Foldable Integrated Child Car Seat with Sliding Storage
Solution Overview
Problem
Existing child car seats require frequent installation and removal, which is inconvenient and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A foldable integrated child car seat design featuring a main seat base with a platform, a sliding child seat back, and a pivotable child seat bottom that can be easily converted between a forward and stored position, allowing for seamless transition between child and adult use without the need for separate installations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate child car seat is installed in a vehicle, then child safety is ensured, but installation and removal becomes frequent and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the child car seat and adult seat into a single integrated seat unit. The child seat back and bottom are integrated with the adult seat base and back, allowing the child seat to be positioned and secured within the adult seat structure. This merging eliminates the need for separate installation and removal of a standalone child seat, while maintaining safety through the integrated design.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic positioning mechanisms that allow the child seat back to slide between a forward position (for child use) and a stored position (for adult use). The child seat bottom can pivot between an open position and a folded position adjacent to the child seat back. These dynamic transformations enable quick conversion between child and adult seating modes without full installation/removal cycles.
2Ease of operation
If a foldable integrated seat design is implemented, then conversion between child and adult use becomes quick and convenient, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated seat is divided into distinct functional segments: the adult seat base, the adult seat back, the child seat back, and the child seat bottom. Each segment can move independently through defined ranges of motion. The child seat back slides along guide surfaces, while the child seat bottom pivots on a hinge. This segmentation allows complex functionality to be achieved through coordinated simple movements of individual components.
Solution Approach 2:
The child seat components are nested within the adult seat structure. When the child seat back is in the stored position and the child seat bottom is folded, the child seat components occupy space within or adjacent to the adult seat, effectively nesting the child seat functionality within the adult seat footprint. This nesting minimizes the overall space required and simplifies the transition between modes.
3Volume of moving object
If the child seat back slides to stored position and child seat bottom folds, then space efficiency is improved, but the cover plate must precisely conform to storage cavity profile
Solution Approach 1:
The cover plate is designed as a thin, flexible component that conforms to the complex three-dimensional profile of the storage cavity. The cover plate's inner side is shaped to match the contours of the storage cavity, allowing it to seal the cavity when the child seat components are in their stored positions. This approach achieves precise fitting through the cover plate's conformal geometry rather than requiring high-precision machining of the storage cavity itself.
Data Source
AI summary
A foldable integrated child car seat apparatus for eliminating the need to install and remove a child car seat includes a main seat back coupled to a main seat base. A front side of a back cushion of the main seat back has a storage cavity. A child seat back is slidingly coupled to the storage cavity to slide between a forward position and an alternate stored position adjacent a back face of the storage cavity. A child seat bottom is pivotably coupled to the child seat back to move between an open position and an alternate folded position adjacent the child seat back. A cover plate is coupled to the child seat bottom and conforms to a profile of the storage cavity such that with the child seat back in the stored position and the child seat bottom in the folded position the cover plate covers the storage cavity.