Patent ID: 7770969

Claim:
A restraint system for restraining a passenger in a vehicle seat having a vehicle seat portion and a vehicle back portion defining a bight therebetween, the back portion having a forward facing side and a rearward facing side, the restraint system comprising: a portable seat base configured to be positioned on the seat portion of the vehicle seat and to support the passenger in a seated position thereon while the passenger is supported by a back portion of the vehicle seat, a mounting assembly coupled to the seat base and configured to mount to the vehicle seat, said mounting assembly having a first mounting strip with a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion, said first mounting portion of said first mounting strip secured to said seat base with said mounting assembly extendable from said first mounting portion upwardly in front of a forward facing side of the vehicle back portion and then over said vehicle back portion to secure said seat base to the vehicle seat; and, a restraint assembly coupled to the seat base and to the mounting assembly, the restraint assembly configured to restrain the passenger positioned on the seat base, said restraint assembly having a pair of restraint straps with top restraint portions and bottom restraint portions and further having a crotch strap extending upwardly from said seat base with a crotch connector secured thereto, said restraint straps having strap connectors between said top restraint portions and said bottom restraint portions that are releasably lockable with said crotch connector; and, wherein said bottom restraint portions of said restraint straps are connected to said seat base with said restraint straps extending upwardly to said top restraint portions which are coupled to said mounting assembly, said mounting assembly extendable upwardly from said seat base on the forward facing side of said vehicle back portion to an in-use position but said mounting assembly and said restraint assembly are flexible enabling collapsing of said mounting assembly and said restraint assembly adjacent said seat base when in a stored condition.