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US 2003/0067153 A1Published application
Restraint system for juvenile carriage
OwnerStephen A. Stickelinventor
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Abstract
A carriage for transporting at least one child includes a seat configured to support at least two side-by-side children, a plurality of wheels coupled to the seat, and a restraint system. The restraint system includes a lap belt and a first anchor. The lap belt is coupled to the seat at a first anchor location and a second anchor location. The first anchor is coupled to the seat at a third anchor location intermediate of the first anchor location and the second anchor location. The first anchor is configured to anchor the lap belt at the third anchor location.
Claims22
A carriage for transporting at least one child, the carriage comprising
- a seat configured to support at least two side-by-side children,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the seat,
- a restraint system including a lap belt and a first anchor, the lap belt being coupled to the seat at a first anchor location and a second anchor location, the first anchor being coupled to the seat at a third anchor location intermediate of the first anchor location and the second anchor location, the first anchor being configured to anchor the lap belt at the third anchor location.
A carriage for transporting at least one child, the carriage comprising
- a seat configured to support at least two side-by-side children,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the seat, and
- a restraint system including a shoulder restraint coupled to the seat, a crotch strap coupled to the seat, a lap belt coupled to the seat at a first anchor location and at a second anchor location, and a first anchor coupled to the seat at a third anchor location intermediate of the first anchor location and the second anchor location and configured to anchor the lap belt at the third anchor location.
A carriage for transporting at least one child, the carriage comprising
- a seat including a seat back and a seat bottom coupled to the seat back, the seat back and the seat bottom cooperating to define a left side edge, a right side edge, and a child-seating surface adapted to receive a child therein,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the seat,
- a left restraint,
- a right restraint, each of the left restraint and the right restraint including a shoulder strap coupled to the seat back, a shoulder strap anchor coupled to the seat back, and a crotch strap coupled to the seat bottom,
- an intermediate crotch strap coupled to the seat bottom between the crotch strap of the left restraint and the crotch strap of the right restraint,
- a lap belt coupled to the left side edge and the right side edge,
- a left belt loop coupled to the child-seating surface between the left side edge and the right side edge, and
- a right belt loop coupled to the child-seating surface of the seat between the left belt loop and the right side edge of the seat, wherein, in a first arrangement, the lap belt is adapted to extend across laps of a first child and a second child seated side-by-side one another, the shoulder strap of the left restraint is coupled to the shoulder strap anchor of the left restraint and the crotch strap of the left restraint so that the lap belt and the left restraint are adapted to restrain the first child, and the shoulder strap of the right restraint is coupled to the shoulder strap anchor of the right restraint and the crotch strap of the right restraint so that the lap belt and the right restraint are adapted to restrain the second child, and, in a second arrangement, the shoulder strap of one of the left restraint and the right restraint is coupled to the shoulder strap anchor of the other of the left restraint and the right restraint and to the intermediate crotch strap, the lap belt is adapted to extend across a lap of a single child seated in the seat, a left portion of the lap belt extends through the left belt loop, and a right portion of the lap belt extends through the right belt loop to restrain the single child.
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A carriage for transporting at least one child, the carriage comprising
- a seat configured to support at least two side-by-side children,
- a plurality of wheels coupled to the seat, and
- a restraint system including a lap belt coupled to the seat, a first anchor coupled to the seat, and a second anchor coupled to the seat, the lap belt being spaced apart from the first and second anchors when two children are supported by the seat, and the lap belt being threaded through the first anchor and spaced apart from the second anchor when one child is supported by the seat in an off-center position, and the lap belt being threaded through the first and second anchors when one child is supported by the seat in a center position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.