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Child safety seat assembly

  • US 5,664,830 A
  • Filed: 11/19/1996
  • Issued: 09/09/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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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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