Pad for child safety seat

A liner for a child safety seat having a bottom, bottom side portions, a back, back side portions, a top, safety harness webbing, and a buckle attached to a buckle tether, said liner comprising:

• a seat bottom portion adapted to overlie said bottom of said child safety seat, said seat bottom portion defining a pair of bottom slits configured to accommodate passage of said safety harness webbing therethrough, said seat bottom portion further defining a buckle slit configured to accommodate passage of said buckle and said buckle tether therethrough;
• a seat back portion adapted to overlie said back of said child safety seat, said seat back portion defining a pair of essentially-parallel slits adjoining and continuing said pair of bottom slits, said pair of essentially-parallel slits being configured to accommodate passage of said safety harness webbing therethrough;
• at least one fastener for releasably securing said liner to said child safety seat;
• and
• a small pad comprising
• a pad seat bottom portion adapted to overlie said seat bottom portion of said liner, said pad seat bottom portion comprising a pad buckle opening configured to accommodate passage of said buckle and said buckle tether therethrough;
• and
• at least one fastener for releasably securing said small pad to said liner;
• wherein said pair of essentially-parallel slits may be opened to provide apertures registered with selected safety harness anchor points;
• wherein said pair of bottom slits may be opened to provide apertures registered with selected safety harness anchor points;
• and
• where said buckle may be passed through said buckle slit and also subsequently passed through said pad buckle opening.

A small pad for a child safety seat having a bottom, bottom side portions, and a buckle, said small pad comprising:

• a pad seat bottom portion adapted to overlie said bottom of said child safety seat, said pad seat bottom portion comprising a pad buckle opening configured to accommodate passage of said buckle therethrough;
• at least one fastener for releasably securing said small pad to said child safety seat;
• and
• a flap connected to said pad seat bottom portion near said pad buckle opening and configured to cover said pad buckle opening when said small pad is not secured to said child safety seat, said flap being further configured to at least partially overlap a section of said pad seat bottom portion and to discourage passage of liquid through said pad buckle opening.