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US 12,447,875 B2Granted
Top tether damper for child car seat
AssigneeEvenflo Company, Inc.
InventorsOronde Armstrong, Jay Bullington, Kurt Gabriel, Phillip Przybylo
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are car seats and bases therefor. The base includes top tether and an energy-absorbing elongate finger. The tether includes webbing. The webbing is at least partially wrapped about the elongate finger. The elongate finger is configured to deform when a load applied thereto by the webbing exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to pay out the webbing from the base.
Claims20
A base for a car seat, the base comprising:
- a tether;
- and an energy-absorbing elongate finger about which the tether is at least partially wrapped, the elongate finger configured to deform when a load applied thereto by the tether exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to pay out the tether from the base.
A car seat, comprising:
- a seat shell;
- a base;
- a tether;
- and an energy-absorbing elongate finger coupled to the base and about which the tether is at least partially wrapped, the elongate finger configured to deform when a load applied by the tether exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to pay out the tether from the base.
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A base for a car seat, the base comprising:
- an energy-absorbing elongate finger coupled at a first end thereof to a surface of the base such that the elongate finger is obliquely angled relative to the surface of the base;
- and a tether contacting the elongate finger, wherein the elongate finger is configured to deform when a load applied thereto by the tether exceeds a predetermined threshold so as to pay out the tether from the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.