US 5,494,331 AGranted

Child safety seat for automobile

AssigneeAprica Kassai Kabushikikaisha

InventorsIchiro Onishi, Kenzou Kassai

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Abstract

A seat body forming a backrest and a seat section is made to move along an arcuate guide with respect to a base by a relative movement guiding mechanism which is formed by combination of an arcuate guide rail and a guide member moving along the guide rail. A seat section is rotatably mounted on the seat body and a coupling member is caused to engage a linear section of the guide rail, thereby maintaining the seat section at a substantially constant inclination regardless of any movement of the seat body. Thus, it is possible to maintain the seat section in a substantially horizontal state also when the angle of the backrest is adjusted, whereby the backrest can recline without interfering with a backrest of the car seat in an automobile. Thus, an uncomfortable position is avoided when a child sits in the safety seat the backrest of which is in an inclined state.

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Dependent claims

A child safety seat for an automobile, comprising:

a seat body (3) forming a backrest (2);
a seat section (5) and a journal (4) tiltably securing said seat section (5) to said backrest (2) of said seat body;
a base (6) movably holding said seat body, a relative movement guiding mechanism coupled to said seat body and to said base, said guiding mechanism comprising a guide rail (8) having a curved section (10) and a guide member (9) engaging said guide rail (8) for guided movement along said guide rail (8), said relative movement guiding mechanism further comprising a locking device (17, 18, 19, 20) for selectively fixing said guide member (9) in any one of a plurality of positions along said guide rail (8);
and a coupling (30, 31) movably securing said seat section (5) to said base (6) for maintaining said seat section (5) at a substantially constant inclination when an angular position of said backrest (2) is changed in response to a movement of said seat body (3) relative to said base (6).

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