Patent ID: 6739660
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A motorized reclining child safety seat for a vehicle, which child safety seat maintains close proximity with the vehicle seat back in all positions, the child safety seat comprising:a safety seat adapted for reclining and adapted for supporting a child therein; a base adapted for supporting the safety seat and allowing relative motion therebetween; a motorized drive means within an enclosed housing, the motorized drive means interconnecting the safety seat and the base and adapted for moving the safety seat through a range of positions from an upright sitting position to a reclined sleeping position wherein the motorized drive means comprises at least one motor and at least one reversible drive means connected to the motor, and wherein the safety seat and the base are formed as a mating pair of molded hollow shells and the motorized drive means is housed within the hollow shells; a means for interconnecting the child safety seat and the base so the child safety seat is adapted for maintaining close proximity with a seat back in all positions of reclining and inclining; a locking means for securing the seat in a desired stationary position; a remote control means for controlling the motor, wherein the reversible drive means comprises a motor housed within the base and connected to one of the shells by a pivot means and the motor drives a driving arm connected to the other of the shells by a pivot means to pivot the safety seat reversibly between a reclined position and an upright sitting position.