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US 12,691,800 B2Granted
Child restraint
AssigneeDorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
InventorsWilliam P. Mchugh, Jason H. Johnson
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Abstract
A child restraint includes a seat base and a juvenile seat. The seat base is adapted to rest on a vehicle seat. The juvenile seat adapted to support a child and includes a seat bottom and a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom. The child restraint further includes a juvenile-seat attachment system configured to mount the juvenile seat to the seat base.
Claims20
A child restraint comprising
- a seat base including a seat foundation adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and a seat-orientation controller coupled to the seat foundation and configured to move relative to the seat foundation,
- a juvenile seat adapted to support a child, the juvenile seat including a seat bottom and a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, and
- a juvenile-seat attachment system configured to mount the juvenile seat releasably to the seat base so that the juvenile seat is at least partially separable from the seat base,
- wherein the juvenile-seat attachment system includes an installation guide configured to guide a rear end of the juvenile seat onto the seat-orientation controller so that a front end of the juvenile seat is aligned with a front end of the seat-orientation controller for proper installation, a juvenile seat anchor configured to retain the front end of the juvenile seat to the seat-orientation controller after the front end of the juvenile seat is lowered onto the seat-orientation controller, and an anchor lock configured to retain the juvenile seat anchor in a latched position to block separation of the juvenile seat from the seat base after the front end of the juvenile seat is installed on the seat-orientation controller.
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A child restraint comprising
- a seat base including a seat foundation adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, a seat-orientation controller coupled to the seat foundation and configured to move relative to the seat foundation, and a retainer unit coupled to the seat orientation controller for movement therewith,
- a juvenile seat adapted to support a child, the juvenile seat including a seat bottom, a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, and an anchor unit configured to engage the retainer unit of the seat base to mount and retain the juvenile seat to the seat base, and
- a juvenile-seat release unit configured to disengage the retainer unit from the anchor unit so that the juvenile seat is at least partially separable from the seat base, the juvenile-seat release unit including a retainer lock coupled to the seat-orientation controller and configured to retain the retainer unit in a locked position upon installation of the juvenile seat on the seat base, a lock-release controller coupled to the seat-orientation controller and to the retainer lock and configured to release the retainer lock from the retainer unit to change the retainer unit from the locked position to an unlocked position, and a release handle coupled to the juvenile seat and arranged to engage the lock-release controller when the juvenile seat is attached to the seat base.
A child restraint comprising
- a seat base including a seat foundation adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and a seat-orientation controller coupled to the seat foundation and configured to move relative to the seat foundation,
- a juvenile seat adapted to support a child, the juvenile seat including a seat bottom and a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, and
- a juvenile-seat attachment system configured to mount the juvenile seat to the seat base,
- wherein the juvenile-seat attachment system is configured to provide means for separating the juvenile seat from the seat base in response to a pulling force on a seat-release handle coupled to the juvenile seat and a lifting force applied on the seat-release handle after application of the pulling force to cause the juvenile seat to unlock from the seat base and separate from the seat base without a user disengaging the release handle during application of the pulling force and the lifting force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.