Patent ID: 6315359
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A child safety seat in combination with a motor vehicle seat having a vehicle seat and a vehicle backrest, the child safety seat comprising:a base resting on the vehicle seat, the base having a front side of the base positioned substantially adjacent the vehicle backrest and a rear side positioned nearer to a front edge of the vehicle seat than said front side;a safety seat body having a contiguous and immovably formed seat portion and backrest portion, the seat body being supported by the base and oriented on the base so that the seat portion is interposed between the vehicle backrest and the backrest portion of the safety seat body to define a rearwardly facing child safety seat;the seat portion further having a front edge supporting a seat extension portion moveable between a deployed position wherein the seat extension portion is substantially planarly aligned with the seat portion to substantially planarly support the lower body, knees and feet of a child secured in the seat, and a stowed position wherein the seat extension portion is moved from the deployed position to the stowed position to create a leg opening between the front edge of the seat portion and the vehicle backrest for accommodating the legs of a child occupying the child safety seat with knees bent and feet positioned below the seat portion;the base further comprising a support portion extending from the front side and along the vehicle seat and abutting the vehicle backrest to position the base and the safety seat body at a desired distance from the vehicle backrest such that a spacing is maintained between the front edge of the seat portion of the safety seat body and the vehicle backrest to accommodate the seat extension portion in one of the deployed position and the leg opening, when the seat extension portion is in the stowed position.