Patent Application
20200094712
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The disclosure and prior art relate to retaining devices and more particularly pertains to a new retaining device for facilitating positioning of a child in a safety seat.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of panels. Each panel is arcuately shaped proximate to a first end of the panel to define a hook section of the panel. Each of a pair of couplers is coupled to a respective panel proximate to a second end of the respective panel. The coupler is configured to couple the respective panel to a respective opposing side of a child safety seat so that the hook section is positioned proximate to a front of the child safety seat. The hook section is configured to insert into a loop that is defined by an associated strap of the child safety seat to removably couple the associated strap to the hook section. The hook section retains the associated strap in an open configuration to facilitate positioning of a child in the child safety seat.
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
As best illustrated in
Each of a pair of couplers 18 is coupled to a respective panel 12 proximate to a second end 20 of the respective panel 12. The coupler 18 is configured to couple the respective panel 12 to a respective opposing side 22 of a child safety seat 24, as shown in
The coupler 18 comprises a slot 32. The slot 32 is defined by a bend 34 that is positioned in the respective panel 12 proximate to the second end 20, as shown in
A clip 42 is selectively couplable to the panel 12 at the bend 34. The clip 42 is configured to enhance frictional coupling of the respective panel 12 to the respective opposing side 22 of the child safety seat 24. The clip 42 comprises metal.
In use, the rear edge 38 of the respective opposing side 22 of the child safety seat 24 is inserted into the slot 32 to frictionally couple the respective panel 12 to the respective opposing side 22 of the child safety seat 24. The loop 28 that is defined by the associated strap 30 of the child safety seat 24 is positioned over the hook section 16 to removably couple the associated strap 30 to the hook section 16. The associated strap 30 is retained in the open configuration to facilitate the placement of the child into, and the removal of the child from, the child safety seat 24.
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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
