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WO2005012033A1
WO2005012033A1 PCT/GB2004/003193 GB2004003193W WO2005012033A1 WO 2005012033 A1 WO2005012033 A1 WO 2005012033A1 GB 2004003193 W GB2004003193 W GB 2004003193W WO 2005012033 A1 WO2005012033 A1 WO 2005012033A1
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seat
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headrest
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child
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Sharon Isaac-Upton
Adrian P. Berry
Adam White
Gavin Thomson
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Sharon Isaac-Upton
Berry Adrian P
Adam White
Gavin Thomson
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2866—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle booster cushions, e.g. to lift a child to allow proper use of the conventional safety belts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2803—Adaptations for seat belts
    • B60N2/2812—Adaptations for seat belts for securing the child to the child seat
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2803—Adaptations for seat belts
    • B60N2/2806—Adaptations for seat belts for securing the child seat to the vehicle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2851—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle provided with head-rests
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2872—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle provided with side rests
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2875—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle inclinable, as a whole or partially
    • B60N2/2878—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle inclinable, as a whole or partially the back-rest being inclinable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2002/2896—Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle the child seat being foldable, e.g. to facilitate transport

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  • the present invention relates to a travel seat for a child which can be placed on an existing vehicle seat and provides appropriate support for the child.
  • a travel seat for a child which can be placed on an existing vehicle seat and provides appropriate support for the child.
  • the travel seat is generally restrained by the vehicle seat belt and includes its own seat belt arrangement for restraining the child.
  • Patent specification GB-A-2210553 discloses such a travel seat which is made with base and back portions which are hingably interconnected to each other to facilitate storage of the child seat when it is not in use.
  • a child's body typically reaches dimensions which render the need for a back portion of the travel seat undesirable.
  • the existing vehicle seat belt can be effectively used to restrain the child. For this reason, when children reach this age, parents normally stop using the travel seat with a back portion and purchase a second so-called "booster seat” which simply raises the child but does not include a back.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a travel seat for a child which overcomes the above mentioned disadvantages.
  • a travel seat for a child comprising a seat base and a seat back hingably connected thereto so that the seat can be used in a first configuration by a child sitting on the ' base and leaning against the back, the seat being collapsible to a second configuration for storage by hinging the base and back towards each other characterised in that an exterior surface of the seat, exposed when it is in its second collapsed configuration, comprises a seating surface whereby a child can sit on the sit when it is in its second collapsed configuration.
  • the travel seat can be conveniently stored, for example in a luggage compartment of a vehicle when not in use due to its ability to be collapsed. So that the travel seat can fit into an even more compact space when collapsed, it preferably further comprises a headrest portion which is also hingably connected to the back. Conveniently the headrest and base are rotatable towards, each other during collapsing to the, second configuration.
  • distal ends of the base and headrest are adjacent to each other when the seat is in its second collapsed configuration.
  • the back includes projecting wing portions for laterally restraining an occupant and providing shoulder protection, between which wing portions the headrest is at least partly and possibly completely accommodated when the seat is in its second collapsed configuration.
  • Such an arrangement provides effective restraint of an occupant of the seat and still further reduces the space taken up by the seat in its second collapsed configuration.
  • the arrangement also contributes to the seat being largely projection free when in its second collapsed configuration which is particularly advantageous when the seat is being sat upon in its second configuration.
  • the base has raised side portions for laterally restraining an occupant and providing thigh protection between which side portions the back is at least partly and possibly completely accommodated when the seat is in its second collapsed configuration.
  • This feature provides the same advantages as the feature referred to in the paragraph above .
  • Many existing travel seats suffer from the disadvantage that it is difficult to secure the travel seat to an existing vehicle seat because it is necessary to thread a vehicle seat belt between a back of the travel seat and an associated support frame.
  • the back preferably comprises two portions which can be -.moved away from each other to facilitate the engagement of a seat restraining belt in belt retention means on one of the two portions. This feature may constitute an invention independently of the other features of the invention referred to above.
  • the back includes friction means for frictionally engaging a seat restraining belt to restrain the seat against lateral movement.
  • friction means for frictionally engaging a seat restraining belt to restrain the seat against lateral movement.
  • the seat preferably further includes a selectively downwardly projectable support spaced from the hingable connection between the base and back for adjusting an inclination of the base. This support may be in the form of a flap.
