U.S. patent application number 09/961813 was filed with the patent office on 2003-03-27 for car seat cooler.
Invention is credited to Blackler, Sherry Lee.
Application Number | 20030057750 09/961813 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25505053 |
Filed Date | 2003-03-27 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030057750 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Blackler, Sherry Lee |
March 27, 2003 |
Car seat cooler
Abstract
The Car Seat Cooler is a fabric cover that will stretch entirely
over a child's sit up position car seat. The purpose is to block
the sun's harmful rays from heating up the dark plastic and metal
used in the construction of car seats, heating up to temperatures
so high, that it can cause severe discomfort and burning to a
child's skin. The Car Seat Cooler will not cool down the car seat
but will block out the sun's rays, keeping it cooler so that a
child can be safely placed into a car seat that has been sitting
under the sun. The Car Seat Cooler will be stored safely in a
storage bag when it is not in use.
Inventors: |
Blackler, Sherry Lee; (New
Ipswich, NH) |
Correspondence
Address: |
SHERRY L. BLACKLER
45 PHILMART DRIVE
NEW IPSWICH
NH
03071
US
|
Family ID: |
25505053 |
Appl. No.: |
09/961813 |
Filed: |
September 25, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
297/228.12 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B60N 2/28 20130101; B60N
2/6036 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
297/228.12 |
International
Class: |
A47C 031/00 |
Claims
1. What I, Sherry L. Blackler, claim, as my invention is The Car
Seat Cooler. The Car Seat Cooler is a fabric cover that will be
stretched entirely over a child's sit up position car seat, that
will help block out the sun's harmful rays. The Car Seat Cooler
consists of Sun Repel material, which is a lightweight breathable
material, a polyester mesh window placed in the middle for
ventilation and safety. The Car Seat Cooler will be stored rolled
up compactly in a Sun Repel fabric storage bag, Velcro to the top
of the car seat, with two hanging nylon strips with Velcro that can
be attached to the back plastic on the car seat for added strength.
Description
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION
[0001] The relative field for this invention is "Child Safety".
More specifically as it relates to child safety car seats for older
toddlers and young children. As these safety seats are much larger
than those made for infants, they are specifically designed to be
left in the car instead of toting back and forth between the
residence and vehicle.
[0002] These safety seats for older children consist of higher
levels of plastic and heavy metal on cross straps. Temperatures
within a vehicle rise rapidly when left unopened such as during
one's working hours. Summer temperatures in particular can and do
rise quickly above one hundred (100) degrees within the vehicles
interior.
[0003] Placing a small child into a car seat left baking in the hot
sun all day can cause not only severe discomfort, but also bums on
tender young flesh.
[0004] Upon extensive investigation I was unable to locate any
product that is specifically designed to keep the child seat cool
while inside the vehicle. Nor was I able to locate any such product
with a "patent pending".
BRIEF SUMMARY
[0005] Given the use of both metal and heavy duty plastic in the
construction of safety seats for toddlers and younger children
there is an obvious need for a product that can effectively keep
the seat cooler from the sun's harmful rays. My invention, "The Car
Seat Cooler" is specifically designed to meet this need. It
consists of a heavy-duty sun repellant material that stretches over
the entire car seat effectively blocking out the sun and harmful
UVB rays. While the safety seat is in use, it rolls compactly in an
easy to use storage bag, also made with sun repel material and
fastens out of the way at the upper back of the car seat with
Velcro.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
[0006] "The Car Seat Cooler" consists of a fabric cover made to fit
all sit-up position safety car seats for children. The specific
purpose is to protect the safety seat by blocking out the sun and
resultant heat build up on both plastic and metal surfaces.
[0007] The Car Seat Cooler's demo consisted of sport cotton but was
later replaced with Sun Repel Fabric, which is a lightweight,
breathable material that blocks out 99% of the UBV rays. The Car
Seat Cooler has a polyester mesh located in the front center of the
fabric for ventilation purposes, and a heavy duty elastic band sewn
around the edges so as to fit snugly over any size seat. Velcro,
sports zipper and thick nylon cord is used in the construction of
the storage bag. The bag is also made with the Sun Repel
material.
[0008] The Car Seat Cooler will be stored rolled up compactly in an
easy to use storage bag. The storage bag is eight and a half inches
long, four and a half inches tall, two and a half inches deep. It's
construction starts at the top with a fourteen-inch sports zipper,
with two sixteen inch long, one and a half inch wide Sun Repel
material stripes, folded and sewn to both sides of the zipper. Two
rounded cut pieces, nine and half inches wide and eight inches
tall, is sewn to the straps of the zipper, tapered at both corners
to give it a round top. Both rounded pieces are folded in at the
bottom with two fourteen and a half inch long, one-inch thick nylon
strips hanging out. Sewn across to complete and close the bag,
leaving three inches of the nylon cord to be left in the bag and
eleven and a half inches hanging out. The two nylon strips left in
the bag are joined together with a six-inch nylon strip, sewn with
Velcro, sewn to both strips resembling a bridge. This bridge type
nylon strips are for the Car Seat Cooler itself can easily be able
to attach to the storage bag and detach for cleaning. The Car Seat
Cooler needs to be attached to the car seat itself, this is done by
a six inch by two-inch industrial strength Velcro sewn to the
bottom of the storage bag, also a six inch by two inch industrial
strength Velcro is glued to the top of the car seat's own fabric.
The two eleven and a half inch nylon strips that are left hanging,
are sewn at the end tips with a one inch by two inch Velcro for
extra attaching support that can be attached to the back of the car
seat itself.
[0009] The Car Seat Cooler itself starts with a piece of Sun Repel
material, cut with a fourteen inch top cut out to thirty six inch
down, with a rounded fat middle forty one inch wide; cut thin again
to thirty six inch, cut to a fourteen-inch bottom. The top of the
Car Seat Cooler is folded to the backside one inch, and sewn across
forming a lip. A six-inch by one inch Velcro strip is sewn into the
middle of folded top lip, this Velcro is in place for the
attachment to the storage bag. The bottom is also folded in to the
backside one inch and sewn. Twelve inches from the top, in the
middle, a ten-inch by five-inch box is cut out, and replaced with a
ten and a half inch by five and a half inch polyester mesh, that is
sewn in. This polyester mesh looks like a window and serves like a
window for ventilation and safety. Both sides are folded in from
top to bottom, folded in at a half inch with a thirty nine inch
elastic in the middle of the fold and sewn in, both sides.
[0010] At the top, both sides are folded in one and a half inches,
sewn, to taper in for better fitting of the car seat, leaving the
top to measure at eleven inches. At the bottom, both sides are also
folded in one and a half inches, sewn, to taper in for better
fitting of the bottom of the car seat, leaving the bottom to
measure at eleven inches. This completes the Car Seat Cooler.
[0011] With the storage bag attached to the top of the car seat
itself, it can be unzipped with one hand, the Car Seat Cooler taken
out and stretched over the entire car seat. Then, folded and rolled
up compactly into the storage bag. This is out of reach of any
child.
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