Child car seat
AssigneeFisher-Price, Inc.
InventorsMichael T. Kane, Peter J. Kelch
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Abstract
A child restraining apparatus for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, the child restraining apparatus has an improved vehicle seat belt pathway to accommodate vehicles having particularly forward or high seat belt anchor positions. The child restraining apparatus can also include easily identifiable seat belt pathways corresponding to the seat's forward seat-facing and rear seat-facing orientations and an adjustable harness with easily identifiable harness placements corresponding to the seat's forward facing and rearward facing orientations. In the forward facing orientation, the improved vehicle seat belt pathway generally provides an entry point for a vehicle seat that is disposed forward of, and above, the seating surface of the child car seat.
Claims9
A child car seat for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle having a passenger restraint harness and capable of restraining in said car seat a child occupant ranging in size from an infant to a toddler, said car seat comprising:
- a seat body having a child support surface disposed on an upper side thereof, said child support surface including a lower seat portion and an upper back portion;
- a first seat restraint coupled to said seat body and engageable with the passenger restraint harness, when said car seat is disposed in the passenger seat, to restrain said car seat in the passenger seat in a first, rear-facing orientation appropriate for an infant;
- a second seat restraint coupled to said seat body and engageable with the passenger restraint harness, when said car seat is disposed in the passenger seat, to restrain said car seat in the passenger seat in a second, forward-facing orientation appropriate for a toddler;
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- a child restraint harness coupled to said seat body and having a child restraining portion disposed adjacent said child support surface to restrain a child occupant of said car seat between said restraining portion and said child support surface, said restraining portion including a shoulder strap having an upper end,
- said back portion having disposed thereon an upper shoulder strap position and a lower shoulder strap position disposed between said upper shoulder strap position and said seat portion, said upper end of said shoulder strap being selectively engaged with said back portion at said upper shoulder strap position, at which position said child restraining portion is suitably positioned for use by a toddler, said upper end of said shoulder strap further being selectively engaged with said back portion at said lower shoulder strap position, at which position said child restraining portion is suitably positioned for use by an infant, and
- said upper shoulder strap position and said second seat restraint having associated therewith first and second visual indicia, respectively, and said lower shoulder strap position and said first seat restraint having associated therewith third and fourth visual indicia, respectively, said first and second visual indicia being visually similar to each other and said third and fourth visual indicia being visually similar to each other and visually distinct from said first and second visual indicia.
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