Tether latch for securing a child vehicle seat to an anchorage

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• a guard for preventing disengagement of the hook when the guard is in a first position and for permitting disengagement of the hook from the anchorage when the guard is in a second position, the guard being biased toward the first position;
• an actuator for rotatably moving the guard between its first and its second position;
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• a receiver for attaching a tether strap to the latch,
• wherein the guard is a spring plate.

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• a guard for preventing disengagement of the hook when the guard is in a first position and for permitting disengagement of the hook from the anchorage when the guard is in a second position, the guard being biased toward the first position;
• an actuator for rotatably moving the guard between its first and its second position;
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• a receiver for attaching a tether strap to the latch,
• wherein the actuator is a lever having a first end, a second end and a pivot axis therebetween, the second end engaging the guard and moving it between its first and its second positions when the lever is pivoted about its axis.

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• a spring plate for preventing disengagement of the hook when the spring plate is in a first position and for permitting disengagement of the hook from the anchorage when the spring plate is in a second position;
• an actuator for moving the spring plate between its first and its second position;
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• a receiver for attaching a tether strap to the latch, wherein the actuator is a lever having a first end, a second end and a pivot axis therebetween, the second end engaging the spring plate and moving it between its first and its second positions when the lever is pivoted about its pivot axis.

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• a guard for preventing disengagement of the hook when the guard is in a first position and for permitting disengagement of the hook from the anchorage when the guard is in a second position;
• an actuator for moving the guard between its first and its second position;
• a tether strap length adjuster for attaching a tether strap to the latch, the tether strap length adjuster being pivotally coupled to the remainder of the latch;
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• a plate having a hole therethrough, wherein the tether strap length adjuster includes an opening and a fastener pivotally coupling the opening and hole.

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• a guard for preventing disengagement of the hook when the guard is in a first position and for permitting disengagement of the hook from the anchorage when the guard is in a second position;
• an actuator for moving the guard between its first and its second position;
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• a tether strap length adjuster for attaching a tether strap to the latch, the tether strap length adjuster being pivotally coupled to the remainder of the latch in a manner to permit pivotal movement therebetween in two perpendicular planes.

A hook and adjuster for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• and
• a tether strap length adjuster coupled to the hook and permitting pivotal rotation therebetween about an axis,
• wherein the hook includes an adjuster attachment opening and the adjuster includes a hook attachment opening, a fastener passing through both openings and permitting rotation about the axis of the fastener.

A hook and adjuster for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• a hook for engaging an anchorage;
• and
• a tether strap length adjuster coupled to the hook and permitting pivotal rotation therebetween about an axis,
• wherein the hook further comprises a plate having a hole therein and the adjuster comprises a plate having a hole therein, a fastener coupling the two plates for rotation about a first axis, the plate of the adjuster being pivotally coupled to the balance of the adjuster for pivotal movement about a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.

A latch for attaching a child vehicle seat tether strap to an anchorage comprising:

• an elongate metal stamping having a hook at one end and a tether strap attachment at the other end;
• a spring plate guarding the hook and biased to engage an inner portion of the hook to prevent removal of the hook from an anchorage and being movable to a release position in which the spring plate is spaced from the inner portion of the hook;
• a cover for the stamping and the spring plate and including a pair of aligned openings;
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• a lever including a first end extending through the cover, a second end extending through the cover and engaging the spring plate, and a rod extending through the aligned openings of the cover.