Patent ID: 7748781

Claim:
A safety seat comprising: a shell defining a relatively rigid seat back, seat sides and a seat bottom; a head and body protection assembly, said head and body protection assembly including at least one chamber containing a fluid; said at least one chamber being expandable and contractible; said head and body protection assembly constructed and arranged to be placed in said shell in alignment with a head and body of an occupant of said safety seat; a device securing said safety seat to a support surface, a device for selectively expanding said at least one chamber and a valve for selectively contracting said at least one chamber, said at least one chamber is expanded or contracted relative to the size of an occupant of said safety seat to remove excess space between said safety seat shell and the occupant; and a device for indicating when said at least one chamber is expanded or contracted relative to the size of an occupant of said safety seat to remove excess space between said safety seat shell and the occupant whereby a head and body of an occupant of said safety seat are protected against forward, rearward and lateral movement relative to said safety seat.