  • the seat preferably also includes a selectively deployable carrying handle to facilitate transportation of the seat and lifting it into and out of a luggage compartment of a car.
  • the handle may alternatively be integrally formed with one of the seat parts.
  • FIG. 3 vehicle seat omitted
  • Fig. 5 shows the seat with its headrest and base support folded away
  • Fig. 6 shows the underside of the seat in its second collapsed configuration
  • Fig. 7 shows a side view of the seat shown in Fig. 6 (handle omitted)
  • Fig. 8 shows a perspective view from above of the seat shown in Fig. 6
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view from below of the seat shown in Fig. 6.
  • a travel seat 2 according to the invention is shown in Fig. 1 in its first opened up configuration for use as a seat which a child can sit in.
  • the seat comprises a base 4 and a back 6 which are hingably interconnected at a hinge 8 shown in broken lines in Fig. 4.
  • the hinge 8 is shown in detail in the insert drawing in Fig. 4.
  • the base 4 includes raised side portions 10 on inwardly facing and mutually confronting sides 12 of which blind cylindrical hinge holes 14 are formed. These two hinge holes 14 are respectively engaged by complementary outwardly projecting hinge lugs 16 which extend outwardly from outer sides 18 of the back 6.
  • the hinge 8 includes means for locking the base 4 and back 6 relative to each other in the first configuration shown in Fig. 1 and in the second collapsed configuration shown in Fig. 8.
  • the locking means may comprise a first recess 20 on the perimeter of one of the holes 14 in one of the side portions 10 of the base 4 and a corresponding projection 22 on one of the hinge lugs 16 projecting from the back 6.
  • the projection 22 resiliently snaps into the corresponding first recess 20 when the base 4 and back 6 reach the deployed first configuration as shown in Fig . 4.
  • the perimeter of the hole 14 further includes a second recess 24, angularly spaced from the first recess 20 into which the projection 22 resiliently snaps when the base 4 and back 6 reach the second collapsed configuration as shown in Fig. 6.
  • the hinges 8 on both sides of the seat may include such a locking arrangement. Alternative locking arrangements, for example, one or more removable locking pins, may be employed in place of the arrangement described above.
  • the back 6 includes forwardly projecting wing portions 26 for laterally restraining the shoulders and/or head of a child sitting in the seat in its first configuration.
  • An upper end 28 of the back 6 is connected to a headrest 30 by means of a fabric hinge 32 which is configured to allow the headrest to pivot forwardly as shown by arrow A in Fig. 4 so that it is accommodated between the wing portions 26 as shown in Fig. 5.
  • a securing means comprising hook and loop fabric joining means 34 and 36.
  • a first piece of fabric 34 connected to a rear of the headrest 30 and bearing hooks is engagable with a complementary second piece of fabric 36 connected to a rear of the back and bearing loops .
  • Other means may be used for securing the headrest 30 in its deployed position.
  • Means may be provided to lock the headrest in each of its two positions. This means may be similar to the hinges 8 described above .
  • Each of the base 4, back 6 and headrest 30 comprises a relatively hard outer casing covered, at least on surfaces which are intended to come into contact with a child sitting in the seat, with a soft covering not designed to be readily separable from the casing.
  • padding may be provided by a fabric and/or foam upholstery layer which may be adapted to be readily removable for cleaning purposes.
  • the back 6 also includes a first outer part 38 and a second inner part 40 which is connected to a bottom edge of the outer part 38 by a hinge 42 which may be a fabric hinge.
  • the inner part 40 can be pivoted forwardly (see arrow B) away from the outer part 38 of the back 6 to provide access to belt retention means comprising four tongues 44 (three shown in Fig. 1) and a friction device 46.
  • Friction device 46 includes a friction enhanced surface 48 and a pivotable clamping number 50 (opened in the direction of arrow D) for clamping a vehicle's seat belt 52 firmly against the friction enhanced surface 48 to securely restrain the travel seat against lateral movement .
  • Two tonges 44 are provided on each side of the outer part 38 so as to accommodate a vehicle seat belt being led across the outer part 38 from either side.
  • the travel seat also includes its own built-in seat belt for restraining a child sitting in the seat .
