Child seat

• US 5,979,982 A
• Filed: 07/15/1998
• Issued: 11/09/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Nakagawa, Osamu
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US09/115,607
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 297/250.1, 297/253, 297/464, 297/485, 297/479, 24/685 B
• US Class Current: 297/250.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence

Abstract

A child seat capable of being easily and securely fixed to a vehicle seat. After placing the child seat on the vehicle seat and latching a tongue with a buckle, a belt is pulled by gripping a handle. Then, a lever of a tensioner is pivoted to increase the tension on the belt, thereby fixing the child seat. The tensioner includes two clamp portions. The belt is prevented from moving by the second clamp portion and the belt hung on a belt-hanging bar is pulled, thereby tightening the belt between the tensioner and the buckle.

Claims

1. A child seat comprising:

a belt having an end capable of latching to a latch member disposed on a vehicle, and

a tensioner for tensioning said belt with the end thereof being latched to said latch member so as to fix the child seat, said tensioner comprising;

a first clamp portion capable of clamping a part of said belt extending in a longitudinal direction,

a second clamp portion capable of clamping another part of said belt, said second clamp portion being located at a rear side of the belt,

belt clamping means disposed adjacent to the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion, respectively, for allowing a front side of the belt to pass toward the rear side of said belt and preventing said rear side of the belt from passing toward the front side of said belt, and

tension means for pulling the belt between the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion in a direction perpendicular to a direction connecting these clamp portions.

2. A child seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first clamp portion and said second clamp portion are connected to each other through a base member,

said tension means is provided with a lever pivotally connected to said base member at a proximal end thereof and freely movable in a direction close to and apart from the base member at a distal end thereof, and

said belt is hung on said lever and said belt is pulled by pivoting said lever in a direction apart form the base member.

3. A child seat as claimed in claim 2, wherein said base member is disposed outside of a side of said child seat, and

said base member is mounted to said child seat in such a manner that a direction of pivoting said lever for pulling the belt is a direction apart from the side of said child seat.

4. A child seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tensioner is disposed outside of a side of said child seat.

5. A child seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein said belt has a handle for pulling the belt by hand, at the rear end thereof.