Patent ID: 6540293
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A child seat for a seat of a vehicle wherein the seat of the vehicle is of the type having a seatbelt and backrest, said child seat comprising:a seating member, said seating member having a first surface adapted to abut the body of a child and a second surface positioned opposite said first surface, said seating member further having an upper end and a lower end; a base member, said base member having an outside surface adapted to abut said seat of said vehicle, said base member further having a connecting side, said connecting side being positioned opposite said outside surface, said base member further having an upper end, a lower end and a medial portion, said medial portion being positioned in between said upper end and said lower end of said base member; said connecting side of said base member being adapted to selectively abut said second surface of said seating member, said lower end of said seating member further being pivotally coupled to said lower end of said base member; a seating member lock for selectably securing said upper end of said seating member to said upper end of said base member, said seating member lock being coupled to said upper end of said base member, said seating locking member being selectably engaged to said upper end of said seating member; and a connecting member for coupling said base member to said seatbelt of said vehicle, said connecting member being coupled to said connecting side of said base member proximate said medial portion of said base member, said connecting member further being selectably coupled to said seat belt of said vehicle; wherein said base member further includes a bottom portion and an upper portion, said upper portion extending from said bottom portion at a predetermined angle relative to said bottom portion, said upper potion having an outside surface adapted to abut said backrest of said vehicle, said bottom portion having an outside surface adapted to abut said seat of said vehicle, an upper connecting side and a lower connecting side, said upper connecting side being positioned opposite said outside surface of said upper portion of said base member, said lower connecting side being positioned opposite said outside surface of said bottom portion of said base member, said base member further being adapted to selectively abut said second surface of said seating member, and a pair of side walls, each said side wall having a lower portion extending perpendicular from an outside edge of said lower connecting side of said base member, each said side wall further having a upper portion extending perpendicular from an outer edge of said upper connecting side of said base member; said lower portion of each said side wall having a side wall aperture positioned proximate a distal end of said lower portion of each said side walls, said side wall apertures being aligned with each other; said seating member having a seating bore extending through a distal end of said lower end of said seating member, said seating bore being aligned with said side wall apertures; and a pivoting rod for pivotally coupling said seat member to said base member, said pivoting rod having a diameter slightly less than a diameter of said side wall apertures and said seating bore, said pivoting rod being selectively received in said side wall apertures and said seating bore wherein said lower end of said seating member is pivotally coupled to said distal end of said lower end of said base member.