Chairs and seats – Supplemental seat – Detachably mounted to a support base
Patent
1993-10-06
1995-01-31
Brown, Peter R.
Chairs and seats
Supplemental seat
Detachably mounted to a support base
297130, B60N 228
Patent
active
053853865
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to transportable seats for transporting children.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Pushchairs and buggies are known for transporting children for walking distances, and car safety seats are known for transporting children in motor cars. Often, a journey made by a child carer or parent and a child includes a walk and a journey by car, and therefore a buggy seat and a car safety seat are needed for such journies, since to meet the requirements of the safety standards set by the authorities it is simply not possible to leave the child in the buggy seat whilst in the car, and a special car safety seat has to be employed.
It is difficult however for carers to transfer children from known buggy seats to known car safety seats and from car safety seats to buggy seats. For example, the harness which holds a child in a buggy first has to be undone before transfer, and after transfer to the car, the safety seat harness to hold the child in the safety seat has to be done up again. Also, a child which has fallen asleep in its buggy or by the motion or sound or the car invariably wakes up when lifted up out of its seat, causing stress to both the carer and child.
Known buggies on the market may either have a collapsible seat and buggy frame or a more comfortable moulded bucket seat. In the former case the seat has the disadvantage of lacking comfort, and in the latter case the seat itself cannot be collapsed and therefore takes up a great deal of space when stored.
A search has revealed a number of published patents in which the concept of a seat which can be moved between a frame attached to the car seat and a buggy frame is suggested. These are GB 2116837A, GB 2197784A, GB 2208109A, GB 2211082A, GB 1546772, U.S. Pat. No. 4,768,795 and EP 164909A2. None of these however address the question of how the seat can be safely and securely attached to the car seat frame and to the buggy frame whilst also being readily releasable therefrom. This is the problem with which the present invention is concerned.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a kit for transporting a child, the kit comprising a seat, preferably a rigid moulded seat, the seat being adapted to couple to and uncouple from a car frame, the car frame being adapted to be anchored to a car by a harness or seat belt.
In a preferred form of the invention a kit for transporting a child, the kit comprising a seat, preferably a rigid moulded seat, and a car frame, the seat being adapted to couple to and uncouple from the car frame, the car frame being adapted to be anchored to a car by a harness or a seat belt is characterised in that the coupling and uncoupling of the seat to the car frame is by upper and lower coupling means which are operable from a single location on the car seat frame or on the seat.
It is preferred that the buggy frame and car frame are compatible in that they are arranged to couple to and uncouple from the same points on the seat. In effect this permits that there can be only one set of coupling means on the seat, coupling with arrangements on the car frame and buggy frame which are alike.
The means coupling the seat to each of the car and buggy frames may incorporate a generally straight bar on one or other of either the seat or car seat frame and buggy frame.
Preferably, upper and lower coupling means are arranged to effect the coupling between the seat and the car and buggy frames. In this case, when the seat is being coupled to either the car frame or the buggy frame, it is preferred that the upper coupling means should couple before the lower coupling means. It is preferred that each of the upper and lower coupling means are attached to or integral with the seat, and that each couples to a bar on the car and buggy frames.
It is also preferred that the upper coupling means includes a hook and the lower coupling means includes a latch.
Locking means may be provided on one or both of the seat and car f
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Beamish Claudia H.
Derrington Michael A. L.
Brown Peter R.
Jr. Milton Nelson
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