Patent · US Expired

Baby carrier and car seat

US4231612A · kind A · utility

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15References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 1, 1978
Grant dateNov 4, 1980
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 1, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2/2875
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

There is shown an infant car seat having a seat, back and sides. Support stands are connected to a plate member within compartments on either side of said seat which are in turn, pivotally connected to the side members of the seat. These plate members have an arcuate upper face with internal teeth extending downwardly therefrom. Buttons are spring biased within each of the compartments and extend through the upper walls thereof. The button has an extending portion which includes a compartment wherein the spring is placed between the upper section of the compartment and the pivot retaining means in order to bias the button upwardly. The upper portion of the button compartment contains teeth which mate with the teeth of the plate. The seat may be adjusted to various positions by depressing the buttons on either side of the seat and rotating the seat about the pivot point. The seat also contains two recesses, one on either side of the upper face of the side of the seat, which accept the auto seat belt when the seat is facing in the rearward direction in the automobile. The pivot point and the auto seat belt slots are so selected that the resulting vector force of the dynamic force and…

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