Patent ID: 8251445
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A monitoring/entertainment system for a child seat or other location, said monitoring/entertainment system being operative to perform a function selected from the group consisting of monitoring a child sitting in a child seat, entertaining a child sitting in a child seat, and monitoring and entertaining a child sitting in a child seat, said system comprising: at least one electronic assembly operative to perform a function selected from the group consisting of displaying images, films or film sequences, recording images, films or film sequences, and displaying and recording images, films or film sequences; and a body in which the at least one electronic assembly is mounted and held, said body having at least one fixing element adapted to form a force-based connection to a base frame of the child seat in order thus to fix the monitoring/entertainment system to the base frame of the child seat, wherein when the body is fixed to the base frame of the child seat, a front side of the body and the at least one electronic assembly mounted in the body face towards a seat shell of the child seat when the seat shell of the child seat faces towards a direction opposite to a direction of travel of a vehicle in which the child seat is secured, the body positioned at a head region of the base frame of the child seat, wherein said at least one fixing element is constructed so as to at least partially surround the head region of the base frame, and wherein said at least one fixing element provided on the body is also arranged in such a way that the monitoring/entertainment system can be fitted to a headrest of a vehicle seat, wherein when the body is fixed to the headrest of the vehicle seat, the front side of the body and the at least one electronic assembly mounted in the body face towards the seat shell of the child seat when the seat shell of the child seat faces towards the direction of travel.