Child restraint for vehicle
First Claim
1. A child restraint comprisinga juvenile holder including a seat-support base and a juvenile seat configured to the mounted on the seat-support base, the seat-support base including a foundation adapted to set on a passenger seat in a vehicle, a pivotable belt clamp mounted for movement about a forward pivot axis associated with a forward bottom end of the foundation from a closed belt-trapping position in a direction away from a rearward top end of the foundation to an opened belt-receiving position to expose a seat belt-receiver cavity formed in the foundation, a top-end clamp anchor coupled to the pivotable belt clamp to pivot therewith about the forward pivot axis and configured to lock the pivotable belt clamp to the foundation to retain the pivotable belt clamp in the closed belt-trapping position to trap portions of shoulder and lap straps of a vehicle seat belt located in the seat belt-receiver cavity formed in the foundation to tension the shoulder and lap straps included in the vehicle seat belt so that the seat-support base is anchored in a stationary position on the passenger seat, and a seat mount coupled to the pivotable belt clamp to move therewith and oriented to engage and support the juvenile seat in a stationary juvenile-seating position relative to the seat-support base upon pivotable movement of the pivotable belt clamp to the closed belt-trapping position.
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Abstract
A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a base for supporting the juvenile seat. The base is adapted to be anchored to lie in a stationary position on a passenger seat of a vehicle to support the juvenile seat in the vehicle.
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23 Claims
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1. A child restraint comprising
a juvenile holder including a seat-support base and a juvenile seat configured to the mounted on the seat-support base, the seat-support base including a foundation adapted to set on a passenger seat in a vehicle, a pivotable belt clamp mounted for movement about a forward pivot axis associated with a forward bottom end of the foundation from a closed belt-trapping position in a direction away from a rearward top end of the foundation to an opened belt-receiving position to expose a seat belt-receiver cavity formed in the foundation, a top-end clamp anchor coupled to the pivotable belt clamp to pivot therewith about the forward pivot axis and configured to lock the pivotable belt clamp to the foundation to retain the pivotable belt clamp in the closed belt-trapping position to trap portions of shoulder and lap straps of a vehicle seat belt located in the seat belt-receiver cavity formed in the foundation to tension the shoulder and lap straps included in the vehicle seat belt so that the seat-support base is anchored in a stationary position on the passenger seat, and a seat mount coupled to the pivotable belt clamp to move therewith and oriented to engage and support the juvenile seat in a stationary juvenile-seating position relative to the seat-support base upon pivotable movement of the pivotable belt clamp to the closed belt-trapping position.
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19. A child restraint comprising
a juvenile seat, a seat-support base including an L-shaped foundation including a first side wall formed to include a T-shaped first lower strap-receiver channel and an angled and inclined first upper strap-receiver channel and a second side wall formed to include a T-shaped second lower strap-receiver channel and an angled and inclined second upper strap-receiver channel, the first and second side walls being arranged to lie in laterally spaced-apart relation to one another to define therebetween a seat belt-receiver cavity communicating with each of the strap-receiver channels, and a pivotable belt clamp mounted for movement about a forward pivot axis from a closed belt-trapping position mating with the L-shaped foundation to trap a portion of a lap strap of a vehicle seat belt passing along a lateral path in sequence through the T-shaped first lower strap-receiver channel, the seat belt-receiver cavity, and the T-shaped second lower strap-receiver channel and to trap a portion of a shoulder strap of the vehicle seat belt passing along one of a first diagonal path in sequence through the first upper strap-receiver channel, the seat belt-receiver cavity, and the T-shaped second lower strap-receiver channel, and a second diagonal path in sequence through the second upper strap-receiver channel, the seat belt-receiver cavity, and the T-shaped first lower strap-receiver channel, to an opened belt-releasing position away from the L-shaped foundation to release the portions of the lap and shoulder straps trapped in the seat belt-receiver cavity to free those straps to be removed from the seat belt-receiver cavity and the strap-receiver channels.
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