Child seat attachment system
AssigneeJohnson Controls Technology Company
InventorRonald R. Siegrist
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Abstract
A child seat attachment system for a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back extending upwardly from the rear end of the seat cushion. The child seat attachment system includes a cross-bar extending laterally of the seat where at least one end of the cross-bar can be coupled to the mounting mechanism for attaching either or both of the seat cushion and seat back to the vehicle. The cross-bar has a child safety seat anchorage portion projecting through the bight line of the seat between the seat cushion and seat back for attachment of the child safety seat thereto. In a preferred embodiment, the cross-bar is rotatable about a lateral axis to enable the cross-bar to move downward against the seat cushion when the seat is occupied by an adult seat occupant to improve the comfort for the adult seat occupant.
Claims25
In a vehicle seat having a seat cushion with an upper seating surface, a seat back with a forward facing seating surface extending upwardly from a rear end of the seat cushion, the seat cushion seating surface and the seat back seating surface intersecting at a bight line, and a mounting mechanism for attaching one of the seat cushion and seat back to a vehicle body, a child safety seat attachment system comprising a cross-bar having two ends and extending laterally of the seat with at least one of the two ends of the cross-bar being coupled to the mounting mechanism, the cross-bar having a child safety seat anchorage attachment portion projecting through the bight line between the seat back and the seat cushion above the seat cushion seating surface for attachment to a child safety seat to mount the child safety seat in the vehicle.
In a vehicle having a seat, the seat including a seat cushion with an upper seating surface, a seat back with a forward facing seating surface extending upwardly from a rear end of the seat cushion, the seat cushion seating surface and the seat back seating surface intersecting at a bight line, a child safety seat attachment system comprising a cross-bar having two ends and extending laterally of the seat, the cross-bar having a child safety seat anchorage attachment portion projecting through the bight line between the seat back and the seat cushion above the seat cushion seating surface for attachment to a child safety seat, and a pair of mounts for attaching the cross-bar to the vehicle with one mount of the pair of mounts at each of the ends of the cross-bar to attach the cross-bar to the vehicle, the mounts attaching the cross-bar for rotation about a lateral axis whereby the cross-bar can move from a use position in which the anchorage attachment portion extends above the seat cushion for attachment of a child safety seat thereto to a stored position in which the anchorage attachment portion engages the seating surface of the seat cushion.
A vehicle seat comprising;
- a seat cushion with an upper seating surface and a rear end;
- a seat back with a forward facing seating surface extending upwardly from the rear end of the seat cushion, the seat cushion seating surface and the seat back seating surface intersecting at a bight line;
- a mounting mechanism for attaching one of the seat cushion and seat back to a vehicle body;
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- a child safety seat attachment system having a cross-bar with two ends and extending laterally of the seat with at least one of the two ends of the cross-bar being coupled to the mounting mechanism, the cross-bar having a child safety seat anchorage attachment portion projecting through the bight line above the seat cushion seating surface for attachment of a child safety seat thereto to mount the child safety seat in a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.