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Re: Child safety seat
By:Eric Schade (shearwater Boats)
Date: 2/25/2000, 8:16 pm
In Response To: Child safety seat (Paul G. Jacobson)

Safety seats for this crowd are difficult. I've made someting similar to what is described for my son in the canoe, it won't fit in even a large kayak cockpit. I floated it in the pool with him on it, works great...but...if he needed to use it, the canoe would be upside down...With him sitting trapped in the seat?...well I think he's better off with a good life jacket sitting comfortably where he wants to.

by the way he has fallen overboard twice, and come up supprised but happy...get a pfd with a handle on the collar you will probably pull him out before he knows he's wet.

> I received an e-mail today about a new invention that may be of interest
> to boaters with small children. Disclaimer: I'm passing it along for your
> review. It sounds like a good idea, but it is not yet on the market, and
> the people who sent me the e-mail are plainly seeking publicity and
> investors so they can bring this to market. I am not involved with them in
> any way, and I don't want to be.

> Now that you have been warned about the motives, here is a very
> interesting safety item. I'm sure it willhave to go through Coast Guard
> testing and approval before it ever gets to a manufacturing stage, but you
> hear about these things first, right here.

> Paul G. Jacobson

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> Hello,

> This is National Children’s Safety Seat Week. I have a nice story to
> present to you. I am one of three average individuals that have invented a
> floating infant safety seat(patent pending). The seat can hold up to a
> 35lb infant. No matter how this seat lands in the water, it always turns
> right-side up… it never capsizes. There is nothing remotely close to it on
> the market. Anyone that has been boating/has an infant will agree that
> something like this is long overdue.

> Within the past couple of weeks, we were featured in the “Daily Herald”
> newspaper 3 times(front page business section). Tomorrow, we will be font
> page of The Pioneer Press(Rolling Meadows). Please take two minutes of
> your time and view our website; the website provides more information.

> Thank You, Robert Kot.

> http://people.ce.mediaone.net/babyseat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Messages In This Thread

Child safety seat
Paul G. Jacobson -- 2/17/2000, 12:49 pm
Re: Child safety seat
Eric Schade (shearwater Boats) -- 2/25/2000, 8:16 pm