Patent ID: 6918631

Claim:
A cushion for helping to secure an infant in a child's car seat and to prevent slouching of the infant in the car seat, the car seat comprising a seat surface and a back surface extending between two side walls, said cushion comprising: a unitary preformed U-shaped structure having a base portion and two legs extending equidistant from said base portion, said two legs having axial ends, when placed into the car seat, said base portion of said cushion being located at a top of the back surface and said axial ends of said legs being located at a free edge of the seat surface, and one or both of said axial ends containing an audible sound producing device, said cushion reducing the surface area for an infant to be placed in the car seat to occupy in order to help secure the infant in the car seat and to minimize slouching of the infant in the car seat, wherein the audible sound producing device is a music box which is self-activating in response to an impact force exceeding a predetermined impact force threshold.