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Apparatus for single and multiple person vehicle car seats, specialized car seats, modular car seat systems, integrated car seats, dual person car seats, variable width car seats, reversibly and non-reversibly changeable car seat types, car seat-inserts inserted into a car seat, and overlapping car

Apparatus for single and multiple person vehicle car seats, specialized car seats, modular car seat systems, integrated car seats, dual person car seats, variable width car seats, reversibly and non-reversibly changeable car seat types, car seat-inserts inserted into a car seat, and overlapping car seats, for use in a land, sea or air vehicle, mounted onto the vehicle's built-in seat and used for securing a car seat user, such as an infant or older child or handicapped person, within a vehicle's regular seating positions. Car seat systems include components enabling addition or removal of seating positions for a desired number of car seat users as needed, limited only by available width space of the vehicle seat onto which it is mounted. Car seat systems, integrated car seat systems and/or multiple person car seats generally provide more and/or specialized seating positions for persons in car seats than provided for regular passengers in the vehicle width space taken up by the car seat systems or the multiple person car seat.

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1. An integrated car seat system comprising: an integral unit comprising any combination of stackable individual car seats and individual booster seats, each individual car seat having a seat base and a seat back, and each individual booster seat having a seat base, the combination of stackable indi

1. An integrated car seat system comprising: an integral unit comprising any combination of stackable individual car seats and individual booster seats, each individual car seat having a seat base and a seat back, and each individual booster seat having a seat base, the combination of stackable individual car seats and booster seats forming a single car seat that seats a single car seat person employing a built-in seat belt of a vehicle, each of said individual car seats and booster seats being detachably connectable one on top of another or one individual car seat detachably connectable to at least one booster seat, the individual car seats and booster seats formed to provide seating for a single car seat person when each said individual car seat or booster seat is removed from said integral unit, said integral unit and each of said individual car seats and booster seats of the integrated car seat system being mountable in a vehicle seat. 2. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein when at least one car seat of said plurality of car seats becomes a removed car seat by being removed from said integral unit, said removed car seat is mountable on one vehicle seat of said vehicle such that when mounted in said one vehicle seat, each removed car seat provides another sitting position for another car seat person. 3. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 2, wherein when any removed car seat is no longer needed to seat said another car seat person, said removed car seat is re-attachable to said integral unit. 4. A variable width car seat comprising: a car seat base including:a left base portion, anda right base portion, said base portions being coupled together by a mechanism controlling the spacing of one base portion over the other base portion making the width of the combined left and right base portions variable, wherein said variable width car seat is formed to seat a car seat person in a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat made to provide at least one sitting position for a passenger in the vehicle, said car seat system being mounted in said vehicle seat employing a built-in seat belt of the vehicle. 5. A variable width car seat as recited in claim 4, further comprising: a car seat back including a left back portion and a right back portion, said back portions being coupled together by the mechanism controlling the spacing of one back portion over the other such that the width of the combined left and right back portions is variable;said mechanism being one of: manual control, sliding control and gearing system control. 6. A variable width car seat as recited in claim 4, wherein said mechanism is one of: manual control, sliding control and gearing system control. 7. A variable width car seat as recited in claim 4, providing seating positions for at least two car seat persons. 8. A changeable car seat comprising: a base, wherein said changeable car seat is formed to seat a car seat person in a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat made to provide at least one sitting position for a passenger in the vehicle, said car seat system being mounted in said vehicle seat employing a built-in seat belt of the vehicle;a back including an upper back portion and a lower back portion;a left side end;a right side end including an upper right side end and a lower right side end;a left side end; anda leg portion including an upper leg portion and a lower leg portion,wherein:the left side end is connected to the base by a first coupling;the upper back portion is connected to lower back portion by a second coupling;the upper right side end is connected to lower right side end by a third coupling;the lower leg portion is connected to upper leg portion by a fourth coupling;the upper leg portion is connected to base by a fifth coupling;the lower right side end is connected to base by a sixth coupling,wherein each coupling has at least a selectable open position and a selectable closed position, wherein a user is able to move a coupling from the open position to the closed position, and from the closed position to the open position, andwherein:when all couplings are in respective open positions said changeable car seat provides a configuration for a first type of car seat,when all couplings are in respective closed positions said changeable car seat provides a second type of car seat, andwhen the first, third, fourth, and fifth couplings are in