Patent Application
20180186255
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The disclosure and prior art relates to seat devices and more particularly pertains to a new seat device for selectively positioning a child for diaper changing when the child is seated in a vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a base that may be positioned on a seat in a vehicle. A car seat is rotatably coupled to the base and a child may be seated therein. The car seat has a chair and a backrest and the child sits in the chair. The chair is selectively rotated in a first position such that the chair is oriented collinear with the seat in the vehicle. The chair is selectively rotated into a second position such that the chair is oriented orthogonally with respect to the seat in the vehicle to facilitate an adult to access the child.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The car seat 22 has a chair 24 and a backrest 26. The chair 24 has a lower side 28, a first lateral side 30 and a second lateral side 32. The lower side 28 is rotatably coupled to the top side 18 of the base 12 and the child 23 is selectively positioned in the chair 24. The chair 24 is selectively rotated in a first position such that the chair 24 is oriented collinear with the seat 14 in the vehicle 16. In this way the chair 24 is positioned to orient the child 23 in a manner that is consistent with vehicle safety guidelines. The chair 24 is selectively rotated into a second position such that the chair 24 is oriented orthogonally with respect to the seat 14 in the vehicle 16. In this way an adult may access the child 23 from a lateral position with respect to the seat 14 in the vehicle 16. Moreover, the chair 24 may mechanically engage the base 12 to releasably retain the chair 24 in the first position and the second position through the use of a spring loaded locking mechanism or the like.
The backrest 26 is hingedly coupled to each of the first lateral side 30 and the second lateral side 32 to define a pair of hinge points 34 on the backrest 26. The hinge points 34 may comprise mechanical locks, friction plates or any other mechanical means of facilitating the backrest 26 to be positioned at a selected angle with respect to the chair 24. The backrest 26 is selectively positioned in an upright first position. In this way the backrest 26 retains the child 23 in a seated position. The backrest 26 is selectively positioned in a reclined position. In this way the backrest 26 retains the child 23 in a prone position thereby facilitating a diaper on the child 23 to be changed.
In use, the base 12 and the car seat 22 are positioned on the seat 14 in the vehicle 16. The child 23 is selectively positioned and secured in the car seat 22 in the convention of child car seats. The chair 24 is rotated into the first position when the vehicle 16 is being driven such that the car seat 22 promotes safety of the child 23. The chair 24 is rotated into the second position when the vehicle 16 is not being driven and the child 23 needs a diaper change. Thus, the child 23 is accessible from a lateral position with respect to the seat 14 in vehicle 16. The backrest 26 is positioned into the reclined position to enhance the child 23's positioning with respect to changing a diaper. In this way the base 12 and the car seat 22 facilitate the child 23's diaper to be changed without removing the child 23 from the vehicle 16. The backrest 26 is positioned in the upright position and the chair 24 is rotated into the first position when the diaper has been changed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
