Juvenile carrier with juvenile-restraint harness adjustment mechanism

A juvenile seat comprising

• a seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the back support portion having a front surface and a back surface,
• a juvenile-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, the harness having a shoulder strap including two shoulder strap portions,
• a harness-control panel configured to position the shoulder strap portions of the juvenile-restraint harness, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion, the harness-control panel being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion,
• a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the back surface of the back support portion and configured to include a pull-handle, a belt support bar coupled to the pull-handle, a panel height locator coupled to the seat shell, and a handle bar coupled to the belt support bar and the harness-control panel and formed to include an aperture for slidably receiving the pull-handle therethrough, the belt support bar is configured to engage and disengage the panel height locator to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height, and the pull-handle is configured to move relative to the handle bar between a lock position where the belt support bar is engaged with the panel height locator and a release position where the belt support bar is disengaged from the panel height locator, and
• at least one spring coupled to the belt support bar and wherein the belt support bar is spring-biased toward the lock position by at least one spring.

A juvenile seat comprising

• a seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion having a front surface and a back surface,
• a juvenile-restraint harness including a shoulder strap having shoulder strap portions,
• a harness-control panel to position the shoulder strap portions, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion and the harness-control panel further being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion to provide a back rest, and
• a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the harness-control panel and configured to move between a lock position in order to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height with respect to the bottom portion of the seat shell and a release position in order to move the harness-control panel relative to the seat shell, and
• a shoulder strap tensioner coupled to the panel height adjustment mechanism, the panel height adjustment mechanism includes a first slot for receiving the shoulder strap therethrough and the tensioner includes a second slot also for receiving the shoulder strap therethrough, and wherein the tensioner is movable between a normally locked position where the first slot is positioned to lie below the second slot and a released position where the first slot and the second slot are aligned.

A juvenile seat comprising

• a seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the back support portion having a front surface and a back surface,
• a juvenile-restraint harness including a shoulder strap having shoulder strap portions, the harness being coupled to the seat shell,
• a harness-control panel configured to position the shoulder strap portions, the harness-control panel being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion and further being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion, and
• a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the harness-control panel and configured to move between a lock position in order to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height with respect to the bottom portion of the seat shell and a release position in order to move the harness-control panel relative to the seat shell, and
• means for moving the panel height adjustment mechanism from the normally lock position to the release position.

A juvenile seat comprising

• a seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the back support portion having a front surface and a back surface,
• a juvenile-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, the harness having a shoulder strap including two shoulder strap portions,
• a harness-control panel configured to position the shoulder strap portions of the juvenile-restraint harness, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion, the harness-control panel being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion, and
• a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the back surface of the back support portion and configured to include a pull-handle having a grip portion and a bar-mount portion coupled to the grip portion, a belt support bar coupled to the bar-mount portion of the pull-handle, and a panel height locator coupled to the seat shell, the belt support bar provided to engage and disengage the panel height locator to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height, the pull-handle configured to move between a lock position where the belt support bar is engaged with the panel height locator and a release position where the belt support bar is disengaged from the panel height locator, and the bar-mount portion of the pull-handle being a generally horizontal member and the grip portion of the pull-handle being a generally vertical member.

A juvenile seat comprising

• a seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the back support portion having a front surface and a back surface,
• a juvenile-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, the harness having a shoulder strap including two shoulder strap portions,
• a harness-control panel configured to position the shoulder strap portions of the juvenile-restraint harness, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion, the harness-control panel being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion, and
• a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the back surface of the back support portion and configured to include a pull-handle having a grip portion and a bar-mount portion coupled to the grip portion, a belt support bar coupled to the bar-mount portion of the pull-handle, and a panel height locator coupled to the seat shell, the belt support bar provided to engage and disengage the panel height locator to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height, the pull-handle provided to move between a lock position where the belt support bar is engaged with the panel height locator and a release position where the belt support bar is disengaged from the panel height locator, and the grip portion of the pull-handle includes a front wall, a rear wall spaced-apart from the front wall, and a middle wall coupled to and positioned between the front wall to cooperate with the front and rear walls to form a finger-receiving receptacle, and the adjustment mechanism including a thumb-support positioned above the pull-handle and provided for the support of a user's thumb when the pull-handle is being moved from the lock position to the release position.