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CHILD RESTRAINT WITH SWIVELING JUVENILE SEAT AND SEAT-BACK LOCK

  • US 20080315649A1
  • Filed: 01/04/2008
  • Published: 12/25/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A child restraint comprisinga seat support including a base adapted to set on a vehicle seat and configured to include a swivel-mount pad and an upright anchor-support pad extending upwardly from the swivel-mount pad, the seat support further including a swivel coupled to the swivel-mount pad,a juvenile seat mounted on the swivel for swiveling motion on an arc relative to the base about an axis of rotation along a first portion of the arc between a left-facing entry position and a forward-facing travel position and along a second portion of the arc between the forward-facing travel position and a right-facing entry position, the juvenile seat including a seat bottom coupled to the swivel for swiveling motion about the axis of rotation and a seat back arranged to extend upwardly from the seat bottom for motion therewith, andseat stop means for selectively retaining the juvenile seat in the forward-facing travel position to block rotation of the juvenile seat about the axis of rotation toward the left-facing and right-facing entry positions, the seat stop means including a seat anchor coupled to the anchor-support pad of the base and a seat-back lock coupled to the seat back of the juvenile seat, and wherein the seat back is formed to include a central opening and the seat-back lock is arranged to extend through the central opening formed in the seat back to mate with the seat anchor so as to block rotation of the juvenile seat about the axis of rotation upon arrival of the juvenile seat at the forward-facing travel position.

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