US 12,589,678 B2Granted

Child safety seat and related tether assembly

AssigneeWonderland Switzerland AG

InventorBruce L. Williams

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Abstract

A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a tether assembly. The seat body is movably, detachably, or fixedly disposed on the base. The tether assembly is for securing the base on a vehicle. The tether assembly includes a tether driving component, a tether anchor and a tether strap. The tether driving component is movably disposed on the base. The tether driving component is extendable relative to the base to a used position and retractable relative to the base to a stored position. The used position is higher than the stored position along a vertical direction. The tether anchor is for engaging with the vehicle. The tether strap is connected to the tether anchor and one of the base and the tether driving component. The present invention allows an aesthetic design of the base and maintains a lower profile and a lower center of gravity.

Claims24

Dependent claims

A child safety seat comprising:

a base installable on a seat of a vehicle, the base having a body including a first portion positionable in contact with a seatback of the seat of the vehicle and a second portion positionable in contact with a seat pan of the seat of the vehicle;
a seat body movably, detachably, or fixedly disposed on the base and for accommodating a child;
and
a tether assembly for securing the base on the seat of the vehicle, the tether assembly comprising:
a tether driving component movably disposed on the base and including a handle part, the tether driving component being extendable relative to the base to a used position and retractable relative to the base to a stored position while the seat body is disposed on the base, the handle part of the tether driving component in the used position being higher than the handle part of the tether driving component in the stored position relative to the seat body;
a tether anchor engageable with the vehicle;
and
a tether strap connected to the tether anchor and associated with the handle part of the tether driving component;
wherein the handle part forms an upper end of the tether assembly, and the tether strap extends directly from the handle part.

6 more elements

A tether assembly for securing a base of a child safety seat installed on a seat of a vehicle, the tether assembly comprising:

a tether driving component movably disposable on a portion of the base positionable in contact with a seat back of the seat of the vehicle, the tether driving component including a handle part, the tether driving component being extendable relative to the base to a used position and retractable relative to the base to a stored position while the seat body is disposed on the base, the handle part of the tether driving component in the used position being higher than the handle part of the tether driving component in the stored position along a vertical direction;
a tether anchor engageable with the vehicle;
and
a tether strap connected to the tether anchor and associated with the handle part of the tether driving component;
wherein the handle part forms an upper end of the tether assembly, and the tether strap extends directly from the handle part.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/891,093Filed 3 Jun 2020 · us provisional application
Priority: 12 Jun 2019
Published: US 2020/0391625 A117 Dec 2020
Granted: 31 Mar 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

B60N 2/2809
For securing the child seat to the vehicle: with additional tether connected to the top of the child seat and passing above the top of the back-rest
B60N 2/2821
Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle: having a seat and a base part
B60N 2/2845
Adapted to carry the child, when dismounted from the vehicle: having handles
B60N 2/2869
Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle: rotatable about a vertical axis