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US 2025/0010769 A1Published application
Child seat harness tightening mechanism
AssigneeIndiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc.
InventorsThomas M. Mashino, Jeffrey Alan King, Jeffrey David Huck
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Abstract
A method and system for securing a child or passenger. The method or system has a harness. The method or system has a cam buckle. The method or system has a harness adjuster. The method or system has a handle. The handle is operatively connected to the harness adjuster. The harness adjuster includes a one-way ratchet. The harness passes through the belt adjuster and the cam buckle. The handle is configured to activate the tightening mechanism to tighten the harness to a set tension through a single actuation motion.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a cam buckle;
- a harness adjuster strap threaded through the cam buckle;
- a harness adjuster;
- wherein the harness adjuster includes a retractor;
- wherein the retractor is biased to pull the harness adjuster strap into the retractor;
- wherein the cam buckle has an unlocked position where the harness adjuster strap is able to slide through the cam buckle;
- wherein the cam buckle has a locked position where the harness adjuster strap is locked to the cam buckle;
- wherein the cam buckle is biased towards the locked position;
- wherein the harness adjuster includes an actuator;
- wherein the actuator is configured to engage the cam buckle to move the cam buckle to the unlocked position to release the harness adjuster strap;
- and
- wherein the actuator is configured to disengage from the cam buckle to allow the cam buckle to return to the locked position to secure the harness adjuster strap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.