Patent ID: 8152238

Claim:
A child restraint seat subframe adapted to be removably attached to a vehicle seat, said child restraint seat subframe comprising: left and right side panels, each side panel having a top surface and comprising at least two sections, including an upper section and a lower section, a front edge, and a back edge, each of said at least two sections sized to fit in a residential-sized dishwasher; a back panel having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and left and right edge surfaces; and a seat sized to fit in a residential-sized dishwasher, said seat having a top surface, and left and right side faces, said seat left side face in contact with a portion of said left side panel, said seat right side face in contact with a portion of said right side panel; and wherein said left side panel sections are slidably mated to each other and to the back panel; said right side panel sections are slidably mated to each other and to the back panel; said back panel left edge surface is slidably mated to said left side panel, such that said back panel top surface is secured at approximately the same height as said left side panel top surface; said back panel right edge surface is slidably mated to said right side panel, such that said back panel top surface is secured at approximately the same height as said right side panel top surface; said seat left side face is slidably mated to said left side panel from the back edge of said left side panel; and said seat right side face is slidably mated to said right side panel from the back edge of said right side panel; wherein each surface is secured to the adjacent surface and is capable of withstanding the anticipated forces expected on a car seat during vehicle collisions.