Patent ID: 8469389
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B60N,B62B

Abstract:
1. A baby safety car seat having, at least when in use, a state in which the baby safety car seat is convertible into a rollable baby seat, the baby safety car seat, in the state, comprising: a lower, support portion including a seat lowermost area with a seat lowermost surface configured to contact a vehicle surface to which the seat is to be mounted and defining a reference horizontal base plane; a right and a left leg attachment area each at a corresponding right or left side of the seat lowermost area, the right and left leg attachment areas extending along a common substantially horizontal axis disposed above the seat lowermost surface; an upper, seating portion having a front, head area and a rear, feet area, the head area being spaced from the reference horizontal base plane to a distance greater than the feet area; and a right and left pair of front and rear legs, the legs of each pair having distal ends associated with wheels and proximal ends articulated to the seat lowermost area at the corresponding right or left leg attachment area so that each leg is rotatable about the common substantially horizontal axis between a storage position to be taken in a safety car seat mode of the seat, in which the distal ends of the legs are disposed above the reference horizontal base plane, and an operational position to be taken in a rollable mode of the seat, in which the distal ends of the legs are disposed below the reference horizontal base plane; and a right and a left locking mechanism each disposed in the corresponding legs attachment area and configured to perform at least one of the following functions on the pair of the legs associated therewith: (a) to lock at least one of the legs to the lower portion of the seat in the storage position, allowing rotation of the leg when unlocked, from the storage position into the operational position; (b) to lock at least one of the legs, when in the operational position, to the lower portion of the seat; or (c) to lock the legs to each other.