Child Restraint System Including a Stationary Seat Support and a Removable Juvenile Vehicle Seat on the Seat Support
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1. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprisinga base,a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, andpositioning means for selectively positioning the lower yoke with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke.
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Abstract
A child restraint including a seat support and a juvenile vehicle seat removably coupled to the seat support. The juvenile vehicle seat may be reclined with respect to the seat support.
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1. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, and positioning means for selectively positioning the lower yoke with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke.
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11. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the lower yoke being selectively positionable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke, and locking means for preventing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is not in the upright position while allowing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is in the upright position.
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18. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, an upper yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the upper yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the upper yoke and a retracted position of the upper yoke, and a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile seat, the lower yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke independently of movement of the upper yoke, the upper yoke being movable toward the upright position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the upright position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke, and the upper yoke being movable toward the reclined position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the reclined position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke.
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24. A child restraint for the receipt of a juvenile, the child restraint comprising
a juvenile vehicle seat having a lower locking member, an intermediate locking member, and an upper locking member, and a seat support configured to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support including a base, an upper yoke coupled to the base, and a lower yoke coupled to the base, the upper yoke including an upper latch mechanism configured to receive the upper locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in a front-facing position with respect to the seat support, the lower yoke including a lower latch mechanism configured to receive the lower locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in the front-facing position with respect to the seat support and configured to receive the intermediate locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in a rear-facing position with respect to the seat-support and an intermediate latch mechanism configured to receive the lower locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the Juvenile vehicle seat is in the rear-facing position with respect to the seat support.
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