Child Seat

• US 20130001992A1
• Filed: 06/28/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
• Inventors: HARTENSTINE, Curtis M., GILLETT, Michael H., GILLETT, Sharon A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,481,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/250.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2866 booster cushions, e.g. to lift a child to allow proper use of the conventional safety belts
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2887 Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 3/101 fixed

Abstract

A child seat includes a seat shell, a retractor assembly connected with the seat shell, two anchor strap portions extending outward from a rear of the seat shell, and an adjustment strap extending outside the seat shell. Each of the two anchor straps is provided with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle. The two anchor strap portions extend outward from a rear of the seat shell, and are provided with two fasteners operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle, the anchor strap portions being connected with the retractor assembly. The adjustment strap is operable to actuate the retractor assembly to retract the anchor strap portions toward an interior of the seat shell.

Claims

1. A child seat comprising:

a seat shell;

a retractor assembly connected with the seat shell;

two anchor strap portions extending outward from a rear of the seat shell and provided with two fasteners operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle, the anchor strap portions being connected with the retractor assembly; and

an adjustment part connected with the retractor assembly and accessible from an to outside of the seat shell, the adjustment part being operable to actuate the retractor assembly to retract the anchor strap portions toward an interior of the seat shell.

2. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the retractor assembly includes a spool that is pivotally assembled with the seat shell and is respectively connected with the two anchor strap portions and the adjustment part, the spool being operable to rotate to wind and unwind at least partially the anchor strap portions.

3. The child seat according to claim 2, wherein the spool rotates about a pivot axis that extends transversal relative to the seat shell.

4. The child seat according to claim 3, wherein the adjustment part includes an adjustment strap, a connection of the adjustment strap with the spool being located between the respective connections of the two anchor strap portions with the spool.

5. The child seat according to claim 2, wherein the spool rotates about a pivot axis that extends along a vertical direction relative to the seat shell.

6. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the retractor assembly includes a lever that is pivotally assembled with the seat shell and has two posts oppositely eccentric from a pivot axis of the lever, the anchor strap portions respectively wrapping at least partially about the two posts.

7. The child seat according to claim 6, wherein the anchor strap portions are formed from a single continuous web material that extends transversally relative to the seat shell and wraps at least partially about the two posts.

8. The child seat according to claim 6, wherein the adjustment part includes an adjustment strap, and the adjustment strap is operable to drive rotation of the lever so that the two posts respectively push against the anchor strap portions, which causes the anchor strap portions to displace toward the interior of the seat shell.

9. The child seat according to claim 6, wherein the pivot axis of the lever extends along a vertical direction and is adjacent to a central longitudinal axis of the seat shell.

10. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the retractor assembly includes two levers pivotally connected with the seat shell, each of the levers being operatively connected with the adjustment part and one of the two anchor strap portions.

11. The child seat according to claim 10, wherein each of the two levers has a pivot axis about which the lever is connected with the seat shell, and first and second end portions eccentric from the pivot axis, the first end portion of each lever being connected with one associated anchor strap portion, and the second end portion of each lever being connected with the adjustment part.

12. The child seat according to claim 11, wherein the two levers are disposed at left and right sides of a central longitudinal axis of the seat shell, the adjustment part includes an adjustment strap, and the adjustment strap wraps around a guiding structure disposed adjacent to the central longitudinal axis and behind the levers, and has two divergent portions that extend away from the guiding structure and are respectively connected with the second ends of the levers.

13. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment part includes an adjustment strap, the retractor assembly includes a sliding part that is connected with the adjustment strap and is movable relative to the seat shell along a central longitudinal axis of the seat shell, and the two anchor strap portions are connected with the sliding part.

14. The child seat according to claim 13, wherein the two anchor strap portions are formed from a single continuous web material that has a portion extending transversal relative to the seat shell and connected with the sliding part.

15. The child seat according to claim 13, wherein the sliding part is disposed adjacent to a central longitudinal axis of the seat shell.

16. The child seat according to claim 1, wherein the adjustment part includes an adjustment strap and a lock, the lock is spaced apart from the retractor assembly, the adjustment strap passing through the lock and extending outside the seat shell, the lock when in a locking state blocks a sliding movement of the adjustment strap through the lock, and the lock when in an unlocking state allows sliding of the adjustment strap through the lock.