Patent ID: 8528983

Claim:
An inflatable child seat for use in an airplane, comprising: a base panel having at least one inflatable air chamber and a first rigid element; two spaced apart side walls, each having at least one inflatable air chamber, wherein each of the sidewalls is connected to the base panel and outer surfaces of the sidewalls that define the air chambers in the sidewalls are configured to engage an airplane seat when the air chambers in the sidewalls are inflated to fix the inflatable child seat relative to the airplane seat; a back panel having at least one inflatable air chamber and a second rigid element, and wherein the back panel is connected to the base panel and each of the sidewalls; at least one belt configured for securing a child within the inflatable child seat; a cavity configured for receiving a seat belt for securing the inflatable child seat to the airplane seat; and at least one port in communication with at least one of said air chambers for inflating said air chambers, wherein the first rigid element is configured to be secured to the second rigid element to form an outer surface of a carrying device, the air chambers being contained within a cavity of the carrying device defined by the rigid elements.