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US 2019/0071052 A1Published application
Ratchet Adjuster for Latch Connector
AssigneeEvenflo Company, Inc.
InventorsThomas WOELLERT, Scott MILLER
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Abstract
A connection device for connecting a child car seat to an automobile seat wherein the connection device includes a ratchet assembly for manual tightening of a web attached thereto.
Claims20
A connection assembly for a child restraint seat comprising:
- a connector for releasably coupling a connection device to a vehicle attachment point;
- a retractor operably attached to the connector including a rotatable spool for paying out and retracting a webbing, the retractor including a ratchet assembly operated by a handle operably attached to the rotatable spool.
A connection assembly for facilitating securement of a child restraint seat to a vehicle comprising:
- a connector for releasably coupling a connection device to a vehicle attachment point;
- a retractor operably attached to the connector for allowing winding and unwinding of a webbing for securing a child restraint seat to a vehicle, the retractor comprising a handle operably attachable to a center shaft for winding webbing onto the center shaft and a ratchet mechanism for allowing rotation of the center shaft in only one direction when engaged.
A connection assembly for facilitating securement of a child restraint seat to a vehicle comprising:
- a connector for releasably coupling a connection device to a vehicle attachment point;
- a retractor operably attached to the connector for allowing winding and unwinding of a webbing for securing a child restraint seat to a vehicle, the retractor comprising a ratchet gear attached to an end of a center shaft;
- a pivot handle operably attached to the retractor having a plunger on an end thereof, the plunger capable of camming a ratchet trigger to engage the ratchet gear with the pivot handle such that when the pivot handle is engaged with the ratchet gear, the pivot handle may be used to wind webbing on the center shaft;
- a ratchet mechanism attached to the center shaft comprised of at least one ratchet gear and at least one pawl, the pawl operably attached to an interlock such that when the interlock is engaged, the pawl allows rotation of the ratchet gear in only one direction.
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