Child restraint apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeBritax Child Safety, Inc.
InventorsPankaj Tulsidas Amesar, Barry Mahal, David Gardiner Downie, Mark Robert Pitcher, David Shaun Carine, Christopher Hankinson
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Abstract
A child restraint apparatus relates to holding a child within a vehicle interior. The apparatus has a body with an internal area for receiving a child. An energy absorbing member extends in use over at least part of an external surface of the body. This energy absorbing member faces away from the internal area.
Claims13
Child restraint apparatus for restraining a child within a vehicle interior, the apparatus having a body comprising an internal area for receiving a child, and an energy absorbing member which, in use, extends over at least part of an external surface of the body and which faces away from the internal area.
A method of operating a child restraint apparatus within a vehicle, the apparatus having an externally positioned energy absorbing member in the form of a vented deformable chamber, the method comprising the steps of:—
- providing the child restraint apparatus in a vehicle interior with the chamber collapsed and the vent closed, then
- with the child restraint apparatus in position in vehicle, opening the vent such that air enters the chamber, the vent thereafter being left open so as to provide controlled venting in the event of a deformation of the chamber as a result of an accident.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.