US 11,993,185 B2
Vehicle seat having integrate child carrier
Stewart E. Gardner, Elkhart, IN (US); Thomas A. Downey, South Bend, IN (US); and Thomas Rumler, Dowagiac, MI (US)
Assigned to E.V.S. Ltd., South Bend, IN (US)
Filed by E.V.S. Ltd., South Bend, IN (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/668,998.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/753,996, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0139858 A1, May 7, 2020
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B60N 2/30 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2833 (2013.01) [B60N 2/2812 (2013.01); B60N 2/3081 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat base;
a seat back extending over the seat base and having an internal seat back frame; and
a child carrier adapted to carry a child and mounted to the seat back frame for movement between a stowed position disposed within the seat back and a deployed position extending outward from the seat back,
the child carrier includes a seat/cradle and a sub-frame mounted to the seat back frame,
the seat/cradle includes a back panel and a seat panel hinged to the back panel for movement between the folded position where the seat panel lies flat over the back panel and an unfolded position where the seat panel extends from the back panel to receive the child,
the sub-frame includes an elongated rail stationarily mounted to the seat back frame, a slide block carried by the rail for traverse movement along the length of the rail, a coupling part pivotally connecting the back panel to the slide block; and a linkage member pivotally connected to the seat back frame at one end thereof and the back panel at the opposite end thereof,
the seat/cradle is shiftably mounted to the sub-frame for movement between a first position where the back panel lies substantially parallel to the seat back frame and a second position where the back panel extends outward at an angle from the seat back frame over the seat base.