Juvenile vehicle seat with quick-connect backrest

A juvenile vehicle seat comprising

• a seat base including a seat bottom, a first socket coupled to a rear portion of the seat bottom and formed to include a first post-receiving channel, and a second socket coupled to the rear portion of the seat bottom and formed to include a second post-receiving channel, and
• a backrest including an upper seat back, a first post coupled to the upper seat back, and a second post coupled to the upper seat back, and wherein the first post extends into the first post-receiving channel formed in the first socket and the second post extends into the second post-receiving channel formed in the second socket to orient the upper seat back in an upright seat-forming position relative to the seat bottom and block pivotable movement of the backrest relative to the seat base.

A juvenile vehicle seat comprising

• a seat base formed to include a seat bottom and a first socket located in a fixed position relative to the seat bottom, the first socket being formed to include a post-receiving channel and a socket wall bordering the post-receiving channel and providing a bottom edge defining a retainer flange,
• a backrest including a seat back and a first post coupled to the seat back and arranged to extend into the post-receiving channel formed in the first socket to orient the seat back in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to the seat bottom, and
• anchor means for anchoring the first post in the post-receiving channel formed in the first socket to retain the seat back in the upright fixed seat-forming position, wherein the anchor means includes a retainer coupled to the first post and arranged to mate with the retainer flange in a position under the socket wall bordering the post-receiving channel to block removal of the first post from the post-receiving channel formed in the first socket without blocking insertion of the first post into the post-receiving channel.