Seat with upwardly projecting harness straps
AssigneeRecaro Child Safety LLC
InventorChad Allen Sparling
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Abstract
A seat assembly is disclosed, and includes a seat having opposing sides, a back support, and a seat pan. The seat assembly also includes at least two harness straps extending in a generally vertical direction between the back support and the seat pan. The harness straps both have a lower portion and ends, where the ends of the harness straps are secured to the seat pan. An insert may be located within each of the harness straps. The inserts may extend in a generally upward direction away from the seat pan. The inserts are each a spring biased element that exerts a biasing force on a respective harness strap to urge the lower portion of the respective harness strap towards one of the opposing sides of the seat.
Claims19
A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat having opposing sides, a back support, and a seat pan;
- at least two harness straps extending in a generally vertical direction between the back support and the seat pan, the harness straps both having a lower portion and ends, wherein the ends of the harness straps are secured to the seat pan;
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- an insert located within each of the harness straps, the inserts extending in a generally upward direction away from the seat pan, the inserts each being a spring biased element that exerts a biasing force on a respective harness strap to urge the lower portion of the respective harness strap towards one of the opposing sides of the seat.
A seat assembly, comprising:
- a seat having opposing sides, a back support, and a seat pan;
- at least two harness straps extending in a generally vertical direction between the back support and the seat pan, the harness straps both having a lower portion and ends, wherein the ends of the harness straps are secured to the seat pan;
- a seat cover;
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- an insert located between the seat cover and the seat pan that extends in a generally transverse direction between the at least two harness straps, and wherein an end of the insert receives the lower portion of one of the harness straps and another end of the insert receives the lower portion of a remaining one of the harness straps, and wherein the insert exerts a biasing force on both the harness straps to urge the lower portion of both harness straps towards one of the opposing sides of the seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.