<12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 6,918,631 B2 Verbovszky (45) Date of Patent: Jul. 19, 2005 (54) CHILIYS CAR SEAT CUSHION 5,826,287 A * 10/1998 Tandrup .......... .. 297/219.12 X 5,916,089 A 6/1999 Ive ........ .. 297/219.12 Inventgrz Esther A_ L_ Verbovszky, 6,036,263 A 3/2000 GOICI ................... .. Falmouth Dre Rocky River, OH (US) 6,467,840 B1 * 10/2002 Verbovszky et al. 297/219.12 44116-1326 * cited by examiner ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this _ _ _ patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Primary Examl”e"—R0dne§_’ B~ Wh1te_ _ U_S_C_ 154(b) by 0 dayS_ (8741) Attorneyleiigljrnt, or Fzrm—Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell ummino . . .
(21) Appl. NO; I0/677,028 (57) ABSTRACT (22) Filed: Sep' 29’ 2003 A method of helping to secure an infant in a child’s car seat (65) Prior Publication Data and to prevent slouching of the infant in the car seat includes Us 2004/0155515 A1 Aug‘ 12’ 2004 the step of placing a cushion having a unitary tube shaped structure into the car seat and placing an infant into the car Related U_S_ Application Data ieathwhere ihgetube-shaped StI";1lCtLlI"€ hasl andupsidie-dtc))Wn -s ape incu ing tWo egs Wit tWo axia en s an a ase (63) Continuation-in-part of application N0. 10/360,496, filed on Portion Where the two legs are joined togethen The base Feb. 6, 2003. portion is located at the top of the back surface of the car seat (51) Int. Cl.’ .......................... .. A47C 7/36; A47C 31/11 g§§;§@S;§§°Sjlf;§L§I1O<1‘fSt;§ tgjrlzgjjrghlgccjiggifjn tlijgfj; gig; (52) U_'S' Cl‘ 297/21912; 297/393; 297/397 the side Walls of the car seat. The method includes the step FIEICI Of SE3I'CI1 ............................... .. of placing the infant into the Car Seat so that the infant is 297/392’ 393’ 397’ 21912’ 220 surrounded by the cushion base portion and legs to reduce (56) References Cited the surface area of the car seat for the infant to occupy in order to help to minimize slouching of the infant in the car
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS Seat 4,776,049 A * 10/1988 Perron .................. .. 297/393 X 5,586,351 A * 12/1996 Ive .................. .. 297/219.12 X 11 Claims, 8 Drawing Sheets