  • the seat belt includes two adjustable length over-shoulder straps 54 each of which is secured to the outer part 38 of the back 6 and projects through a hole 56 therein over a height adjustment bar 58 which can be moved up and down to adjust the vertical position that the over-shoulder strap 54 is led through its respective hole 56.
  • the over-shoulder straps 54 extend forwardly through further holes 60 in the inner part 40 of the back 6.
  • a series of holes 60 are provided to accommodate the over-shoulder straps being routed - .through the holes 56 at various different heights. Movement of the inner part 40 along the over-shoulder straps 54, as shown by arrow B in Fig. 1, permits the inner and outer parts 40 and 38 of the back 6 to be moved away from each other.
  • Distal ends of the over-shoulder straps 54 are connected by a first buckle part 62 which is releasably engagable with a second buckle part 64 on a distal end of an adjustable length crutch strap 66 connected to a front of the base 4.
  • a selectably deployable support member 66 is pivotably connected to a front of the base 4 by means of a hinge pin 70 and can be folded flat against the base 4 as shown in Figs. 5 and 9 or deployed (see arrow E in Fig. 2) so as to project downwardly, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4 for example, to adjust the inclination of the base 4 which will in turn affect the angle of inclination of the back 6.
  • the travel seat ready for use in its first configuration, is shown in Fig. 2.
  • a child sits in the seat and is laterally restrained by the raised side portions 10 and the projecting wing portions 26.
  • the inner part 40 of the back will be pivoted forwardly, the vehicle seat belt 52 removed from the tongues 44 and friction device 46 and the inner part 40 moved back against the outer part 38 of the back.
  • the support member 68 will be pivoted upwardly against an underside of the base 4.
  • the headrest securing device 34, 36 will be released and the headrest 30 pivoted forwardly as shown by arrow A in Fig. 4 so that it becomes accommodated between the projecting wing portions 26 as shown in Fig. 5.
  • the back .6 will then be pivoted about the hinges 8, as shown by arrow C in Fig. 5, so that a distal end 72 of the base is brought into close proximity with a distal end 74 of the headrest 30 and the base 4 lies substantially up against the back 6 at which point the projections 22 of the hinges 8 snap into the second recesses 24.
  • the height H of the back 6 to lower sides of the projecting wing portions 26 is substantially the same as the length L of the base 4.
  • an outer surface of what constitutes the back 6 in the first configuration is provided with a contoured and/or padded seating surface 76.
  • a carrying handle 78 is hingably connected to the back 6. This handle will be folded into a complementary recess 80 when not being used for carrying the seat .
  • the back 6, base 4 and also possibly the headrest 30 may be moulded and may have strengthening ribs 82 formed in their casings to enhance the strength of these parts. Appropriate padding will be provided on the seating surface 76 to ensure that it constitutes a comfortable surface to sit on .
  • the overall dimensions of the travel seat are approximately 380mm wide, 450mm high (in first opened up configuration) and 125mm deep (when in its second collapsed configuration) .
  • the travel seat described overcomes the disadvantages of needing two different travel seats for accommodating different stages of a child's development and furthermore provides a travel seat which is easy to install and change from one configuration to another.
  • the invention also provides a travel seat, which can-,,be collapsed into a very compact form for storage. Variations of the design, which fall within the scope of the claims, will be apparent to skilled persons in the art . Parts List

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La présente invention concerne un siège auto pour enfant comprenant une base (4) et un dossier (6) reliés par des charnières qui permettent de replier le dossier (6) entre des parties latérales surélevées (10) de la base (4). Un appuie-tête (30) est relié pivotant (32) à une extrémité supérieure du dossier (6) de manière qu'il peut être replié entre des parties ailes en saillie (26) du dossier, avec une extrémité distale (74) de l'appuie-tête (30) étroitement adjacente à une extrémité distale (72) de la base (4). Une partie intérieure (40) du dossier (6) peut pivoter vers l'avant afin de faciliter l'introduction d'une ceinture de sécurité (52) dans des moyens de retenue (44, 46). Une surface extérieure du siège à l'état replié comprend une surface d'assise (76) qui permet de transformer le siège en un réhausseur destiné à un enfant plus âgé.
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EP1969974A3 (fr) * 2007-03-15 2009-12-02 Team-Tex Dispositif pour transporter un enfant
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