The present invention relates to a child product, and more specifically, to a child safety seat with an easy operation, rapid notification, and improved fool proof design.
With increase in vehicle population, it becomes an important topic to ensure safety of a child riding in a vehicle. A child safety seat is a child product which is specifically designed for a child riding in a vehicle to ensure the child's safety.
An installation method of a child safety seat is usually determined according to a weight, a height or an age of a child, i.e., in order to provide a better protection for children of different ages, having different weights and heights, a child safety seat can be installed in different manners. For example, some associations and regulations recommend that a child safety seat can be installed at a rear facing position, i.e., the child safety seat faces toward a rear side of a vehicle, when a child is less than 2 years old, or less than 76 centimeters, or less than 18 kilograms, and a child safety seat can be installed at a front facing position, i.e., the child safety seat faces toward a front side of a vehicle, when a child is more than 2 years old, or more than 76 centimeters, or more than 18 kilograms.
In order to ensure a child safety seat to be installed at a proper position, there is a child safety seat equipped with an indication device. The indication device measures a weight of a child sitting in the child safety seat and provides an indication of installation of the child safety seat at a front facing position or a rear facing position after logical judgment. However, the aforementioned operation of the indication device is complicated and takes times. Furthermore, if the indication device indicates that the child safety seat is located at an improper position, a caregiver has to remove his/her child from the child safety seat before adjusting the child safety seat, or adjust the child safety seat with the child, which not only requires more efforts and brings difficulty in adjustment but also tends to make the child cry.
Therefore, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a child safety seat with an easy operation, rapid notification, and improved fool proof design.
In order to achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention discloses a child safety seat. The child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a notifying system. The seat body is disposed on the base and movable relative to the base between a front facing position and a rear facing position. The notifying system includes an actuated device, an actuating component and a notifying device. The actuated device is disposed on one of the base and the seat body. The actuating component is disposed on another one of the base and the seat body and configured to actuate the actuated device when the seat body reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position. The notifying device is electrically connected to the actuated device and configured to generate a notifying signal when the actuated device is actuated by the actuating component.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the seat body is pivoted to the base around a pivoting axis, and the actuating component actuates the actuated device when the seat body pivots relative to the base around the pivoting axis to reach at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pivoting disc is disposed on one of the base and the seat body, and the pivoting axis passes through a center of the pivoting disc.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a pivoting recess is formed on another one of the base and the seat body, and the pivoting disc is pivotally disposed inside the pivoting recess.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the actuating component is disposed on at least one of a front side and a rear side of one of the pivoting disc and the base, and the actuated device is disposed on at least one of a front side and a rear side of another one of the pivoting disc and the base.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the actuating component actuates the actuated device when the seat body is detachably installed on the base and reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the notifying device includes a signal processing component electrically connected to the actuated device, and a notifying component electrically connected to the signal processing component. The signal processing component is configured to process an actuating signal generated from the actuated device when the actuated device is actuated by the actuating component, and the notifying component is configured to receive the actuating signal processed by the signal processing component to generate the notifying signal.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, any two of the actuated device, the signal processing component and the notifying component are connected in a wired connection or a wireless connection.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the signal processing component is disposed on one of the base and the seat body, and the notifying component is disposed on another one of the base and the seat body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the signal processing component and the notifying component are disposed on one of the base and the seat body.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the notifying component is an audio notifying component or a video notifying component.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the actuated device and the notifying device are electrically connected in a series connection, and when the seat body reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position, the actuated device and the notifying device are in a closed circuit, so that the notifying device is powered on to generate the notifying signal.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the actuated device is a non-contact sensor or a mechanical switch.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the notifying signal indicates at least one of a height, a weight and an age of a child corresponding to the seat body reaching the front facing position or the rear facing position.
In summary, in the present invention, the child safety seat includes the notifying system which includes the actuated device installed on one of the base and the seat body, the actuating component installed on another one of the base and the seat body and configured to actuate the actuated device when the seat body reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position, and the notifying device electrically connected to the actuated device and configured to generate the notifying signal when the actuated device is actuated by the actuating component. Furthermore, the notifying signal indicates at least one of the height, the weight and the age of the child corresponding to the seat body reaching the front facing position or the rear facing position. A caregiver can determine whether the child safety seat is suitable for his/her child according to the notifying signal easily without placing his/her child in the child safety seat. Therefore, the present invention is with an easy operation, rapid notification, and improved fool proof design.
These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings.
