Child restraint with cupholder

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10099595-B2
Application number	US-201514848905-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 9, 2015
Priority date	May 11, 2011
Publication date	Oct 16, 2018
Grant date	Oct 16, 2018

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, a child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat further includes a cupholder coupled to the seat bottom.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A juvenile seat comprising
a seat bottom,
a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, and
a cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support so as to be unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to deform elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,
wherein the cupholder and cupholder support cooperate to define a first armrest, the cupholder support includes a base configured to mate with and support the cupholder without hindering elastic deformation of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver relative to the floor of the cup receiver, and the cupholder support further includes a base anchor coupled to the base and configured to mate with a first-armrest foundation included in the seat bottom during a manufacturing process to retain the cupholder support in a stationary position on the first-armrest foundation,
further comprising a second armrest and wherein the seat bottom further includes a second-armrest foundation arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first-armrest foundation and a seat pad located between the first-armrest and second-armrest foundations, the second armrest is coupled to the second-armrest foundation to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first armrest defined by the cupholder and the cupholder support, the first-armrest foundation is formed to include an upwardly opening anchor receiver, and the base anchor included in the cupholder support is arranged to extend downwardly into the upwardly opening anchor receiver formed in the first-armrest foundation to couple the cupholder support to the seat bottom,
wherein the first-armrest foundation is formed to include a rear ridge, a front ridge, and a central basin located between the rear and front ridges, the central basin is defined by a bottom plate arranged to underlie a floor-support wall included in the base of the cupholder support and a side pan coupled to a perimeter edge of the bottom plate and arranged to underlie a side-support wall included in the base of the cupholder support, the bottom plate is formed to include the upwardly opening anchor receiver, and the cup receiver of the cupholder is located in the central basin when the base anchor of the cupholder support is arranged to extend into the upwardly opening anchor receiver formed in the bottom plate and the cupholder is mounted on the cupholder support.

2. The juvenile seat of claim 1 , wherein the cupholder further includes a saddle-shaped receiver mount coupled to the cup receiver and formed to include a rear flange lying above and covering a portion of the rear ridge and a front flange lying above and covering a portion of the front ridge and the cup receiver is arranged to lie in the central basin formed in the first-armrest foundation when the receiver mount is coupled to the cupholder support.

3. The juvenile seat of claim 2 , wherein the cupholder support is saddle-shaped and includes a front shroud positioned to lie between the front flange of the receiver mount of the cupholder and the front ridge of the first-armrest foundation and formed to include a front hollow region receiving the front ridge therein, a rear shroud positioned to lie between the rear flange of the receiver mount of the cupholder and the rear ridge of the first-armrest foundation and formed to include a rear hollow region receiving the rear ridge therein, and the side-support wall of the base of the cupholder support is arranged to interconnect the front and rear shrouds and arranged to cover portions of the cup receiver while leaving the first deformable portion of the cup receiver uncovered to allow elastic deformation of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver during exposure of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver to the external impact force.

4. A juvenile seat comprising
a seat bottom,
a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, and
a cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support so as to be unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to deform elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,
wherein the seat bottom includes a seat pad arranged to lie alongside the cupholder support, the cup receiver includes an outer exterior portion arranged to extend away from the seat pad and configured to include the first deformable portion of the side wall of the cup receiver and an inner exterior portion arranged to extend toward the seat pad and configured to deform elastically when exposed to an external impact force, and
further comprising a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom and wherein the cupholder further includes a receiver mount coupled to the cupholder support and the cup receiver further includes a front stationary portion arranged to interconnect the outer and inner exterior portions of the cup receiver and abut a forward portion of the receiver mount to lie in spaced-apart relation to the seat back and a rear stationary portion arranged to interconnect the outer and inner exterior portions of the cup receiver and abut a rearward portion of the receiver mount to lie in a position between the seat back and the front stationary portion.

5. A juvenile seat comprising
a seat bottom,
a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, and
a cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support so as to be unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to deform elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,
wherein the seat bottom includes a seat pad arranged to lie alongside the cupholder support, the cup receiver includes an outer exterior portion arranged to extend away from the seat pad and configured to include the first deformable portion of the side wall of the cup receiver and an inner exterior portion arranged to extend toward the seat pad and configured to deform elastically when exposed to an external impact force, and
wherein the seat bottom is formed to include a rear ridge, a front ridge, and a central basin located between the rear and front ridges and the cup receiver of the cupholder is located in the central basin.

6. The juvenile seat of claim 5 , further comprising a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom and the rear ridge is

Assignees

• Dorel Juvenile Group Inc

Inventors

• Gaudreau Jr Paul D

Classifications

• B60N2/2884

  with protection systems against abnormal g-forces · CPC title

• B60N3/103

  detachable · CPC title

• B60N3/108 Primary

  with resilient holding elements · CPC title

• B60N3/10

  of receptacles for food or beverages, e.g. refrigerated · CPC title

• B60N2/26

  for children (B60N2/30 takes precedence) · CPC title