Patent ID: 9162600
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom, a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, and a cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force, wherein the side wall of the cup receiver further includes a second deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is configured to provide second crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a temporary shape and reduce the volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the second deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force, and further comprising a first armrest coupled to the seat bottom and a second armrest coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first armrest to locate a seat pad included in the seat bottom in a position between the first and second armrests and wherein the cupholder and the cupholder support are included in the first armrest, the first deformable portion of the cup receiver is arranged to extend in a first direction away from the seat pad and the second armrest to lie in a space outside of a juvenile-receiving space defined between the first and second armrests, and the second deformable portion of the cup receiver is arranged to extend in an opposite second direction toward the second armrest to face toward any juvenile seated on the seat pad in the juvenile-receiving space.