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Volvo Inflatable Child Safety Seat Concept Revealed
The safest way a child under the age of four years can travel in a car is in a rear facing seat specifically designed for children. Rear facing seats prevent children from suffering from neck injury during a frontal impact. However, child safety car seats tend to be bulky and heavy which discourages many parents from using them.
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Volvo, a pioneer when it comes to car safety, has now come out with, what is perhaps, the world's first inflatable child safety seat. Still a concept, these inflatable seats solve the chief concern by making them portable.
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Volvo's concept child safety seats can be inflated in 40 seconds using a built-in pump.
When deflated and folded the seat measures 45 x 50 x 20cm and weighs less than 5 kg. This means the seat can easily be packed inside a backpack while on a weekend family trip.
Volvo's inflatable seat is made from drop-stitch fabric, the same material that's used to make inflatable boats.
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However, Volvo has not revealed whether it intends to mass produce its extremely useful inflatable child safety seats. Do you think Volvo should enter this concept into production?
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