Child safety seat assembly
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1. A child safety seat for use in an automotive vehicle, and comprising:
- a base sub-assembly having a spaced-apart pair of rigidly attached side rail elements which each have a longitudinally arcuate configuration;
a seat sub-assembly supported by said base sub-assembly and having an occupant restraint means and a spaced-apart pair of rigidly attached side rail elements which each have a longitudinally arcuate configuration and is slidably engaged with a respective one of said base sub-assembly side rail elements; and
collapsible energy absorbing means connected to said base sub-assembly and to said seat sub-assembly;
said base and seat sub-assembly longitudinally arcuate side rail configurations having the same axis of rotation, and said collapsible energy absorbing means being collapsed when said seat sub-assembly is rotated in a given direction relative to said base sub-assembly.
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Abstract
A novel child safety seat assembly for utilization in an automotive vehicle is comprised of a base sub-assembly having a pair of arcuate side rails, of a seat sub-assembly slidably supported on the base sub-assembly and having a pair of arcuate side rails engaged with the base sub-assembly arcuate side rails, and a collapsible energy absorber element functionally positioned intermediate the base sub-assembly and the seat sub-assembly.
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3 Claims
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1. A child safety seat for use in an automotive vehicle, and comprising:
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a base sub-assembly having a spaced-apart pair of rigidly attached side rail elements which each have a longitudinally arcuate configuration; a seat sub-assembly supported by said base sub-assembly and having an occupant restraint means and a spaced-apart pair of rigidly attached side rail elements which each have a longitudinally arcuate configuration and is slidably engaged with a respective one of said base sub-assembly side rail elements; and collapsible energy absorbing means connected to said base sub-assembly and to said seat sub-assembly; said base and seat sub-assembly longitudinally arcuate side rail configurations having the same axis of rotation, and said collapsible energy absorbing means being collapsed when said seat sub-assembly is rotated in a given direction relative to said base sub-assembly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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