Lever release mid-belt adjuster
AssigneeIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorBrian Nelson Coffman
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A belt adjuster configured to secure a belt of a child car seat. The belt is squeezed and/or compressed between a belt bar and a frame to prevent movement of the belt. The belt adjuster includes a trigger configured to function as a lever. In one example, the lever extends from a belt bar to the trigger, such that force applied to the trigger actuates the belt bar. The lever is configured to multiply a force applied to the trigger to reduce the force needed to release the belt. In one embodiment, a force vector applied to the trigger is in a parallel and opposite direction from a force vector of the belt bar. In another embodiment, a force vector applied to the trigger is in a parallel and/or transverse direction from a force vector of the belt bar.
Claims29
A system, comprising:
- a belt adjuster configured to secure and release a belt, wherein the belt adjuster includes
- a frame,
- a belt bar moveable relative to the frame to secure and release the belt, and
- a lever coupled to the belt bar, wherein the lever is configured to
- actuate the belt bar via a pivoting motion.
A system, comprising:
- a belt adjuster configured to secure and release a belt, wherein the belt adjuster includes
- a frame,
- a belt bar moveable relative to the frame to secure and release the belt,
- a lever configured to actuate the belt bar to release the belt, wherein the lever has
- a trigger,
- a cover housing the frame and the belt bar, and
- wherein the cover has a shroud covering at least part of the trigger
- to inhibit accidental actuation of the lever.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.