Safety seat tether strap

A safety seat, for use in a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat portion,
• a backrest having a head end remote from said seat portion,
• a side wall on each side of said backrest,
• first and second mutually space anchorage locations on said side walls, each anchorage location comprising an aperture in said side walls,
• a connector for engagement with a securement point on said vehicle, said connector having a strap opening,
• a tether strap with a first end passing through said first anchorage location aperture, extending in a loop through said strap opening, with the other end of said tether strap passing through said second anchorage location aperture,
• means for securing said tether strap to said backrest and said side walls, and
• adjustment means for adjusting the length of a said tether strap loop.

A safety seat in combination with a vehicle, the vehicle having:

• a vehicle seat having a seat back portion, and
• an anchorage point behind said seat back portion,
• the safety seat comprising;
• a seat portion,
• a backrest having a head end remote from said seat portion,
• first and second mutually spaced anchorage locations on said head end of said backrest,
• a connector for engagement with a securement point on said vehicle, said connector having a strap opening,
• a tether strap with one end extending from said first anchorage location, extending in a loop through said strap opening, with the other end extending to said second anchorage location, and
• adjustment means for adjusting the length of said tether strap loop.

A safety seat, for use in a vehicle, comprising:

• a seat portion,
• a backrest having a head end remote from said seat portion,
• a side wall on each side of said backrest,
• first and second mutually spaced anchorage locations on said side walls, each anchorage location comprising an aperture in each said side wall,
• a connector for engagement with a securement point on said vehicle, said connector having a strap opening,
• a tether strap having a first and a second end with one end of said tether strap extending from said first anchorage location, through said connector strap opening, to said second anchorage location,
• an in-line length adjuster located between said connector and one of said anchorage locations with the first end of said tether strap looping through one side of said in-line adjuster,
• a first three bar slide located over the aperture of said first anchorage location on the outside surface of said side wall, and
• a second three bar slide located over the aperture of said second anchorage location on the outside surface of said side wall,
• said tether strap, from said in-line adjuster, passing through the strap opening in said connector and through said first three bar slide and respective aperture, passing through said aperture of said second anchorage location and through said second three bar slide, looping through another side of said in-line adjuster, passing back through said second three bar slide and respective aperture, and looping around a center bar of said first three bar slide, with the second end of said tether strap, extending from the center bar of said first three bar slide, secured to a center bar of said second three bar slide.

A safety seat in combination with a vehicle, the vehicle having:

• a vehicle seat having a seat back portion, and
• an anchorage point behind said seat back portion,
• the safety seat comprising:
• a seat portion,
• a backrest having a head end remote from said seat portion,
• a side wall on each side of said backrest,
• first and second mutually spaced anchorage locations on said side walls, each anchorage location comprising an aperture in said side walls,
• a connector for engagement with a securement point on said vehicle, said connector having a strap opening,
• a tether strap with a first end passing through said first anchorage location aperture, extending in a loop through said strap opening, with the other end of said tether strap passing through said second anchorage location aperture,
• means for securing said tether strap with respect to said backrest and side walls, and
• adjustment means for adjusting the length of a said tether strap loop.