Title: Infant's car seat

Abstract: A seat for restraining an infant in a car has a steel truss frame to which is secured a molded plastic shell in which the child sits or reclines. The frame is secured to the front or back seat of the automobile by the customary lap belt and the infant is held in the car seat by an adjustable safety harness anchored to the frame and which is arranged to distribute reaction forces over broad areas of the child's body. The shell of the car seat includes wing portions terminating in energy absorbing foam padding which extend out from the back of the shell on each side of the child's head so as to protect the child's head in the event of side impacts.

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Inventors: Boudreau, Robert J. (Bedford, PA, US)

Application Number: 700913
Filing Date: 1976-06-29
Publication_date: 1977-07-05
Assignee: Hedstrom Co. (Bedford, PA)
Primary Class(es): 297/256.13 297/310, 297/464, 297/467, 297/484, D6/333
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US Patent Ref:

1375337	Apr, 1921	Wagner	297/310.
2971566	Feb, 1961	Negroni	297/216.
3220769	Nov, 1965	Regan	297/216.
3861742	Jan, 1975	Leonard et al.	297/253.
3910634	Oct, 1975	Morris	297/250.
3922035	Nov, 1975	Wener	297/250.
3948556	Apr, 1976	Hyde et al.	297/250.

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Primary Examiner: Zugel, Francis K.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Cesari and McKenna