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US 6,637,826 B2Granted
Car seat having looped adjustable shoulder harnesses
AssigneeEvenflo Company, Inc.
InventorSteven R. Takayama
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Abstract
A car seat for an infant or child including a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon and at least one shoulder harness coupled to the seat body and being shaped and located to fit over the occupant and retain the occupant on the seat body. The car seat further includes a bracket coupled to the at least one shoulder harness. The at least one shoulder harness includes a sliding portion extending from a lower portion of the seat body to an upper portion of the seat body and being slidingly received through the bracket, and a bracket portion extending from the upper portion of the seat body to the bracket and being coupled to the bracket.
Claims23
A car seat for an infant or child comprising:
- a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon;
- at least one shoulder harness coupled to said seat body and being shaped and located to fit over said occupant and retain said occupant on said seat body;
- and
- a bracket coupled to said at least one shoulder harness, said at least one shoulder harness including a sliding portion extending from a lower portion of said seat body to an upper portion of said seat body and being slidingly received through said bracket and a bracket portion extending from said upper portion of said seat body to said bracket and being coupled to said bracket such that when said bracket is gripped and moved said sliding portion is slidably passed through said bracket and said bracket portion generally is not slidably passed through said bracket, said shoulder harness being looped about itself such that said sliding portion and said bracket portion are generally parallel.
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A car seat for an infant or child comprising:
- a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon;
- a pair of shoulder harnesses coupled to said seat body and being shaped and located to fit over said occupant and retain said occupant on said seat body;
- a carriage coupled to movable along said seat back, each shoulder harness being looped about said carriage;
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- a pair of brackets, each bracket being directly or indirectly attachable to said seat pan and being coupled to one of said shoulder harnesses, each shoulder harness including a sliding portion extending from a lower portion of said seat body to an upper portion of said seat body and being slidingly received through the associated bracket and a bracket portion extending from said upper portion of said seat body to the associated bracket and being coupled to the associated bracket.
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A car seat for an infant or child comprising:
- a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon;
- a first and a second shoulder harness, each shoulder harness being coupled to said seat body and being shaped and located to fit over said occupant and retain said occupant on said seat body;
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- a first and a second bracket, said first bracket being fixedly coupled to said first shoulder harness and slidingly receiving said first shoulder harness therethrough, said second bracket being fixedly coupled to said second shoulder harness and slidingly receiving said second shoulder harness therethrough, each bracket having a tongue that is shaped to be releasably coupled to said seat pan wherein each shoulder harness is looped about a component that is generally fixedly coupled to said seat back such that one loop of each looped shoulder harness is said bracket portion and the other loop of each looped shoulder harness is said sliding portion.
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A car seat for an infant or child comprising:
- a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon;
- a pair of brackets shaped to be directly or indirectly releasably coupled to said seat pan;
- and
- a pair of shoulder harnesses coupled to said seat body and being shaped and located to fit over said occupant and retain said occupant on said seat body, each shoulder harness having an effective length portion extending from said seat pan to said seat back, each shoulder harness being slidably coupled to one of said brackets such that the effective length portion of each shoulder harness can be adjusted by sliding the associated bracket along the associated shoulder harness.
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A method for adjusting a shoulder harness of a car seat for an infant or child comprising the steps of:
- providing a car seat including a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon, a shoulder harness coupled to said seat body and being shaped and located to fit over said occupant and retain said occupant on said seat body, and a bracket coupled to said shoulder harness, said shoulder harness including a sliding portion extending from a lower portion of said seat body to an upper portion of said seat body and being slidingly received through said bracket and a bracket portion extending from said upper portion of said seat body to said bracket;
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- sliding said bracket along said shoulder harness such that said sliding portion is slidably passed through said bracket and said bracket portion generally is not slidably passed through said bracket to adjust the effective length of said shoulder harness.
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