respective closed positions, and second and sixth couplings are in respective open position said changeable car seat provides a third type of car seat. 9. A changeable car seat as recited in claim 8, further comprising at least one of: wherein each said coupling comprises semi-rigid flexible material imparted with at least two selectable positions;wherein said first type is an infant seat, said second type is a booster seat, and said third type is a booster seat with a back;wherein said base is a variable width base, andsaid changeable car seat forms at least one seat in one of: a car seat system, an integrated car seat system and a multiple car seat. 10. A changeable car seat comprising: a base having a first, second, third and fourth side, wherein said changeable car seat module is formed to seat a car seat person in a vehicle seat, the vehicle seat made to provide at least one sitting position for a passenger in the vehicle, said car seat system being mounted in said vehicle seat employing a built-in seat belt of the vehicle;a left side end coupled to said first side;a lower back portion coupled to said second side;a lower right side portion end coupled to said third side;an upper leg portion coupled to said fourth side; andforming mechanism for forming an infant seat from said changeable car seat components. 11. A changeable car seat as recited in claim 10, further comprising: a lower portion coupled to said upper leg portion opposite said base;an upper back portion coupled to said lower back portion opposite said base; andan upper right side end coupled to said lower right side end opposite said base. 12. A changeable car seat as recited in claim 10, wherein all couplings are taken from any combination of couplings consisting of: a foldable material coupling allowing folding of a coupled pair of changeable car seat components in a desired position;a manual coupling;a mechanical coupling;a magnetic coupling;a semi-rigid coupling;an electrical coupling;any combination of said couplings, andany coupling allowing said changeable car seat to be formed as one of: a booster seat, a forward directed car seat and a rearward directed car seat, a car seat for a handicapped car seat person, a car seat mountable on a rear of a particular vehicle car seat, a car seat capable of accepting a car seat insert, a car seat insert, a car seat with overlap, a variable width car seat, a car seat in a car seat system, and a car seat in a multiple car seat system. 13. A changeable car seat as recited in claim 10, wherein at least two components of said changeable car seat are formed as an integral unit. 14. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one individual car seat is one of: a dual car seat, a car seat with overlap, a variable width car seat, a changeable car seat, a car seat insert, a car seat having receiving mechanism for a car seat insert, a car seat in a car seat system, and a car seat in a multiple car seat. 15. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, forming at least one part of a multiple car seat system or a car seat system. 16. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 15, wherein said multiple car seat or car seat system has two or more car seating positions, and at least one seat of said seating positions is formed of a plurality of car seats on top of one another. 17. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one car seat of said plurality of car seats is one of: any existing car seat, a manufactured car seat, a modified car seat, and a car seat to be manufactured. 18. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one car seat of said plurality of car seats is formed from a plurality of components including at least two components taken from a group of components consisting of: an integrated car seat base;an integrated car seat back attached to one of: said car seat back and a car seat base of another car seat of said plurality of car seats,an integrated car seat right end attached to one of: said car seat back and said car seat base; andan integrated car seat left end attached to one of: said car seat back and said car seat base, andwherein said at least one car seat of said plurality of car seats being formable to be one of: a booster seat, a forward directed car seat, a rearward directed car seat, a variable width car seat, a dual car seat, and an overlapping car seat, andwherein each car seat base is removable attached to another car seat base of said plurality of car seats. 19. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of individual car seats comprises at least one of: a capturing mechanism capable of capturing another seat of said plurality of individual car seats,an attachment mechanism enabling each said individual car seats to be captured by the capturing mechanism of another seat of said plurality of individual car seats, anda release mechanism enabling release of at least one individual seat from said another seat of said plurality of individual car seats and being removed from said integral unit. 20. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 19, wherein each of said mechanisms comprise one of: a simple mechanism, a complex mechanism, an external component mechanism, a force fit, manual control mechanism, a sliding control mechanism, a gearing system control, and a snap/unsnap mechanisms. 21. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said individual car seats comprises a release mechanism enabling release of each of said individual car seats from another of said plurality of individual car seats and being removed from said integral unit. 22. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein said integral unit further comprises a release mechanism to release any number of said plurality of individual car seats from said integral unit. 23. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein said each individual car seat is one of: an infant seat, a booster seat, a toddler seat, a variable width car seat, a forward directed car seat, a rearward directed car seat, a car seat for a handicapped car seat person, a car seat mountable on a rear of a particular vehicle car seat, a car seat capable of accepting a car seat insert, a car seat insert, a dual car seat, a car seat with overlap, a variable width car seat, a changeable car seat, a car seat in a car seat system, and a car seat in a multiple car seat system, and any combination of said car seats. 24. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, being formed to be mounted in at least one of: a land vehicle, a water vehicle, and an air vehicle. 25. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein said built-in seat belt of the vehicle is a car seat mounting medium. 26. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one individual car seat is removed from said integral unit by unfolding said individual car seat from said integral unit to form an adjacent car seat. 27. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one of: a car seat pad for covering at least one of a back and a base portion of at least one of said individual car seats;an external mounting component to mount at least one of said each said individual car seat to said integral unit, andan external releasing component to release at least one of said each said individual car seat from said integral unit. 28. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said each individual car seats is formed having at least one external component. 29. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said individual car seats of the integrated car seat system is an insertable car seat module comprising a receiving car seat of a first car seat type having receiving mechanism to receive a car seat insert of a second car seat type. 30. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 29, wherein the car seat insert includes inserting mechanism to couple with said receiving mechanism and changing said first car seat type car seat to said second car seat type car seat, wherein said insertable car seat module is formed to seat a car seat person in a vehicle seat. 31. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 29, wherein the insertable car seat forms at least one seat in one of a car seat system and a multiple car seat. 32. A car seat comprising a stackable car seat useful for an integrated car seat system, said integrated car seat system comprising a plurality of stackable individual car seats forming a single car seat that seats a single car seat person employing a built-in seat belt of a vehicle, said plurality of individual car seats being detachably connectable one on top of another. 33. A car seat system as recited in claim 32, formed to be mounted in at least one of: a land vehicle, a water vehicle, and an air vehicle. 34. A car seat as recited in claim 32, comprising at least one of: a capturing mechanism capable of capturing another seat of said plurality of individual car seats, andan attachment mechanism enabling said car seat to be captured by the capturing mechanism of another seat of said plurality of individual car seats. 35. A car seat as recited in claim 34, wherein each of said mechanisms comprise one of: a simple mechanism, a complex mechanism, an external component mechanism, a force fit mechanism, a manual control mechanism, a sliding control mechanism, a gearing system control, and a snap/unsnap mechanism. 36. A car seat as recited in claim 32, wherein said car seat is one of: an infant seat, a booster seat, a toddler seat, a variable width car seat, a forward directed car seat, a rearward directed car seat, a car seat for a handicapped car seat person, a car seat mountable on a rear of a particular vehicle car seat, a car seat capable of accepting a car seat insert, a car seat insert, a dual car seat, a car seat with overlap, a variable width car seat, a changeable car seat, a car seat in a car seat system, and a car seat in a multiple car seat system, and any combination of said car seats. 37. A car seat comprising at least one component to form a car seat into a stackable car seat useful for an integrated car seat system, said integrated car seat system comprising a plurality of stackable individual car seats forming a single car seat that seats a single car seat person employing a built-in seat belt of a vehicle, said plurality of individual car seats being detachably connectable one on top of another. 38. A car seat component as recited in claim 37, comprising at least one of: a capturing mechanism capable of capturing another seat of said plurality of individual car seats, andan attachment mechanism enabling said car seat to be captured by the capturing mechanism of another seat of said plurality of individual car seats. 39. A car seat component as recited in claim 37, wherein said individual car seat is one of: an infant seat, a booster seat, a toddler seat, a variable width car seat, a forward directed car seat, a rearward directed car seat, a car seat for a handicapped car seat person, a car seat mountable on a rear of a particular vehicle car seat, a car seat capable of accepting a car seat insert, a car seat insert, a dual car seat, a car seat with overlap, a variable width car seat, a changeable car seat, a car seat in a car seat system, and a car seat in a multiple car seat system, and any combination of said car seats. 40. A car seat component as recited in claim 37, wherein said individual car seat is formed to be mounted in at least one of: a land vehicle, a water vehicle, and an air vehicle. 41. A car seat component as recited in claim 37, wherein said component comprises hardware. 42. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said plurality of individual car seats, provide features and amenities of previously known and developing car seats. 43. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of at least one of said plurality of individual car seats is folded within said plurality of individual car seats to result in a reduced package size. 44. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, wherein external mounting components are used for at least one of: mounting one individual car seat or booster seat to another car seat or booster seat and mounting an individual removed car seat or booster seat to any vehicle seat. 45. An integrated car seat system as recited in claim 1, further comprising a car seat belt extender.