US3165358A

US3165358A - Infant-holding attachment for seats

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Publication number: US3165358A
Application number: US231684A
Authority: US
Inventors: Londa Y Card
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-10-19
Filing date: 1962-10-19
Publication date: 1965-01-12
Anticipated expiration: 1982-01-12

Description

Jan. 12, 1965 L. Y. CARD 3,165,358

INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS Filed 001;. 19, 1962 INVENTOR. Lands? YCara ATTO EYS 3,165,358 INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR SEATS Londa 'Y. Card, 860 SW. 31st Ave, Miami, Fla. Filed Oct. 19, 1962, Ser. No. 231,684 6 Claims. (Cl. 297-639) This invention relates toan infant-holding attachment and more particularly to one for ready attachment to the seat of a stool or the like and which holds an infant safely and securely to the seat.

An object of this invention is to provide infant-holding means which can be readily attached to and detached from a seat. I

Another object of this invention is to provide a seat attachment in which'an infant may be readily placed and secured and from which an infant may be readily released.

A further object of this invention is to provide an attachment which will safely hold an infant on a seat and, at the same time, permit considerable freedom of movement of the infant.

Still another object of this invention is to provide an infant-holding attachment for stools or the like which can be readily folded into compact size for storage.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an infant-holding attachment adapted for many different types of seats and which will readily accommodate infants of various sizes.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a simple, economically and easily constructed infant-holding attachment which is very durable.

Other objects and the features and advantages of the 7 present invention will become more fully apparent from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of an infant-holding attachment constructed in accordance with the principles of the present invention secured to a stool seat and holding an infant thereon;

FIGURE 2 is a rear elevational view of the attachment of FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 3 is a bottom plan view of the holding attachment of FIGURE 1; and

FIGURE 4 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken substantially along lines IV-IV of FIGURE 2.

As shown on the drawings:

United States Patent In general, the supplementary seat and holding attachment of the present invention includes a base or bottom 10 adapted to be secured on the seat of a stool by means of a pair of straps 11 and 12 extending under the seat, a band or girdle 13 for encircling the lower portion of the infants torso having a pair of openings 14 and 15 easily and economically manufactured. Also, the attachment may be readily folded into compact size for storage.

The stool straps 11 and 12 are preferably of heavy flexible fabric and are disposed at right angles and secured against the lower surface of the bottom. 10 by means of stitching 17. Each of the stool straps has a conventional self-locking buckle thereon, generally designated by the reference numeral 18, the buckle having a generally rectangular frame 19 and a serrated tongue 20 slidable thereon. One end portion of each strap is looped around a central integral bar of the frame 19, the looped end being secured to the bottom 10 to secure the buckle 18 to the strap. The other end portion of each strap may extend between the serrated tongues 20 and the inside end of one end portion of the frame 19 so as to be locked therein by tension applied to the strap and yet be readily releasable.

To secure the band 13 to the bottom, the lower end of the band is aligned with the peripheral edge of the bottom, a securing and protective strip 21 is folded over the edge portions of the band and bottom, and stitching 22 secures the strip and the edge portions of the band and bottom together, as best illustrated in FIGURES 3 and 4. It may be noted that the stitching 22 also secures the looped end of each of the straps 11 and 12 to the adjacent portion of the strap and to the bottom and holds the buckles 18 to the straps.

In order to prevent tearing of the band 13 from the edges of the leg openings 14 and 15, the edges of the fabric may be appropriately hemmed but, preferably, securing

strips

23 and 24, respectively, are folded over the edges of the openings and stitched to the band.

One end of each of the shoulder straps 16 is secured to a portion of the band 13 upwardly from one of the leg openings by stitching it thereto. The other end of each of the straps 16 is movable in a buckle 25 of conventional construction similar to the buckle 18 above described. To secure each buckle 25 to the band 13, a short strap is looped around a central integral bar thereof and stitched to the band 13.

To prevent tearing of the band 13 from the upper edge thereof, a securing strip 27 may be folded over the upper edge and stitched to the band. The stitching securing the strip 27 to the band may also serve to secure one end of each of the straps 16 to the band and the short looped buckle-securing straps to the band.

In order to prevent the shoulder strap 16 from sliding off the infants shoulders, front and back connecting straps 2-8 and 29, respectively, may be disposed between the shoulder straps. The connecting

straps

28 and 29 may be stitched to the shoulder straps in desired position. but preferably are slidably disposed on the shoulder straps so as to be readily adjustable to accommodate infants of various sizes. 7

To prevent separation of the strap 12 and the base 10 andthe band 13 at the point of greatest stress when the infant is moving or rocking in the attachment, the strap 12 is slidably secured on the base 10 and the band 13 by extending it first through a grommet 30, located in the bottom 10, then upwardly through a grommet 30a located in the band 13 between the openings 14 and 15 and then downwardly again to extend through a second grommet 3b in the bottom 10.

In order to facilitate ready placement of the infant into the holding attachment and easyremoval of the infant from the attachment, a conventional zipper means 51 is provided at the rearward portion of the attachment and extends vertically up the backtportion of the girdle 13.

Thus, before the attachment is put into useall of the buckles will preferably be open andthe zipper 31 will be in an unfastened position.

The base is then secured to a stool or the like by extending the straps 11 and 12 under the stool and buckling the distal ends of the straps 'in the buckles 13. Thereafter, the infant is placed on the base portion of-the attachment with its legs protruding through the openings 14 and 15, The zipper ll is then. raised to close the back portion of the girdle l3 and to ,Although the infant-holding attachment is illustrated as secured to a conventional restaurant type stooLit will be folded for carrying or storage. a t g 7 It will beunderstood that modifications and variations may be effected without departing, from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the present invention.

