Patent ID: 8439447

Claim:
A convertible child seat that presents a seat cavity to receive a seated child, said convertible child seat comprising: a seat frame including a bottom wall and side panels that extend along opposite sides of the seat frame, said walls and side panels cooperatively presenting the seat cavity, with the bottom wall and side panels defining an open front of the seat frame that permits cavity ingress and egress by the child; a front restraint shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a storage position and a child-restraining position, said front restraint extending along the bottom wall in the storage position so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby permit cavity ingress and egress through the open front, said front restraint presenting at least one opening that permits the legs of the seated child to extend through the open front when in the child-restraining position, said front restraint at least partly spanning the open front in the child-restraining position to restrict cavity ingress and egress through the open front; and a shiftable support panel shiftably attached to the seat frame and shiftable between a seat back position and a seat bottom position, said shiftable support panel extending along a rear margin of the frame in the seat back position so as to be positioned behind the seated child and thereby provide a seat back, said shiftable support panel extending along the bottom wall in the seat bottom position so as to be positioned below the seated child and thereby provide a seat bottom, said front restraint being located in the seat cavity in the storage position, said shiftable support panel at least partly covering the front restraint when the shiftable support panel is in the seat bottom position and the front restraint is in the storage position, with the seat thereby being in a toddler configuration.