Shoulder strap retainer for car seat
AssigneeMonahan Products, LLC
InventorsCarl J. Sukeforth, Eric Howard Perlman, Trung Q. Phung, Stephen Alan Kender
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Abstract
According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure an apparatus for retaining a shoulder strap in an infant car seat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shell configured to retain a shoulder strap on at least three sides including a first side, a second side, and a third side, the first and second sides being opposite each other; a securing mechanism rotatably coupled to the first side and configured to extend between the first side and the second side in a first position; and a first housing coupled to the first side and configured to accommodate at least a portion of the securing mechanism in a second position.
Claims23
An apparatus for retaining a shoulder strap in an infant car seat comprising:
- a shell configured to retain a shoulder strap on at least three sides including a first side, a second side, and a third side, the first and second sides being opposite each other, and the first side, second side, and third side define an aperture for the shoulder strap;
- a securing mechanism rotatably coupled to the first side and configured to extend between the first side and the second side in a first position to form a fourth side of the aperture;
- a first housing coupled to the first side and configured to surround the securing mechanism, in a second position, on at least three sides;
- and
- a second housing coupled to the second side, the second housing having:
- a fourth side;
- a fifth side, the fourth side terminating at the fifth side and including a taper tapering away from the fifth side;
- and
- a sixth side terminating at the fifth side and including a taper tapering away from the fifth side, the taper of the sixth side and taper of the fourth side being isomorphic.
An apparatus comprising:
- a shell having a first side rigidly coupled to a second side, and a third side rigidly coupled to the second side, the first side, second side, and third side defining an aperture configured to accommodate a shoulder strap;
- a securing mechanism coupled to the shell and configured, in a first position, to selectively enclose the aperture on a fourth side;
- a first housing coupled to the first side and configured to surround the securing mechanism, in a second position, on at least three sides;
- a biasing mechanism configured to bias the securing mechanism into the first position;
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- a second housing coupled to the second side, the second housing having:
- a respective first side;
- a respective second side, the respective first side terminating at the respective second side and including a taper tapering away from the respective second side;
- and
- a respective third side terminating at the respective second side and including a taper tapering away from the respective second side, the taper of the respective third side and taper of the respective first side being isomorphic.
A car seat comprising:
- a headrest;
- a seat coupled to the headrest;
- at least one retainer configured to retain a shoulder strap, the at least one retainer including a shell configured to retain the shoulder strap on at least three sides, at least two opposite sides of the at least three sides having a fixed spatial relationship relative to each other;
- a securing mechanism, the securing mechanism being configured to selectively retain the shoulder strap on a fourth side different from the at least three sides, and being further configured to be surrounded on at least three sides by at least a portion of the shell when positioned to permit the shoulder strap to be removed from the retainer;
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- a hinge coupled between the securing mechanism and the shell and configured to allow the securing mechanism to pivot between the first position and the second position,
- wherein the hinge is fixedly coupled to the securing mechanism and pivotably coupled to the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.