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Front seat child seat and restraint device known as stay secur seatFront seat child seat and restraint device known as stay secur seat description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070241598, Front seat child seat and restraint device known as stay secur seat. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001]This application claims the benefit of Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/792,059 filed April 14, by Henry Perry, and titled Front Seat Child Seat and Restraint Device known as "Stay Secur Seat". FIELD OF INVENTION [0002]This invention pertains to a child or infant seat utilized with a motor vehicle seat with at least one passenger seat which has attachment devices for improved safety with the child's seat that can be attached to the vehicle passenger seat. Particularly this child seat device is related to devices and methods to allow and permit placing a child or infant seat in the front compartment of the vehicle even when the vehicle has air bags. The secure safety seat device may be featured with the original equipment as a manner to protect children and infants or as an after market enhancement to for individuals desiring this safety improvement. FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH [0003]None. SEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM [0004]None. BACKGROUND-FIELD OF INVENTION AND PRIOR ART [0005]The new Front Seat Child Seat and Restraint Device known as "Stay Secur Seat". The device described in this specification is a product that is designed to easily and quickly provide a new and unique child seat that may be used in the front seat even in the presence of airbags. The product considers the shortfalls of current car-seats for infants and overcomes the limitations, as will be evident in the descriptions below. [0006]A. Introduction of the Problems Addressed [0007]In motor vehicles, a child's safety seat is usually attached to the passenger seat together with the child to be transported using safety belts and belt locks which are present on the passenger seat and/or child's safety seat. These are placed in the rear seats due to the presence of air bags in the front compartments of many vehicles. The disadvantage here is that the air bag, which is located in front of the child's safety seat, may represent a considerable danger to the child in the case of its activation. In order for the child in the safety seat to be better protected and better monitored, the child's safety seat is frequently positioned on the passenger seat, especially on the front passenger seat, with the back cushion part to the front in the direction of travel and secured with a safety belt. This positioning of the child's safety seat on the passenger seat, however, is not acceptable on a vehicle for safety reasons because, in the case of a collision, the opening air bag will strike against the back rest of the child's safety seat and thus would cause serious injuries to the child. To avoid this, the Stay Secur Seat device has been configured to eliminate this risk. For all types of previous attachments, the child's safety seat could not until now be fastened to the passenger seat with a simple tensioning of the seat with an additional belt to resist the air bag and prevent injury to the child. [0008]B. Prior Art [0009]Historically, the infant and child seats have been only connected by the seat belts. Since the advent of the air bags, these seats in the front compartment of a vehicle have been exposed to hurting the child by "crushing them" when the bag inflated. The historical devices just were not strong enough or installed properly to resist the pressure from the bags. State laws were enacted which essentially caused most seats to only meet codes when placed in the rear seats away from air bag exposure. The new Front Seat Child Seat and Restraint Device known as "Stay Secur Seat" changes that shortfall. [0010]Early examples of prior child seats and equipment begin with U.S. Pat. No. 3,934,934 to Farrell, Jr. (1976) which teaches a child seat that is attached only with the standard lap belt in a vehicle. No attachment to the seat frame is discussed. Another patent U.S. Pat. No. 4,231,612 was issue to Meeker (1980). This teaches 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. 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. [0011]Another improvement for a car seat was issued to Schrader as U.S. Pat. No. 4,707,024 (1987). It teaches a safety seat for the conveyance of babies and very small children in vehicles. The frame of the device permits some resistance against the back of the seat but is not integrally attached to the seat except for the lap belt. Other examples of protective seats include a "cocoon" like device taught by Davalos et al in the U.S. Pat. No. 4,790,593 issued in 1988. The device is front facing and is attached by only the seat belts. [0012]A U.S. Pat. No. 5,468,014 issued to Gimbel et al (1995) teaches a child seat for a motor vehicle which has attachment devices for a child's safety seat that can be attached to it and at least one air bag in the region of the passenger seat. The invention proposes that at least one attachment device for the child's safety seat be provided with a sensor for deactivating the air bag which reacts to the attachment of the child's safety seat. This assures that during the transportation of the child in the child's safety seat, the air bag in front of the child's safety seat is deactivated. Another safety seat concept is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,524,965 issued to Barley (1996) that teaches a rather complex system where a child safety seat has a seat body, a support structure, a first releasable coupling for connecting the support structure to a motor vehicle and a second releasable coupling for connecting the seat body to the support structure. The support structure includes an upwardly facing abutment surface positioned above the seat portion of an adult vehicle seat and in front of the backrest portion thereof, when the first coupling is engaged. The second coupling is arranged to hold the seat body in rigid abutment with the abutment surface on the support structure either so that the seat body is facing forwardly in the vehicle or so that the seat body is facing rearwardly in the vehicle. The device has some connection means beyond just the seat belt but is much more complex than the simple, yet effective new Front Seat Child Seat and Restraint Device known as "Stay Secur Seat". [0013]Another safety seat is taught in U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,095 issued to Lopez (1998) that teaches a child safety seat accessory apparatus for use in conjunction with a conventional child car seat which allows placement of the child car seat within an inner containment cavity from a seat containment casing. This casing includes a protective shield which protects the child occupant from the impact of an air bag and other flying debris in the event of an accident. The device differs and far more complex than the new Front Seat Child Seat and Restraint Device known as "Stay Secur Seat". Another U.S. Pat. No. 6,354,648 issued to Allan et al (2002) demonstrates a mounting for a for child-restraint system in a vehicle. The child-restraint system is mounted in relation to a seat of a motor vehicle by a mount which includes a base portion secured to the vehicle structure and a mounting portion which extends to an accessible position upon the seat where it may be engaged by the restraint system, the mounting portion being able to be moved from its position on the seat when it is not required to be engaged by the child-restraint system. The mounting requires tools and special assembly and is more complex than the new "Stay Secur Seat". [0014]As far as known, there are no Stay Secur Seat devices at the present time which fully meet this need with as few of components and superior operation as the present Stay Secur Seat device. It is believed that this device is made with fewer parts, of a more durable design, and with much less expense than any previous child seat restraint device. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0015]A Stay Secur Seat device has been developed for use by a person to secure a child or infant in the front or rear seat of a vehicle, boat or airplane including those vehicles with air bags. The preferred embodiment of this device is comprised of a child seat; an essentially vertical belt system to augment the existing seat belt; a means to connect the vertical belt to the child seat; a means to removably connect the vertical belt to the existing seat support bar; and a means to adjust the vertical belt's length and resultant tension. [0016]A person normally has to accept the marketed rear mount seats since there has been much concern and warnings communicated in association with front seat air bags and potential injury or death to child seat occupants placed in the front compartment. Legislation, in fact, has obligated most parents and guardians to place the children in the rear passenger seat. This places additional limitations on the vehicle driver to safely monitor the condition of the child or infant. The driver must "turn around or use a mirror to track and review the child's condition. This turning motion often diverts that driver's attention from the safe operation of the vehicle. [0017]The newly invented Stay Secur Seat device features very few parts and is self attaching. In operation, the new Stay Secur Seat device may be easily affixed to front or rear vehicle seat without the need of any tools or special fasteners. OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES Continue reading about Front seat child seat and restraint device known as stay secur seat... 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