Child safety seat, shell and harness
AssigneeBritax Childcare Pty Ltd.
InventorWieslaw Maciejczyk
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Abstract
A child safety seat arrangement is disclosed wherein the child is secured to the safety seat by a harness. The harness is then secured with respect to the vehicle by a mounting arrangement that is independent of any seat shell. Preferably, there is also a seat shell that is itself secured with respect to the vehicle. Also disclosed is a child safety seat arrangement having a seat shell with apertures through which a harness can be passed. The harness preferably includes a main harness strap which is looped behind the seat shell, through a pair of apertures therein, to provide two shoulder straps to extend over a child's shoulders. The disclosure includes multiple pairs of apertures to allow for adjustment of the height of the shoulder straps.
Claims30
1-32. (canceled)
A child safety seat for being mounted in a vehicle, comprising:
- a) a restraint harness for holding a child in the safety seat;
- and
- b) a first mounting assembly for securing the harness to the vehicle, and cooperating with the safety seat to restrain a seat occupant without attachment to the vehicle.
A child safety seat assembly, comprising:
- a) a seat shell for seating a child, having at least one aperture therein;
- and
- b) a harness to hold the child in the seat shell, the harness including two shoulder straps to pass over the child's shoulders;
- wherein the harness passes through at least one aperture in the seat shell for attachment to the vehicle.
A child safety seat assembly according to claim 22, wherein the shoulder straps are formed by looping a main harness strap through a pair of apertures and behind the seat shell.
A harness for a child safety seat assembly, including a main shoulder strap which can be looped behind a seat shell to provide two shoulder straps to extend over a child's shoulders.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.