Patent ID: 7347494

Claim:
A safety restraint system for mounting a child to a vehicle seat which has a vehicle back portion and a vehicle seat portion with a seat bight located therebetween comprising: a portable booster seat restable atop a vehicle seat, said booster seat is a base positionable atop a vehicle seat portion of a vehicle seat, said base supporting a child thereatop while the child is in contact with and being supported by a vehicle back portion of the vehicle seat; a mounting assembly having a first mounting strap with a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, said first mounting portion connected to said booster seat with said mounting strap extendable from said first mounting portion upwardly against and then over and down the vehicle seat to said second mounting portion securing said booster seat to the vehicle seat; and, a restraint assembly connected to said booster seat to secure a child thereto, said restraint assembly having a pair of restraint straps with top ends and bottom ends, said restraint assembly further having a crotch strap extending upwardly from said base and having a crotch connector secured thereto, said restraint swaps having swap connectors between said top ends and said bottom ends that are releasably lockable with said crotch connector to secure the child to said booster seat, and wherein; said bottom ends of said restraint straps are connected to said booster seat with said restraint straps extending upwardly to said top ends of said restraint swaps which are connected to said mounting strap, said mounting assembly extendable upwardly from said base against said vehicle back portion to an in-use position but said mounting assembly and said restraint assembly are flexible enabling collapsing of said mounting assembly and said restraint assembly adjacent said booster seat when in a stored condition.