Child seat
AssigneeGraco Children's Products Inc.
InventorsBruce Williams, Daniel J. Brunick, Charles E. Crane
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Abstract
An adjustable child seat includes a backrest and a seat base and may be used with or without the backrest. The child seat includes adjustable arm rests. The height of the backrest and the depth of the seat base are also adjustable. The connection between the backrest and the seat base is configured to prevent unintentional separation but allows simple and intuitive separation when desired. A belt guide operating in either a seat belt locking mode or a seat belt free mode is also provided.
Claims11
A child seat for seating a child within a vehicle, comprising:
- a base having a seating surface for receiving a child;
- a backrest;
- a connection mechanism that connects the base and the backrest and that includes a plurality of hooks engaged with a bar recessed within the seating surface;
- wherein the curved surface of at least one of the hooks opposes the curved surface of at least two of the other hooks;
- wherein all of the hooks are attached to one of the base and the backrest, and the bar is attached to the other of the base and the backrest;
- wherein the child seat is configured for placement on a seat of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the child seat has a belt path configured to receive and locate relative to the child a lapbelt of a restraint system of the vehicle.
A child seat for seating a child within a vehicle, comprising:
- a base having a seating surface for receiving a child and openings;
- a backrest;
- a connection mechanism that connects the base and the backrest and that includes a bar in the base accessible through the openings and a plurality of hooks that extend from the backrest and through the openings to engage the bar;
- wherein the curved surface of at least one of the hooks opposes the curved surface of at least two of the other hooks;
- wherein the child seat is configured for placement on a seat of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the child seat has a belt path configured to receive and locate relative to the child a lapbelt of a restraint system of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.