Patent ID: 7568762

Claim:
An apparatus for hygienic covering of a children's car seat, comprising: a car seat cover sized and contoured to substantially conform to the front surface of a children's car seat and including a top portion to substantially cover the back of the seat and a bottom portion to substantially cover the seat bottom of the seat, said cover having at least one substantially central flap located on a front surface of the top portion, having a top edge and peripheral edges, that can open to allow access to a buckle assembly of said children's car seat, said flap being integrally attached with the top portion along the top edge of said flap and removably attached to the top portion along the remaining peripheral edges of said flap, said flap having a plurality of slots to allow shoulder belts of said harness assembly to pass through the car seat cover at different heights along a backrest of the children car's seat, said slots extending to edges of said flap wherein said slots are open at edges of said flap at least one flap allowing lap straps of the car seat to pass through, an opening through the bottom portion of the car seat cover allowing a crotch belt of the car seat to pass through, an opening through the bottom portion of the car seat cover allowing a harness release strap of the car seat to pass through, a pouch integral with the backside of the car seat cover, said pouch capable of holding the car seat cover within, wherein said car seat cover takes the form of a cushion when it is carried within said pouch.