Patent ID: 8419128

Claim:
A car seat insert for supporting an infant in a car seat, the car seat comprising forwardly extending sides and a harness comprising two shoulder straps that extend generally from the back of the car seat downwardly over the shoulders and torso of the infant, the insert comprising: a head support section having side members for supporting the sides of the infant's head in the car seat, each side member having an end configured to be adjacent to the shoulder of the infant when the infant and the insert are secured in the car seat, and wherein the head support section defines a opening behind the infant's head when the infant and the insert are secured in the car seat and through which the shoulder straps of the car seat harness are accessible; a body support section connected to the head support section, the body support section comprising a pair of spaced apart, elongated side members, each sized to be received between the side of the infant and the adjacent side of the car seat, and each having an upper end attached to the end of one of the side members of the head support section; wherein the head support section and the side members of the body support section comprise compressible, shape sustaining material; a pair of loops attached to the insert, each of the loops positioned and sized to slidably receive one of the two shoulder straps on the car seat harness.