Patent ID: 7407226
Filing Date: 2008-08-05
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A safety seat comprising: a seat body including a base portion for being positioned on an existing seat of a vehicle and a back portion extending up from the base portion; divider means connected to the seat body for subdividing the seat body to provide a plurality of individual seats for accommodating two or more children side-by-side; releasable anchoring means for connecting the seat body to anchorage points in the vehicle for securing the seat body therein; and support legs extending forwardly of the seat for engaging a body of the vehicle below the base portion and for supporting and providing additional rigidity to the seat body, the support legs being connected to the base portion for vertical and horizontal movement with respect to the base portion, the leg assemblies having a thigh portion to engage the seat body and a lower portion connected to the thigh portion to engage the body of the vehicle and characterized in that the thigh portion has located therein a reinforcing bar to provide energy absorbing means adapted to absorb energy in an accident involving the vehicle.