Heat protective structure of nursery equipment, head protective pad, and infant safety seat for car

Abstract

There are provided a flexible pad ( 10 A) in direct contact with the head of a baby ( 100 ), enclosing the head top region and temporal region of the head of the baby ( 100 ), an impact absorption pad ( 20 A) at an outer side of the flexible pad ( 10 A), enclosing the head top region and temporal region of the baby ( 100 ) likewise the flexible pad ( 10 A), and a fixture pad ( 30 A) having a configuration in which the outer circumferential plane is in accord with the inner circumferential plane of a sidewall ( 1 ) so as to fill the gap between the impact absorption pad ( 20 A) and the sidewall ( 1 ). By employing this structure, a child equipment that can guard the life and brain of an infant can be provided based on the medical standard of an infant.

1 . A head guard structure of a child equipment to guard the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in the child equipment, comprising: 
 an impact absorption layer ( 20 A) provided so as to sandwich a temporal region of the head of said infant ( 100 ) from both sides to absorb impact force applied to the temporal region of the head of the infant ( 100 ) from a transverse direction of said child equipment, and    a fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) to inhibit relative position displacement between said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) and said child equipment in the lateral direction.    
     
     
         2 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to  claim 1 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) is located at an outer side in the lateral direction of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A), and formed of a material harder than the material of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         3 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) is provided so as to enclose the head of said infant ( 100 ) from the temporal region to the head top.  
     
     
         4 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 3 , wherein said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) is provided so as to enclose the head of said infant ( 100 ) from the temporal region to the head top.  
     
     
         5 . A head guard structure pad of a child equipment to guard the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in a child equipment, comprising: 
 an impact absorption layer ( 20 A) provided at a head top side of said infant ( 100 ) to absorb impact force applied to the head top of the infant ( 100 ) from a vertical direction of said child equipment, and    a fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) to inhibit relative position displacement in a vertical direction between said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) and said child equipment.    
     
     
         6 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to  claim 5 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) is located at an outer side in the vertical direction of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A), and formed of a material harder than the material of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         7 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 6 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) has a configuration filing a gap from said child equipment.  
     
     
         8 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 6 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) has a configuration filling a gap from a corner portion of said child equipment.  
     
     
         9 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 8 , wherein said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) has a height lower than the height of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         10 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 9 , wherein said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) and said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) have a cover applied thereon to form an integral piece.  
     
     
         11 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 10 , wherein said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) has a flexible pad layer ( 10 A) provided at an inner side.  
     
     
         12 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to  claim 11 , wherein said impact absorption layer ( 20 A), said fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) and said flexible pad layer ( 10 A) have a cover applied thereon so that they form an integral piece.  
     
     
         13 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 12 , wherein a protruding region ( 20 C) protruding inwards is provided at a region about an upper portion of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         14 . The head guard structure of a child equipment according to any of claims  1 - 13 , wherein said impact absorption layer ( 20 A) has an upper portion provided so as to protrude above a top portion of a sidewall ( 1 ) provided at said child equipment.  
     
     
         15 . A head guard pad to guard the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in a child equipment, comprising: 
 an impact absorption layer ( 20 A) provided so as to enclose the head of said infant ( 100 ) from a temporal region to a head top region to absorb impact force applied to the head of said infant ( 100 ), and    a fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) arranged at an outer side of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A), and having a configuration filling a gap from said child equipment.    
     
     
         16 . A head guard pad to guard the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in a child equipment, comprising: 
 an impact absorption layer ( 20 A) provided at a head top side of said infant ( 100 ) to absorb impact force applied to the head of said infant ( 100 ), and    a fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) arranged at an outer side of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A), and having a configuration filling a gap from said child equipment.    
     
     
         17 . The head guard pad according to  claim 15  or  16 , further comprising a flexible pad ( 10 A) at an inner side of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         18 . The head guard pad according to any of claims  15 - 17 , wherein said flexible pad is provided so as to enclose a head region of said infant upper than a position of the nose of said infant ( 100 ).  
     
     
         19 . The head guard pad according to any of claims  15 - 18 , wherein a protruding region ( 20 C) protruding inwards is provided at a region about an upper portion of said impact absorption layer ( 20 A).  
     
     
         20 . A vehicular child safety seat fixed to a seat of a vehicle, including a seat unit ( 202 ) and a base unit ( 201 ) supporting said seat unit ( 202 ), comprising: 
 head guard means ( 40 A) provided at said seat unit ( 202 ) for guarding the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in said vehicular child safety seat, and    position displacement inhibit means provided between a bottom plane of said base unit ( 201 ) and the seat of said vehicle for inhibiting position displacement of said vehicular child safety seat with respect to the seat of said vehicle,    wherein said head guard means ( 40 A) comprises 
 an impact absorption layer ( 20 A) provided so as to enclose the head of said infant ( 100 ) from a temporal region to a head top region to absorb impact force applied to the head of said infant ( 100 ), and  
 a fixture member ( 30 A,  30 B) arranged at an outer side of said impact absorption layer, having a configuration filling a gap from said seat unit.  
   
     
     
         21 . The vehicular child safety seat according to  claim 20 , wherein said position displacement inhibit means ( 210 ) comprises a position displacement inhibit member ( 210 ) provided so as to cover at least a bottom plane of said base unit ( 201 ), 
 a member whose friction coefficient between said position displacement inhibit member and said seat of the vehicle is greater than the friction coefficient between a member forming the bottom plane of said base unit and the seat of the vehicle being used for said position displacement inhibit member ( 210 ).    
     
     
         22 . A vehicular child safety seat fixed to a seat of a vehicle, comprising: 
 a seat unit ( 202 ),    a base unit ( 201 ) supporting said seat unit ( 202 ),    an impact absorption member ( 20 A) enclosing the head of an infant ( 100 ) placed in said vehicular child safety seat from a temporal region to a head top region of the head of said infant ( 100 ), and    position displacement inhibit means ( 210 ) provided between a bottom plane of said base unit ( 201 ) and said seat of the vehicle for inhibiting position displacement of said vehicular child safety seat with respect to said seat of the vehicle.    
     
     
         23 . The vehicular child safety seat according to  claim 22 , wherein a guard pad ( 10 A) is provided at an inner side of said impact absorption member.  
     
     
         24 . A vehicular child safety seat fastened to a seat of a vehicle, comprising position displacement inhibit means ( 210 ) provided between a bottom plane of said base unit and said seat of the vehicle for inhibiting position displacement of said vehicular child safety seat with respect to said seat of the vehicle.  
     
     
         25 . The vehicular child safety seat according to  claim 24 , wherein said position displacement inhibit means ( 210 ) comprises 
 a plane portion ( 210   a ) located all over between a bottom plane of said base unit ( 201 ) and said seat of the vehicle, and having a friction coefficient greater than the friction coefficient between a member forming the bottom plane of said base unit ( 201 ) and said seat of the vehicle, and    a side portion ( 210   b ) extending upright from an edge of said plane portion ( 210   a ) so as to surround an outer circumferential plane of said base unit ( 201 ).