In order to illustrate technical specifications and structural features as well as achieved purposes and effects of the present invention, relevant embodiments and figures are described as follows.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In this regard, directional terminology, such as “top”, “bottom”, “front”, “back”, etc., is used with reference to the orientation of the Figure (s) being described. The components of the present invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations. As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of illustration and is in no way limiting. Accordingly, the drawings and descriptions will be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as restrictive. Also, the term “connect” is intended to mean either an indirect or direct electrical/mechanical connection. Thus, if a first device is connected to a second device, that connection may be through a direct electrical/mechanical connection, or through an indirect electrical/mechanical connection via other devices and connections.
The child safety seat of the present invention includes a base, a seat body disposed on the base and movable relative to the base between a front facing position and a rear facing position, and a notifying system. The notifying system includes an actuated device installed on one of the base and the seat body, an actuating component installed on another one of the base and the seat body and configured to actuate the actuated device when the seat body reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position, and a notifying device electrically connected to the actuated device and configured to generate the notifying signal when the actuated device is actuated by the actuating component.
Specifically, the seat body can be pivotally disposed on the base around a pivoting axis, so that the actuating component can actuate the actuated device when the seat body is pivoted relative to the base to reach at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position, which achieves a convenient switching movement of the seat body relative to the base between the front facing position and the rear facing position. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in another embodiment, the actuating component can be configured to actuate the actuated device when the seat body is detachably installed on the base at the front facing position and/or the rear facing position, i.e., the seat body can be switched between the front facing position and the rear facing position by disassembling and assembling.
Furthermore, specifically, the actuated device can be a non-contact sensor or a mechanical switch. When the actuated device is a non-contact sensor, e.g., a light sensor, the actuating component can be a mechanical structure, e.g., an actuating block or an actuating hole for blocking or reflecting light emitted from the light sensor to actuate the non-contact sensor. When the actuated device is a mechanical switch, the actuating component can be an actuating block for switching on or switching off the mechanical switch.
Detailed description for the following preferred embodiments is provided as follows. However, the present invention is not limited to the following preferred embodiments. Any child safety seat including the base, the seat body and the notifying system is included within the scope of the present invention.
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However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in another embodiment, the actuated device and the actuating component can be respectively installed on the seat body and the base, and such configuration also can allow the notifying device to generate the notifying signal when the seat body reaches the front facing position. Furthermore, in another embodiment, the notifying device can be configured to generate the notifying signal when the seat body reaches the rear facing position, and the notifying signal can indicate a child corresponding to the seat body reaching the rear facing position should be less than 76 centimeters, or less than 18 kilograms, or less than 2 years old.
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Preferably, in this embodiment, the notifying component 322 can be an audio notifying component, such as an audio speaker, or a video notifying component, such as a liquid-crystal display device. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.
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Specifically in this embodiment, a pivoting disc 5 is disposed on the seat body 2, and a pivoting recess 6 is formed on the base 1. The pivoting disc 5 is located at a bottom portion of the seat body 2, and the pivoting axis A passes through a center of the pivoting disc 5 for preventing an unbalanced force caused by rotation of the pivoting disc 5. The pivoting recess 6 is located at a top portion of the base 1, and the pivoting disc 5 is pivotally disposed inside the pivoting recess 6. The configuration of the pivoting disc 5 and the pivoting recess 6 makes structure of the child safety seat 100 more compact and aesthetic and makes a pivoting movement of the seat body 2 relative to the base 1 more reliable. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, in another embodiment, the pivoting disc can be disposed on the base, and the pivoting recess can be formed on the seat body.
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Detailed description of operational principle of the child safety seat 100 is provided as follows. When the seat body 2 is located at the front facing position as shown in
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In contrast to the prior art, in the present invention, the child safety seat includes the notifying system which includes the actuated device installed on one of the base and the seat body, the actuating component installed on another one of the base and the seat body and configured to actuate the actuated device when the seat body reaches at least one of the front facing position and the rear facing position, and the notifying device electrically connected to the actuated device and configured to generate the notifying signal when the actuated device is actuated by the actuating component. Furthermore, the notifying signal indicates at least one of the height, the weight and the age of the child corresponding to the seat body reaching the front facing position or the rear facing position. A caregiver can determine whether the child safety seat is suitable for his/her child according to the notifying signal easily without placing his/her child in the child safety seat. Therefore, the present invention is with an easy operation, rapid notification, and improved fool proof design.
Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201910891408.5 | Sep 2019 | CN | national |