Child safety device adaptable on a vehicle

• US 20020163232A1
• Filed: 05/24/2002
• Published: 11/07/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Renolux France Industrie
• Original Assignee: Renolux France Industrie
• Inventors: Catin, Joseph, Vezinet, Cedric
• Application Number:
  US10/088,486
• Publication Number:
  US 20020163232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/256.12
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/146 characterised by the locking device
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2845 having handles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2857 characterised by the peculiar orientation of the child B60N2/2869 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis

Abstract

Child safety device able to be adapted on a vehicle.

The device of the invention includes a portable element (2) fitted with a tiltable arch-shaped handle (4) and a base (3) permanently fixed on a seat of the vehicle, the portable element (2) and the base (3) being equipped with centering and positioning means and vertical locking means via the rotation of the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3).

According to the invention, the vertical locking means include an anchorage piece (15) provided with at least one locking branch (16) and an opening (17) emerging into a cavity and making it possible to insert the locking branch (16) through the opening (17) according to an engaging position and then bringing the portable element (2) into a locking position via a relative rotation of the anchorage piece (15) with respect to the opening (17).

Claims

1. Adaptable child safety device for use on a vehicle and including a portable element (2) provided with:

a tiltable arch-shaped handle (4) and a bearing surface (13),

and a base (3) permanently fixed on a seat of the vehicle and provided with a support surface (11) for cooperating with the bearing surface (13),

the portable element (2) and the base (3) being equipped with means for centering and positioning the portable element (2) on the base (3) and means for vertically locking the portable element (2) by means of rotation with respect to the base (3) between an engaging position and a locking position, characterised in that the vertical locking means include on one of the support (I 1) or bearing (13) surfaces an anchorage piece (15) provided with at least one locking branch (16) and on the other support (11) or bearing (13) surfaces, an opening (17) issuing into a cavity and having a passage section, said passage section of the opening (17) making it possible to insert the locking branch (16) through the opening (17) according to the engaging position and then bring the portable element (2) into the locking position by means of a relative rotation of the anchorage piece (15) with respect to the opening (17).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterised in that the anchorage piece (15) has the shape of a “

T”

whose upper portion constitutes two locking branches (16).

3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that the anchorage piece (15) is placed on the support surface (11) and the opening (17) is fitted on the bearing surface (13).

4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that the means for vertically locking the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3) further include at least one stop (18) placed on the portable element (2) and at least one tab (19) placed on the base (3), the stop (18) and the tab (19) being placed in such a way that the stop (18) is inserted under the tab (19) during rotation of the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3) in the locking position.

5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that the centering and positioning means include on the support surface (11) a centering truncated cone (12) cooperating with the bearing surface (13) placed under the portable element (2).

6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that the support surface (11) and the bearing surface (13) have shapes exhibiting a symmetry of revolution with respect to a spin axis (14) of the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3).

7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that a locking in rotation of the portable element (2) is ensured by a slanting towards the rear of the tiltable arch-shaped handle (4) on both sides of bosses (20) situated on the base (3).

8. Device according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that the portable element (2) is fitted with two lateral handles (22) to provide easy transport with studied grasping, even when the arch-shaped handle (4) is slanted.

9. Device according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the portable element (2) includes a body for receiving a seat for a child.

10. Device according to claim 9, characterised in that the engaging position corresponds to a position of the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3) in which the child is placed perpendicular to a driving direction of the vehicle.

11. Device according to claim 9 or 10, characterised in that the locking position corresponds to a position of the portable element (2) with respect to the base (3) in which the child is placed parallel to a driving direction of the vehicle.