I claim as my invention: 7 1. In'an infant-holding attachment for a seat, a flexible fabric bottom arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of grommets inserted in the front portion of' said bottom,

a flexible fabric band extending upwardly from said bottom for encircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

the peripheral edge of said bottom, 7 a strip folded lengthwise over the edge portions of said band and said bottom, stitching extending through the strip and theedge portions of the band and bottom and securing them together,

said band having a pair of recesses extendingiupwardly from the bottom to provide openings through which the infants legs may protrude,

a pairvof bottom straps secured in crossing relation to the lower surface of said bottom and arranged to extend under the seat for securing the bottom thereto,

one of said bottom straps extending through said grommets,

a pair of shoulder straps,

each of said shoulder straps being secured at one end portion to an upper portion of said band and arranged to extend over one shoulder of the infant,

buckle means releasably securing the other end portion of each shoulder strap to an opposite portion of the band,

' a transverse strap connecting said shoulder straps for preventing outward movement of the shoulder straps off the infants shoulders, and

a zipperv secured to a back portion of said band and arranged vertically to provide lateral expansibility to to said band. 7

r 2.- In an infant-holding attachment for a seat,

a bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of spaced coplanar grommets inserted marginally at a front portion of said bottom member,

the lower edge of said band being aligned with apparent that. the attachment is readily adaptable for 'various other types of seats.

a pair of bottom straps" secured to said bottom member and arranged to extend under the seat intfcr'ossing relation to tightly secure saidbottom'member to the seat, r

' one of said bottom straps extending through said grommets, V t a fabric band aflixed tothe periphery of said bottom member and extending upwardly for encircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

zipper means secured vertically to a back portion of said band to provide lateral expansibility orsaid band,

fiexiblemcans connected "to said band and arranged to extend over 'theshoulders of the infant to hold the infant .to said bottom member on the seat.

3. In an infant-holding'attachment'for aseat,

a flat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat, V a t strap means firmly attached to said bottom member and tom member to theseat,

i a flexible band afl'ixed tothe periphery of said bottom member and extending upwardly therefrom fortcomletel encirclin a lower ortion ofthe infants torso,

J D V extending upwardly from said bottom member through which, respectively, the-*infantts legs may extend, and t l a pair. of shoulder straps connectedto said band and arranged, to extend over the infants shoulders for securely holding the infant in the attachment on the seat. e

4. In'an infant-holding attachment for a seat,

a flat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat, 7, t

a pairof bottom straps affixed in crossingrelation to said bottom member and arranged to extend under the seat for detachably securing thebottom member thereto, V I

a fabric band aifixed to the periphery of said bottom member and extending upwardly therefrom for completely encircling a lower portion of the infants torso, 7

means forming a pair of spaced openings insaid band extending upwardly from said bottom member through which, respectively, the infantls legs may extend, i

a pair of shoulder straps connected to said band and arranged to extend over the infants shoulders, and means for interconnecting said shoulder straps across the front and the back of the infant whereby the infant is securely held Within the attachment on the seat. 7

5. In an infant-holding attachment for a seat, 7

a generally fiat bottom member arranged for disposition on the seat,

a pair of bottom straps affixed in crossing relation to said bottom memberjand arranged to extend under the seatfor detachably-securing the bottom member thereto, r

a fabric band aflixed to the periphery of said bottom member and extending upwardly therefrom for encircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

a pair of elongated shoulderstraps secured respectively at the ends thereof inmutually spaced relation to front and rearportions of said band and arranged to extend over the infants shoulders, and

a. vertically extending zipper means situated in the'rear portion of said band between said shoulder straps secured thereto to selectively vertically open the rear portion of said hand between said shoulder straps.

6. In an infant-holding attachment fora seat,

a bottom member arrangedfor disposition on the seat,

'strap means attached tosaid bottom member for fastening thebottorn memberon the seat,

a flexible band afiixed to the periphery of said bottom member and extending upwardly therefrom for completely encircling a lower portion of the infants torso,

a pair of shoulder straps attached to said band in spaced parallel relation to extend over the infants shoulders,

at least one connecting strap extending transversely to said shoulder straps and connected at opposite ends thereof to said shoulder straps respectively,

to provide adjustably slidable movement of said connecting strap along the length of said shoulder straps.

References Cited in the file of this patent said connecting strap including means operative 10 2,570,631

UNITED STATES PATENTS Waxman Aug. 22, 1939 Picard Jan. 21, 1947 Bradley Aug. 31, 1948 Arrasmith Oct. 9, 1951

Claims

5. IN AN INFANT-HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR A SEAT, A GENERALLY FLAT BOTTOM MEMBER ARRANGED FOR DISPOSITION ON THE SEAT, A PAIR OF BOTTOM STRAPS AFFIXED IN CROSSING RELATION TO SAID BOTTOM MEMBER AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND UNDER THE SEAT FOR DETACHABLY SECURING THE BOTTOM MEMBER THERETO, A FABRIC BAND AFFIXED TO THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BOTTOM MEMBER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM FOR ENCIRCLING A LOWER PORTION OF THE INFANT''S TORSO, A PAIR OF ELONGATED SHOULDER STRAPS SECURED RESPECTIVELY AT THE ENDS THEREOF IN MUTUALLY SPACED RELATION TO FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF SAID BAND AND ARRANGED TO EXTEND OVER THE INFANT''S SHOULDERS, AND A VERTICALLY EXTENDING ZIPPER MEANS SITUATED IN THE REAR PORTION OF SAID BAND BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER STRAPS SECURED THERETO TO SELECTIVELY VERTICALLY OPEN THE REAR PORTION OF SAID BAND BETWEEN SAID SHOULDER STRAPS.