Child Safety Seat or Baby Carrier for Mounting on a Motor Vehicle Seat and Side Impact Bar for Such a Seat

• US 20150336482A1
• Filed: 06/13/2013
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CYBEX GmbH (Goodbaby International Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: CYBEX GmbH (Goodbaby International Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Pos, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 11,560,073 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2872 provided with side rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2884 with protection systems against abnormal g-forces
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/4235 transversal
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42709 involving residual deformation or fracture of the structure

Abstract

A child safety seat or a baby carrier for mounting on a motor vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle side seat, has a seat tray and a side impact bar mounted thereon which can be moved from a rest position located in particular within a standard width to a functional position located in particular outside thereof, and vice versa, wherein the side impact bar is positioned in particular on both sides of the seat tray so as to transmit any lateral forces behind the back of a child sitting in the child safety seat and to direct said lateral forces into the seat tray. A side impact bar is used with and mounted on the child safety seat or baby carrier.

Claims

1. A child safety seat or infant car seat for mounting onto a motor vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle passenger seat, with a seat shell and a side-collision protection mounted thereon, which may be brought, particularly when located within a standard width, from a resting position into a, particularly located outside of the same, functional position and vice versa, characterized in that the side-collision protection, particularly on both sides of the seat shell, is positioned in such a way, that possible side forces are transferred away from the child sitting in the child safety seat, behind its back, and led into the seat shell.

2. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side-collision protection comprises a side element which in its resting position,

rests essentially flat on the seat shell'"'"'s side area, or, in particular, is essentially flush with a side area of the seat shell, that is pushed and/or slid into the side area in particular.

3. A child safety seat according to claim 2,

characterized in that

the side element may be folded-out, swivelled-out, extended telescopically, or be removed from a resting position for use in its functional position, and that is also attachable to an appropriate receptor for the side element, in particular, mountable.

4. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element is configurable as regards its length and/or height position.

5. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element comprises a snap-in control (click lock) mechanism, snap-action mechanism, folding mechanism, ratchet mechanism, telescope mechanism, thread or screwing mechanism or pulley mechanism, particularly intended for the purpose of configuring length and/or fixation.

6. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element is arranged above the seat area of the child safety seats.

7. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element is arranged in the back section, particularly rearward of the back contact area of the child safety seats.

8. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the child safety seat features two side elements in a seat shell, particularly those that can be actuated and configured independently of each other.

9. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side elements provided on each side of the seat shell are connected with each other, particularly within a seat shell construction.

10. A child safety seat according to claim 2,

characterized in that

the side element is designed as a folding part, which may be rotated around an axis for the purpose of switching from a resting position to a functional position and vice versa, wherein the folding part features at least one stop retainer onto which a locking bar locks, so that folding part is locked in a functional position, wherein the fixation may be released by a user that actuates a release button or a release slider, one of which has been preferably allocated per the locking bar.

11. A child safety seat according to claim 10,

characterized in that

the locking bar in its resting position is pre-loaded in such a manner, particularly by a spring element, that the locking bar is automatically brought into a predefined relaxed position in the event that the folding part is brought from the resting position into a functional position, and thus interlocks with the stop retainer.

12. A child safety seat according to claim 10,

characterized in that

a locking bar in its resting position is held in a pre-loaded position by a folding part, particularly by the side pieces of the folding parts.

13. A child safety seat according to claim 10,

characterized in that

the folding part features a cogging, by which a multitude of stop retainers is defined.

14. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element features a receptor and/or contact and/or bonding and/or locking apparatus for interlocking of a neighbouring side element particularly a neighbouring child safety seat.

15. A child safety seat according to claim 1,

characterized in that

the side element features, if necessary, a foldable or screw-on or slip-on, mushroom or disc-like end section.

16. A side-collision protection with a side element, which is formed as the folding part, which, for the purpose of changing from a resting position to a functional position and vice versa, can be rotated around an axis, wherein the folding part features at least one stopping retainer onto which a locking bar locks in the functional position, so that the folding part is locked in place in a functional position, wherein the fixation may be released by a user that actuates the release button or a release slider of which preferably one is assigned per locking bar, to mount on a child safety seat and/or an infant car seat, particularly by means of an adhesive bond, riveted joint or bolted connection.