Patent ID: 8641140

Claim:
A vehicle safety seat, comprising: a seat bottom frame having a front region and a rear region; a front support having an upper end and a lower end; a front pivot pivotally connecting said front region and said upper end, said seat bottom frame being rotatable about said front pivot so that said seat bottom frame is movable contemporaneously with a vehicle crash substantially instantly from a normal horizontal orientation for normal traveling conditions to a deployed angled orientation, wherein in said normal horizontal orientation said seat bottom frame is substantially parallel to a vehicle floor, and wherein said front pivot has a spatial location in a deployed configuration that is substantially the same as its spatial location immediately before initiation of deployment; and a substantially vertical backrest frame, said backrest frame being movable contemporaneously with a crash substantially instantly from a normal backrest position for normal traveling conditions to a deployed backrest position, said backrest frame being movable rearwards and downwards to said deployed backrest position, said backrest frame in said normal backrest position defining a backrest angle with resect to the vehicle floor, and said backrest frame in said deployed backrest position defining a substantially equal angle; wherein in said deployed angled orientation said rear region of said seat bottom frame is at least about 10 centimeters (cm) lower than said rear region in said normal horizontal orientation.