Adjustable width juvenile vehicle seat

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(12) UIllt€d States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,136,880 B2 Biaud et al. (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 20, 2012 (54) ADJUSTABLE WIDTH JUVENILE VEHICLE 5,496,092 A * 3/1996 Williams et al. ......... .. 297/250.1 SEAT 5,645,317 A * 7/1997 Onishietal. 297/250.1 5,681,084 A * 10/1997 Yoneda ..... .. 297/284.9 (75) Inventors: Richard M. Biaud, Trementines (FR); 2 * """""""""" " 297/284'9X Gllles Lh0InIne,Chatea11d 01011116 (FR) 6,045,183 A * 4/2000 Weber ...................... .. 297/250.1 6,474,735 B1* 11/2002 Carnahan et al. .. 297/250.1 (73) Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc., Wilmington, 6,478,377 132* ll/2002 Kassfii eta1~ 297/256.1 DE (US) 6,481,794 B1* 11/2002 Kassai et al. 297/250.1 6,485,101 B2* 11/2002 Kassai et al. 297/250.1 ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this g:SStSI:ait:tl'a1"" """" patent is extended or adjusted under 35 6,857,700 B2* 2/2005 Eastman etal. 297/250.1 U.S.C. 154(b) by 79 days. 7,631,935 B2* 12/2009 Chen etal. ....... .. 297/284.9 2004/0245826 A1* 12/2004 Jane Santamaria ...... .. 297/284.9 (21) APPL NO; 12/777,893 2008/0169692 A1 7/2008 Clement et al. 22 F1 d M 11 2010 FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS ( ) le ' ay ’ EP 0816163 1/1998 (65) Prior Publication Data WO 2005079159 9/2005 US 2010/0289307 A1 Nov. 18, 2010 OTHER PUBLICATIONS _ _ _ _ _ International Search Report dated Dec. 9, 2009, for FR 0953134. (30) Foreign Application Priority Data * cited by examiner May 12, 2009 (FR) .................................... .. 09 53134 (51) Int‘ Cl‘ Primary Examiner * Rodney B White A 47D 1/10 (2006 01) (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm * Barnes & Thornburg LLP A47C 7/14 (2006.01) (52) U.S. C1. ................................ .. 297/250.1; 297/284.9 (57) ABSTRACT (58) Field of Classification Search ............. .. 297/250.1,

A juvenile vehicle seat includes a base, a seat back, and a width controller. The base includes a seat bottom and first and second armrests mounted for pivotable movement on opposite sides of the seat bottom. The width controller can be

297/284.1, 284.9 See application file for complete search history.

(56) References Clted operated to cause the first and second armrests to pivot relaU S PATENT DOCUMENTS tive to one another and to the seat bottom. 4,370,000 A * 1/1983 Kazaoka et al. ......... .. 297/284.9 5,098,157 A * 3/1992 Surot ....................... .. 297/250.1 21 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets

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