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Rigid mounting device for a child safety seat

Rigid mounting device for a child safety seat description/claims

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1. Field of the Invention

The present invention is directed to a Rigid Mounting Device for a Child Safety Seat, more particular to one that attaches directly to a seat.

2. Background

Most states have laws that require children below a certain weight or younger than a certain age be placed in an approved child safety seat while riding in a motor vehicle. This requirement has been in place for over twenty years.

Child seats that are available today are difficult to use and to properly secure to the seat of the motor vehicle. The current systems are cumbersome to use and install.

Recent safety studies have shown that the addition of a top tether connecting the child seat to the motor vehicle seat is a better restraining system than securing just the bottom of the seat only. All seats being produced right now require that top tether is provided.

There needs to be a better mounting device to mount child safety seats to motor vehicles seats, a way that is quick but provides a secure and safe connection.

3. Prior Art

U.S. Pat. No. 5,730,493 by Fomasari, et al. and issued on Mar. 24, 1998, is for a built-in baby seat for transport in vehicles. It discloses a built-in baby seat including a retractable seat, which can be made of fabric, leather, synthetic leather, plastic, or any other similar material. The seat includes a mounting bar that can be shaped as a semiarch, a semicircle, a semiquadrangle, a semirectangle or semitriangle. The bar is made of iron, aluminum, plastic or any similar material, and is covered with plastic foam and/or rubber, which is in turn covered with some finishing material (leather, fabric, synthetic leather, plastic, or the like).

U.S. Pat. No. 5,716,097 by Peck, et al. and issued on Feb. 10, 1998, is for a retractor plate for integral child restraint seat. It discloses a child restraint assembly that is integrated into the backrest portion of a passenger seat in motor vehicle.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,429,414 by Olsson, et al. and issued on Jul. 4, 1995, relats to a child seat. It discloses a seat for a vehicle comprising a main or “adult” seat incorporating an integrated child seat.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,224,756 by Dukatz, et al. and issued on Jul. 6, 1993, is for an Integrated child seat for vehicle. It discloses a three-mode seat for a motor vehicle cooperable with an adult seat belt assembly to provide three modes of operation including an adult seat mode, a large child booster seat mode, and a small child mode.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,100,199 by Vander Stel, et al. and issued on Mar. 31, 1992, is for a built-in infant seat. It discloses a seating unit for accommodating an adult in a seated position which has a child restraint seat convertible from a position stored within the back of the adult seat to a position for holding and restraining a child.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,026,118 by Vander Stel, et al. and issued on Jun. 25, 1991, is for a Built-in infant's seat for vehicles. It discloses a seating unit for accommodating an adult in a seated position and having a child restraint seat convertible from a position stored within the back of the adult seat to a position for holding and restraining a child.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,986,600 by Leblanc, et al. and issued on Jan. 22, 1991, is for a collapsible infant seat. It discloses a new and improved collapsible infant seat formed as part of a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat including a bench and an upright back, the collapsible seat including a seat portion connected at one end to the vehicle to be pivotable between an open position overlying the bench portion of the vehicle seat, and a closed position forming a lower part of the upright seat back, a seat back extending upwardly from the rearward edge of the seat portion, a pivotable bracket including a padded child restraint, a fastener for securing the seat in an open position and a harness for restraining the child within the seat.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,936,627 by Guim and issued on Jun. 26, 1990, is for a vehicle seat with built-in retractable child seat. The child seat includes a seat member and a back member pivotally mounted to each other and the main seat assembly includes a pivotally mounted platform cushion where the child seat is supported by a rail assembly that allows to slidably move back and forth.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,913,498 by Forlivio and issued on Apr. 3, 1990, is for a child restraint seat. It discloses a seat that includes dual child restraints which are selectively moveable to an extended position to provide either a restraint for an infant or small child, or a restraint for a larger child, the seat back including a fixed portion providing a back support for an infant or child which is extended in surface area upon retraction of one of the child restraint's to provide a comfortable back support for a larger child, the respective child restraints when retracted into the seat back providing a comfortable back support for an adult.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,900,087 by Crisp and issued on Feb. 13, 1990, is for an automobile seat with built in child seat.

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