Child restraint with tether

A child restraint comprising

• a seat base adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and
• a juvenile seat adapted to couple to the seat base,
• wherein the seat base includes a seat-base foundation configured to support the juvenile seat, a tether strap coupled to an upper end of the seat-base foundation and adapted to be fixed to a tether-strap anchor coupled to the vehicle seat, and a tether-strap tension indicator coupled to the tether strap and configured to move between an uninstalled position, when tension applied to the tether strap is less than a predetermined threshold, and an installed position, when the tether strap is attached to the tether-strap anchor and tension applied to the tether strap is at or above the predetermined threshold,
• wherein the juvenile seat is moveable relative to the seat base between a first arrangement and a second arrangement, and wherein a portion of the juvenile seat is configured to engage the tether-strap tension indicator when the juvenile seat is moved from the first arrangement toward the second arrangement and when the tether strap is in the uninstalled position to block the juvenile seat from reaching the second arrangement until the tether-strap tension indicator is in the installed position.

A seat base for a child restraint adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, the seat base comprising

• a seat-base foundation,
• a tether strap coupled to an upper end of the seat-base foundation and adapted to be fixed to a tether-strap anchor coupled to the vehicle seat, and
• a tether-strap tension indicator coupled to the tether strap and configured to move between an uninstalled position, when tension applied to the tether strap is less than a predetermined threshold, and an installed position, when the tether strap is attached to the tether-strap anchor and tension applied to the tether strap is at or above the predetermined threshold,
• wherein the seat-base foundation includes a foundation bottom and a foundation backrest coupled to the foundation bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the foundation bottom to define a juvenile seat region above the foundation bottom and forward of the foundation backrest, and wherein a portion of the tether-strap tension indicator protrudes into the juvenile seat region in the uninstalled position, and
• wherein the foundation backrest has a first forward facing surface and the portion of the tether-strap tension indicator has a second forward facing surface that is flush with the first forward facing surface in the installed position.

A seat base for a child restraint adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, the seat base comprising

• a seat-base foundation,
• a tether strap coupled to an upper end of the seat-base foundation and adapted to be fixed to a tether-strap anchor coupled to the vehicle seat, and
• a tether-strap tension indicator coupled to the tether strap and configured to move between an uninstalled position, when tension applied to the tether strap is less than a predetermined threshold, and an installed position, when the tether strap is attached to the tether-strap anchor and tension applied to the tether strap is at or above the predetermined threshold,
• wherein the seat-base foundation includes a foundation bottom and a foundation backrest coupled to the foundation bottom and arranged to extend upwardly away from the foundation bottom to define a juvenile seat region above the foundation bottom and forward of the foundation backrest, and wherein a portion of the tether-strap tension indicator protrudes into the juvenile seat region in the uninstalled position, and
• wherein the portion of the tether-strap tension indicator has a top edge aligned with a top edge of the foundation backrest in the installed position and misaligned with the top edge of the foundation backrest in the uninstalled position.

A child restraint comprising

• a seat base adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and
• a juvenile seat adapted to couple to the seat base,
• wherein the seat base includes a seat-base foundation configured to support the juvenile seat, a tether strap coupled to an upper end of the seat-base foundation and adapted to be fixed to a tether-strap anchor coupled to the vehicle seat, and a tether-strap tension indicator coupled to the tether strap and configured to move between an uninstalled position, when tension applied to the tether strap is less than a predetermined threshold, and an installed position, when the tether strap is attached to the tether-strap anchor and tension applied to the tether strap is at or above the predetermined threshold,
• wherein the juvenile seat is movable relative to the seat base between a first arrangement and a second arrangement, and the juvenile seat is blocked from moving relative to the seat base from the first arrangement to the second arrangement when the tether strap is in the uninstalled position and until the tether-strap tension indicator is in the installed position.