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US 6,857,700 B2Granted
Adjustable child seat for toddlers to small children
AssigneeGraco Children's Products Inc.
InventorsAlan W. Eastman, Robert J. Warner, Jr.
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Abstract
An adjustable child seat includes a seat body having a seat back and a seat portion. The seat portion has a first base and a second base movably mounted to the first base. The child seat further includes a seat adjusting mechanism for adjusting the length of the seat to customize to differently sized children. In addition, the child seat includes a recline mechanism connected to the first and second bases to selectively tilt the seat body. The child seat can also include two adjustable armrests, and adjustable headrest, and an adjustable shoulder belt clip.
Claims29
A child seat comprising:
- a seat body including a seat back and a seat portion connected to the seat back, wherein the seat portion comprises a first base connected to the seat back and a second base connected to the first base, the first and second bases together defining an upper seating surface upon which to sit;
- a seat adjusting mechanism that connects the first base and the second base and that allows the second base to be adjusted linearly and in a plane parallel to a bottom surface of the seat body between a retracted, in-use position and an extended, in-use position relative to the first base to shorten or lengthen, respectively, the seating surface, wherein a front wall of the seat body is positioned farther from the seat back in the extended, in-use position than in the retracted, in-use position;
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- a belt channel formed in the seat body for receiving a vehicle belt to secure the seat body to a vehicle seat.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.