Insert for a child safety seat
AssigneeBritax Childcare Pty Ltd.
InventorWieslaw Maciejczyk
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Abstract
An insert for repositioning at least one of the harness straps of a child safety seat in order to accommodate an occupant smaller than the harness is configured to accommodate, wherein the insert is adapted to locate between the child safety seat and the occupant and includes a pair of waist strap guides, each waist strap guide configured to allow a waist strap of the harness to extend through and exit the waist strap guide at a position narrower than where the waist strap exits the child safety seat.
Claims20
An insert adapted to be secured to a child safety seat by a harness of the child safety seat and to be located between the child safety seat and an occupant by being placed upon an occupant support surface of the child safety seat, wherein the harness includes a first waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a first waist strap aperture and a second waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a second waist strap aperture, wherein the first waist strap aperture and the second waist strap aperture are a first distance apart, the insert comprising:
- a first waist strap guide arranged such that when the insert is secured to the child safety seat the insert is configured to redirect the first waist strap from the first waist strap aperture, towards the second waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the first waist strap guide of the insert at a first waist strap slot, wherein the first waist strap guide is configured such that when the first waist strap is positioned through the first waist strap guide at the first waist strap slot, the first waist strap guide maintains a portion of the first waist strap at the first waist strap slot;
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- a second waist strap guide arranged such that when the insert is secured to the child safety seat the insert is configured to redirect the second waist strap from the second waist strap aperture, towards the first waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the second waist strap guide of the insert at a second waist strap slot, wherein the second waist strap guide is configured such that when the second waist strap is positioned through the second waist strap guide at the second waist strap slot, the second waist strap guide maintains a portion of the second waist strap at the second waist strap slot,
- wherein the first waist strap slot and the second waist strap slot are a second distance apart, the first distance being greater than the second distance.
A child safety seat including:
- a shell and an occupant support surface;
- a harness, wherein the harness includes a first waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a first waist strap aperture through a first waist strap aperture in the shell and a second waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a second waist strap aperture through a second waist strap aperture in the shell, wherein the first waist strap aperture and the second waist strap aperture are a first distance apart;
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- an insert adapted to be secured to the child safety seat by the harness and located between the child safety seat and the occupant by being placed upon an occupant support surface of the child safety seat, wherein the insert includes:
- a first waist strap guide arranged such that when the insert is secured to the child safety seat the insert is configured to redirect the first waist strap from the first waist strap aperture, towards the second waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the first waist strap guide of the insert at a first waist strap slot, wherein the first waist strap guide is configured such that when the first waist strap is positioned through the first waist strap guide at the first waist strap slot, the first waist strap guide maintains a portion of the first waist strap at the first waist strap slot, and
- a second waist strap guide arranged such that when the insert is secured to the child safety seat the insert is configured to redirect the second waist strap from the second waist strap aperture, towards the first waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the second waist strap guide of the insert at a second waist strap slot, wherein the second waist strap guide is configured such that when the second waist strap is positioned through the second waist strap guide at the second waist strap slot, the second waist strap guide maintains a portion of the second waist strap at the second waist strap slot,
- wherein the first waist strap slot and the second waist strap slot are a second distance apart, the first distance being greater than the second distance.
A method for repositioning at least one of the harness straps of a harness of a child safety seat in order to accommodate an occupant smaller than the harness is configured to accommodate, wherein the harness includes a first waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a first waist strap aperture and a second waist strap that exits the child safety seat at a second waist strap aperture, wherein the first waist strap aperture and the second waist strap aperture are a first distance apart, the method comprising:
- obtaining an insert adapted to be secured to the child safety seat by the harness and located between the child safety seat and the occupant by being placed upon an occupant support surface of the child safety seat;
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- securing the insert to the child safety seat to thereby reposition the at least one harness straps, wherein securing the insert to the child safety seat includes:
- positioning the first waist strap of the harness through a first waist strap guide of the insert thereby redirecting the first waist strap from the first waist strap aperture, towards the second waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the first waist strap guide of the insert at a first waist strap slot, wherein the first waist strap guide is configured such that when the first waist strap is positioned through the first waist strap guide at the first waist strap slot, the first waist strap guide maintains a portion of the first waist strap at the first waist strap slot;
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- positioning the second waist strap of the harness through a second waist strap guide of the insert thereby redirecting the second waist strap from the second waist strap aperture, towards the first waist strap aperture while behind a backrest section of the insert and between the child safety seat and the insert, and through the second waist strap guide of the insert at a second waist strap slot, wherein the second waist strap guide is configured such that when the second waist strap is positioned through the second waist strap guide at the second waist strap slot, the second waist strap guide maintains a portion of the second waist strap at the second waist strap slot,
- wherein the first waist strap slot and the second waist strap slot are a second distance apart, the first distance being greater than the second distance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.