Patent ID: 7887383
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
1. A safety seat for a child when proximate a body of water, comprising: a seat means adapted to hold the child in a seated position therein, the seat means including a plurality of adjustable retention straps each secured to at least one closure, the retention straps being selectively mutually fixed with the closure to retain the child in the seat means, the seat means being buoyant and further including a non-flexible back member having a back side and a front side, and further including a plush material seat fixed with the front side of the back member; a base engagement means fixed with a lower side of the seat means, the base engagement means comprising a projection having therein a buoyant material in a top portion thereof, and a weighted material in a bottom portion thereof; a base having at least one attachment means proximate a bottom side thereof, the seat base having an open top end and adapted to slidably receive the projection of the base engagement means; at least one wheel being rotatably fixed proximate a rear side of the base, such that when the base is tilted on a ground surface each wheel contacts the surface to facilitate rolling of the base along the ground surface; whereby gravity retains the seat means and the base engagement means in the base, and when the base is submerged the seat means and base engagement means float, the weighted material maintaining the seat means in an upright orientation above the surface of the water.