Patent ID: 7354106

Claim:
A vehicle safety seat for use in a vehicle having a vehicle frame comprising a fixed-position, anti-spring-back, broad-expanse, generally planar seatpan mounted above and spaced from the vehicle frame having a generally upwardly facing, fixed-position support surface, adapted to provide effective underlying support for an overlying seat-occupant cushioning structure disposed above said support surface, a triggerable acceleration structure disposed cooperatively relative to, and over and above, said support surface in a manner whereby said triggerable acceleration structure is operatively disposed between said support surface and any person occupying the seat, triggerable to accelerate such a person, translationally, and without rotation, upwardly away from, and relative to, said fixed-position support surface, thus to increase the vertical distance between such a person and said support surface, and trigger structure responsive to a preselected downward deceleration of said fixed-position seatpan to trigger said acceleration structure.