Portable Child Seat

Abstract

A portable children's child seat for an adult seat such as a chair, church pew, bench, or structure with a seat-like configuration. The child seat has a bottom, a back, a frame, a belt, a tray, a closing strap, a hood and an attachment mechanism for securing the child seat to an adult seat. The child seat has a deployed position where it is ready for occupation by a child, and a compact position where a child seat bottom and a child seat tray are in a raised position.

1 . The child seat for attaching to a support structure having a bottom portion and an upwardly extending portion, comprising:
 a frame connected to a back portion;   the back portion operatively connected to the bottom portion, the bottom portion pivotably movable with respect to the back portion between a lowered position and a raised position; and   an attachment mechanism connected to the frame and securably adjustable in the upward direction to extend over the support structure.   
   
   
       2 . The child seat of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion comprises a closing device connected to the bottom portion and connectable to an upper portion of the seat to secure the bottom portion in the raised position. 
   
   
       3 . The child seat of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism comprises an upward support configured to support the seat in a predefined vertical position with respect to the support structure. 
   
   
       4 . The seat of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a hook extendably connected to the frame and a hook securing device, the hook having at least a first position and an extended position, the hook being a greater distance from the frame when in the extended position than when in the first position. 
   
   
       5 . The seat of  claim 1 , wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a lateral adjustment device movable relative to an oppositely facing inside engagement surface of the attachment mechanism and configured to engage the support structure between the lateral adjustment device and the oppositely facing inside engagement surface. 
   
   
       6 . The seat of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion comprises a flexible material conformable to the support structure. 
   
   
       7 . The seat of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion comprises an anti-slip surface configured to engaging the support structure when the bottom portion is in the lowered position. 
   
   
       8 . The seat of  claim 1 , wherein the back portion comprises headrest wings displaced from a vertical midline of the back portion in opposite lateral directions, the headrest wings movable between a retraced position and an extended position, outer lateral portions of the headrest wings being further apart when in the retracted position than when in the extended position. 
   
   
       9 . The seat of  claim 1 , comprising a tray connected to the frame, the tray movable between a raised position and a lowered position, the tray spaced from the seat back when in the lowered position. 
   
   
       10 . The seat of  claim 9 , wherein the tray comprises a video display unit. 
   
   
       11 . The seat of  claim 1 , comprising a securing device connectable to a top portion of the frame at one end and an outer end of the bottom portion at an opposite end to secure the seat around an outside surface of the support structure. 
   
   
       12 . The seat of  claim 1 , comprising a retractable hood having a retracted position and an extended position, the hood extending over a portion of the seat when in the extended position. 
   
   
       13 . A child seat, comprising:
 a frame connected to a back portion;   a back portion operatively connected to the bottom portion;   an attachment mechanism connected to the frame and having a support member extending laterally away from the back portion and configured to extend over the top of an external support structure,   the support member adjustably extendable in the upward direction.   
   
   
       14 . The child seat of  claim 13 , comprising
 a deployed position and a compact position;   the bottom having a raised position corresponding to the compact position and a lowered position corresponding to the deployed position;   a tray having a raised position corresponding to the compact position and a lowered position corresponding to the deployed position.   
   
   
       15 . The child seat of  claim 13 , wherein the bottom portion comprises a lowered position and a raised position, the bottom having an upper surface, the upper surface facing the back portion when in the raised position. 
   
   
       16 . The seat of  claim 13 , wherein the support member comprises a hook extendably connected to the frame and a hook securing device, the hook having a plurality of positions comprising at least a first position and an extended position, the hook being a greater distance from the frame when in the extended position than when in the first position. 
   
   
       17 . The seat of  claim 13 , wherein the attachment mechanism comprises a lateral adjustment device movable relative to an oppositely facing inside engagement surface of the support and configured to engage an external support structure between the lateral adjustment device and the oppositely facing inside engagement surface. 
   
   
       18 . The seat of  claim 13 , wherein the bottom portion comprises a flexible material having a bottom surface conformable to an external support structure. 
   
   
       19 . The seat of  claim 13 , comprising:
 a deployed position and a compact position;   the bottom having a raised position corresponding to the compact position and a lowered position corresponding to the deployed position;   a tray having a raised position corresponding to the compact position and a lowered position corresponding to the deployed position; and   the back portion comprises headrest wings displaced from a vertical midline of the back portion in opposite lateral direction, the headrest wings movable between a retraced position and an extended position, outer lateral portions of the headrest wings being further apart when in the retracted position than when in the extended position; and   the support comprises a hook extendably connected to the frame and a hook securing device, the hook having a plurality of positions at least comprising a first position and an extended position, the hook being a greater distance from the frame when in the extended position than when in the first position; and   the attachment mechanism comprises a lateral adjustment device movable relative to an oppositely facing inside engagement surface of the support and configured to engage a external support structure between the lateral adjustment device and the oppositely facing inside engagement surface; and   the bottom portion comprises a flexible material conformable to an external support structure.   
   
   
       20 . A child seat, comprising:
 a frame connected to a back portion;   a back portion connected to the bottom portion;   an attachment means for both vertically and laterally securing the frame to an external support structure, the attachment means securably adjustable in the vertical direction, the attachment means securably adjustable in the lateral direction.