a vehicle seat. For the child having the above body size (hereinafter, referred to as “medium size child”), it may be considered that a child seat having a size larger than that of the existing normal child seat is made, but the large child seat is not suitable for a child having a small body size.
Also, it is not enough if only the height of a squab or seating portion is adjustable, because the width of the squab is not adjustable.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a seating board which can be adapted to child occupants with various sizes and to provide a child seat provided with the aforementioned seating board.
It is another object of the invention to provide a seating board as stated above, wherein the seating board can be attached to the child seat or used alone.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A seating board for a child occupant of the present invention is a board or has a board portion, which comprises a first surface on which a child having a relatively small body is seated and a second surface on which a child having a relatively large body is seated, the second surface being located on the opposite side of the first surface. The seating board is provided with clamp arms for attaching the seating board to a seat portion of a child seat.
When the seating board is attached to the seat portion of the child seat, the child seat can be used for seating a child or infant having a quite small body thereon. When the child body becomes larger according to the growth of the child, the seating board is removed from the child seat, so that the child seat becomes suitable for the grown child.
When the child further grows to be a medium size child, i.e. too large to be seated in a child seat but too small to be seated directly on a vehicle seat, the seating board is mounted on a vehicle seat, so that the child is seated on the seating board.
The seating board of the present invention is provided with the clamp arms for facilitating the attachment of the seating board to the child seat. For example, the clamp arms project from both sides of the second surface.
The seating board further includes a through hole penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, through which a crotch belt of the child seat passes.
The seating board may include a seat pad on the second surface for making the seating board in a state where the through hole is covered or in a state where the through hole is opened. In addition, the seat pad may be provided with a plate capable of closing the through hole.
In the present invention, the seating board may further include side walls projecting from both right and left sides of the first surface. The side walls restrict the width of the seating area of the first surface so as to secure the small infant's hip from moving right and left.
The angle of inclination from the front to back direction of the tops of the side walls may be different from the angle of inclination from the front to back direction of the seating area of the first surface. By selecting the angle of inclination of the tops of the side walls, the angle of inclination from the front to back direction of the surface area of the second surface when the second surface is directed upward can be set at a desired angle.
A child seat of the present invention comprises a seat portion on which the seating board as explained above is arranged such that the first surface of the seating board is directed upward.


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