Car safety seat

Abstract

A rotatable safety seat assembly comprises an upper portion with a seat and a seat rotational element having a fixed connection to the seat such that it is rotatable together with seat about a seat rotational axis, a lower portion configured for being mounted to a passenger's seat of a car and having a central axis spaced from the seat rotational axis. The seat assembly further comprises a movement mechanism connected to the seat rotational element and operable to translate rotation of the seat rotational element about the seat rotational axis into movement of the seat rotational element along a circular trajectory around the central axis and vice versa. The assembly can further comprise a locking mechanism operable to selectively enable a first unlocked state in which the movement mechanism is operable to enable the rotational movement of the seat with the seat rotational element about the central rotational axis of the lower portion while the locking mechanism prevents the rotational movement of the seat with the seat rotational element about the seat rotational axis, and a second unlocked state in which the seat with the seat rotational element is free to rotate about the seat rotational axis and the movement mechanism is operable to translate the rotational movement of the seat with the seat rotational element about the seat rotational axis into the rotational movement of the seat with the seat rotational element about the central rotational axis and vice versa.