Infant car seat and safety belt system

• US 20040207243A1
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mark Sedlack
• Original Assignee: Mark Sedlack
• Inventors: Sedlack, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 6,916,066 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/256.16
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 1/10 capable of being suspended from, or attached to, tables or other articles
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/02 Baby-carriers; Carry-cots
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/027 Baby-carriers with rigid frames
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2812 for securing the child to the child seat
• 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 2/2851 provided with head-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2887 Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2002/2815 with additional belt accessories, e.g. a belt tension detector
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 7/145 the body being a rigid seat, e.g. a shell
• CPC Class Codes: B62B 9/245 Removable front guards, e.g. with a tray
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 24/4088 One-piece

Abstract

An infant car seat is provided, including a seat shell, a seat back slideably connected to the seat shell, a plurality of adjustment teeth provided along the seat back, and an adjuster rotatably connected to the seat shell. The adjuster mates with the adjustment teeth to extend or retract the seat back relative to the seat shell when the adjuster is rotated.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. An infant car seat, comprising:

a seat shell;

a first safety belt having a first looped end;

second safety belt having a second looped end;

a third safety belt having a third looped end; and

a splitter plate connecting said first, second and third safety belts behind said seat shell, said splitter plate comprising;

a lower portion; and

an upper portion extending over said lower portion from a first side of said lower portion towards a second side of said lower portion and defining a gap between an end of said upper portion and said second side of said lower portion, said gap sized to allow said first and second looped ends to slide through said gap and around said upper portion and said third looped end to slide through said gap and around said lower portion.

25. The car seat of claim 24, wherein said upper portion comprises a retainer extending inwardly from said end of said upper portion to prevent said first and second looped portions from sliding off of said upper portion.

26. The car seat of claim 25, wherein said lower portion comprises a first retainer extending inwardly from said first side of said lower portion and a second retainer extending inwardly from said second side of said lower portion, said first and second extensions limiting sliding movement of said third looped portion relative to said lower portion.

27. The car seat of claim 25, wherein said upper portion comprises a curved interior surface to accommodate a converging arrangement of said first and second safety belts towards said splitter plate.

28-31. -31. (canceled)

32. An infant car seat, comprising:

a seat shell; and

a splitter plate connecting a first safety belt, a second safety belt and a third safety belt behind said seat shell, said splitter plate comprising;

a lower portion; and

an upper portion extending over said lower portion from a first side of said lower portion towards a second side of said lower portion.

33. The car seat of claim 32, further comprising an adjustable seat back connected to said seat shell, wherein said first safety belt passes through a first slot in said seat shell, passes through a channel, and passes through a first slot in said seat back, and wherein said second safety belt passes through a second slot in said seat shell, passes through a channel, and passes through a second slot in said seat back.

34. The car seat of claim 33, wherein said first and second safety belts pass through a single channel.

35. The car seat of claim 34, wherein said channel is in said seat back.

36. The car seat of claim 34, wherein said channel is between said seat back and said shell.