Baby Seat Strap

Abstract

A two-piece strap has conjugate proximal ends and conjugate branched distal ends, which are adapted to loop around a supporting structure, such as the arms of a chair, to secure a child in an infant seat to the structure. The strap serves the dual function of securing the infant in the baby seat and securing the baby seat to an anchor structure. Also, each end of the strap can be independently secured to an anchor structure, as compared to previous inventions in which the straps wrap around the supporting structure. This design affords greater adaptability to various anchor structures, such as the arms of a chair or the sides of a shopping cart.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A strap, which secures a child in a seat and at the same time secures the seat to an anchor structure, comprising:
 a first strap member and a second strap member;   wherein the proximal ends of the first and second strap members are releasably connectable by conjugate proximal connecting means;   wherein the distal end of each strap member is split into two distal branches, which are releasably connectable by conjugate distal connecting means;   wherein the distal end of each strap member is adapted to be secured to the anchor structure by forming a loop around the anchor structure with the two distal branches, and interconnecting the two distal branches by the distal connecting means; and   wherein the first and second strap members are adapted to encompass both the child and the seat and secure them together to the anchor structure by using the proximal connecting means to interconnect the two strap members.   
     
     
         2 . The strap according to  claim 1 , wherein the lengths of one or both strap members is adjustable, thereby enabling the strap to be tightened around the child and the seat to better secure them to the anchor structure. 
     
     
         3 . The strap according to  claim 2 , wherein the lengths of one or more of the distal branches is adjustable, thereby enabling the loop around the anchor structure to be tightened to better secure the distal ends of the strap to the anchor structure. 
     
     
         4 . The strap according to  claim 3 , wherein the distal connecting means are interchangeable, thereby enabling the distal ends of the strap to be connected to various cooperating connecting means on the anchor structure.