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US 12,715,348 B2Granted
Juvenile seat attachment to vehicle seat
AssigneeDorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
InventorTimothy L. Edwards
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Abstract
A child restraint is configured to be attached to a vehicle seat to retain the child restraint to the vehicle seat. The child restraint includes a seat base adapted to rest on the vehicle seat and a juvenile seat adapted to hold a child and configured to be attached removably to the seat base. The seat base is formed to include a belt path defined at least partially by a belt-engagement surface and having a first end and an opposite, second end. The child restraint further includes an attachment strap configured to secure the seat base to the vehicle seat to retain the seat base and the juvenile seat to the vehicle seat.
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A child restraint for attachment to a vehicle seat to retain the child restraint to the vehicle seat, the child restraint comprising:
- a seat base adapted to rest on the vehicle seat, the seat base including:
- (i) a seat base foundation formed to include a belt path defined at least partially by a belt-engagement surface, the belt-engagement surface having a first end and an opposite, second end, and (ii) a tension indicator including at least one retractable protrusion positioned within the belt path between the first and second ends of the belt-engagement surface,
- a juvenile seat adapted to hold a child and configured to be attached removably to the seat base, and
- an attachment strap configured to secure the seat base to the vehicle seat to retain the seat base and the juvenile seat to the vehicle seat, the attachment strap comprising an anchor belt configured to engage the belt engagement surface between the first end of the belt-engagement surface to the second end of the belt-engagement surface, a first anchor coupled to an end of the anchor belt and configured to engage with a first latch point included in the vehicle seat, and a second anchor coupled to the anchor belt and configured to engage with a second latch point included in the vehicle seat and spaced apart from the first latch point, the second anchor including an attachment hook having an engagement surface configured to contact and grip the second latch point and an adjustment buckle coupled with the anchor belt to change a length of the anchor belt between the first anchor and the second anchor to allow tightening and loosening of the anchor belt relative to the first and second anchors,
- wherein the anchor belt is configured to engage the retractable protrusion and cause the retractable protrusion to change from an extended position to a retracted position after attachment of the first anchor to the first latch point and the second anchor to the second latch point and after tightening the anchor belt to exert a predetermined pressure on the belt-engagement surface, and
- wherein the second anchor has a maximum length defined from the engagement surface of the attachment hook to an exit point on the adjustment buckle where the anchor belt exits the adjustment buckle and extends toward the second end of the belt-engagement surface, and the maximum length is less than a distance defined from the belt-engagement surface at the retractable protrusion to the second latch point.
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A child restraint for attachment to a vehicle seat of a vehicle, the child restraint comprising:
- a seat shell adapted to rest on the vehicle seat and adapted to hold a child for transportation in the vehicle, the seat shell being formed to include a belt path defined at least partially by a belt-engagement surface, the belt-engagement surface having a first end and an opposite, second end, and
- an attachment strap configured to secure and retain the seat shell to the vehicle seat, the attachment strap comprising an anchor belt configured to engage the belt engagement surface between the first end of the belt-engagement surface to the second end of the belt-engagement surface, a first anchor coupled to an end of the anchor belt and configured to engage with a first latch point fixed to the vehicle seat, and a second anchor coupled to the anchor belt and configured to engage with a second latch point fixed to the vehicle seat and spaced apart from the first latch point,
- wherein the second anchor includes an attachment hook having an engagement surface configured to contact and grip the second latch point and an adjustment buckle coupled with the anchor belt to allow tightening and loosening of the anchor belt relative to the second anchor, and
- wherein the second anchor has a maximum length defined from an engagement surface of the attachment hook engaged with the second latch point to an exit point where the anchor belt exits the adjustment buckle and extends toward the second end of the belt-engagement surface, and the maximum length is less than a distance defined between the second end of the belt-engagement surface and the second latch point.
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An attachment strap configured to secure a child restraint to a vehicle seat, the attachment strap comprising:
- an anchor belt configured to engage a belt-engagement surface of the child restraint,
- a first anchor coupled to an end of the anchor belt and configured to engage with a first latch point included in the vehicle seat, and
- a second anchor coupled to the anchor belt and configured to engage with a second latch point included in the vehicle seat and spaced apart from the first latch point,
- wherein the second anchor includes an attachment hook having an engagement surface configured to contact and grip the second latch point and an adjustment buckle coupled directly to the attachment hook and with the anchor belt and configured to change a length of the anchor belt between the first anchor and the second anchor to allow tightening and loosening of the anchor belt relative to the first and second anchors, and
- wherein anchor belt is routed around a guide post included in the adjustment buckle and an axis provided by the guide post, and wherein the attachment hook has a curvature extending around a hook curvature axis arranged substantially perpendicular to the axis of the guide post.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.