US 8,465,102 B2 · Child safety seat magnetic web attachment

Abstract

The present invention provides a child safety seat installed within a motor vehicle, including both upper portions of a harness web threaded through a pair of sleeves surrounding that portion of the web proximate a child's chest area. It is an object of this invention to eliminate the disadvantages of the harness webs, tangs and buckle, falling into the depression or concavity formed by the contours of the seat, interfering with placing a child within the seat. The upper portions of both webs are required to be connected laterally to offer protection against separation in the event of a sudden deceleration. The sleeves therefore include a latchable connector to selectively couple or uncouple one sleeve to another. A magnet is positioned upon each sleeve, and metallic strips embedded within the seat sides. Thereby when sleeves are in an uncoupled position, each sleeve may be repositioned and inverted toward an adjoining lateral seat edge, whereby the magnets and metallic strips are attracted and fasten in releasable attachment, by this means maintaining the web harness clear of the interior of the seat. A handle is provided attached to a lower buckle, providing a grasping and manipulating opportunity to store the buckle assembly outside an interference zone.

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Dependent claims

A child's safety seat assembly comprising:

first and second sleeves placed over an upper portion of a web harness, including a latchable connector to selectively couple said first sleeve to said second sleeve, including a magnet set within a plinth attached to each of said first and second sleeve thereon;
a handle positioned on a lower portion of said web harness having a first end anchor attachment to a buckle assembly thereof, and a second end overlaying an upper portion of said web harness, including two metallic discs set thereon;
a web clamp adjustably attached to said lower portion of said web harness, including a connection to a tang for insertion into said buckle assembly;
a metallic strip embedded within opposing lateral sides of said safety seat.

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A child's safety seat within a motor vehicle comprising;

a seat backrest extending upward from a seat bottom, together with an adjoining side wing positioned each side of said safety, a pair of laterally spaced apart web members, supported on one end from said seat backrest at an upper position, and terminating at a lower position near said seat bottom;
first and second sleeves enclosing an upper portion of each said spaced apart web members, said first and second sleeves each include a connecting member to selectively couple or uncouple one sleeve to the other;
further, said first and second sleeves each include a first pair of magnets attached to a lower portion of each said sleeve, and a second pair of metallic strips attached to each said side wing;
a tether strap end connected at a first anchor location to said seat bottom, and a second end terminating at a buckle, said buckle includes a pivotally connected handle attached thereon.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Child safety seat magnetic web attachment

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Child safety seat magnetic web attachment

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Abstract

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