Integrated child seat upper harness attachment and routing methods

A child seat upper harness attachment system, comprising:

• a vehicle seat having a seat back supported on a seat back support structure and a seat base member;
• a first shoulder strap extended through at least one first aperture in the seat back and releasably connected to a multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of a child occupant of the vehicle seat;
• a second shoulder strap extended through at least one second aperture in the seat back and releasably connected to the multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of the child occupant;
• a crotch-strap extending through the seat base member and releasably connected to the multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of the child occupant;
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• at least one belt connecting member connecting one of the first shoulder strap or the second shoulder strap to the seat back support structure;
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• a storage cavity created below a surface of the seat base member, the storage cavity including:
• a first depth cavity portion wherein the crotch-strap is positioned for storage of the crotch-strap;
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• a second depth cavity portion which is deeper than the first depth cavity portion, the second depth cavity portion receiving a releasable buckle member of the crotch-strap for storage of the releasable buckle member.

A child seat upper harness attachment system, comprising:

• a vehicle seat having a seat back supported on a seat support structure and a seat base member meeting the seat back at a bite-line located at a junction between the seat back and the seat base member;
• a first shoulder strap extended through the bite-line and releasably connected to a multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of a child occupant of the vehicle seat;
• a second shoulder strap extended through the bite-line and releasably connected to the multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of the child occupant;
• a crotch-strap extending through the seat base member and releasably connected to the multiple attachment point buckle for restraint of the child occupant;
• a first belt connecting member releasably connecting the first shoulder strap to the seat support structure and a second belt connecting member releasably connecting the second shoulder strap to the seat support structure, wherein the first belt connecting member and the second belt connecting member are positioned at a common elevation when connected to the seat support structure;
• a storage cavity created in the vehicle seat for storing the first shoulder strap, the second shoulder strap and the crotch-strap therein, wherein the first shoulder strap, the second shoulder strap and the crotch-strap are removed from the storage location when the child occupant is present;
• the seat support structure includes parallel first and second rails each having multiple elongated apertures which are equally spaced apart from successive ones of the elongated apertures;
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• the first and second belt connecting members each define a latch member having a barrel portion received in one of the elongated apertures with the barrel portion thereafter rotated approximately 90 degrees to inhibit release of the latch member from the first or second rail.