booster seat

noun

1. a padded seat that can be placed on a chair seat, for seating a child at the proper height, as at a table or in a barber chair.

Example Sentences

A few carmakers did build adjustable restraint systems, and some made an integrated booster seat, with a panel that would fold down from or out of the back seat of the car.

From Freakonomics

The subcommittee had sought to determine whether the findings of ProPublica’s February investigation into Evenflo, a major manufacturer of booster seats, held true across the industry.

From ProPublica

Three other companies — Baby Trend, Artsana and KidsEmbrace — “continue to make the unsafe recommendation for 30-pound children to use their booster seats,” the investigators wrote.

From ProPublica

KidsEmbrace admitted in a response letter to the Subcommittee that it does not side-impact test its booster seats at all.

From ProPublica

Evenflo was “among the worst offenders” in marketing its seats for children as light as 30 pounds, the congressional investigators found, despite “decades of expert consensus that booster seats are not safe for children under 40 pounds.”

From ProPublica

One cop who worked on the case joked that they would need a booster seat for the defense table.

From The Daily Beast