Universal attachment for child car seat
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1. A child restraint for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle, the passenger seat including a left and right vehicle anchor located along a bight of the passenger seat, said child restraint comprising:
- a seat body having a child support area disposed on an upper surface thereof, said seat body including an upwardly extending back portion, right and left sides, and a lower seat portion extending from the back portion and terminating at a forward end of said seat body;
left and right elongate frame members of said seat body, said left and right elongate frame member extending from the back portion to the forward end along the respective left and right sides of said seat body; and
left and right anchor attachments for securing said seat body to the left and right vehicle anchors, each of said left and right anchor attachments including;
an attachment end coupled to said respective left and right elongate frame members, and an engagement end for connecting said left and right anchor attachments to the respective left and right vehicle anchors;
wherein said attachment end of said left and right anchor attachment is slidingly positionable along said respective left and right elongate frame members between a forward anchor point proximate said forward end for configuring said seat body as a rearward facing car seat and a rearward anchor point proximate the back portion for configuring said seat body as a forward facing car seat.
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Abstract
A child car seat is mounted in a passenger seat of a vehicle. The car seat includes an universal anchoring attachment that is positionable along a tube when converting between forward and rearward facing positions. The tube may also function as a seat belt pathway for restraining the car seat using a vehicle supplied seat belt.
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20 Claims
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1. A child restraint for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle, the passenger seat including a left and right vehicle anchor located along a bight of the passenger seat, said child restraint comprising:
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a seat body having a child support area disposed on an upper surface thereof, said seat body including an upwardly extending back portion, right and left sides, and a lower seat portion extending from the back portion and terminating at a forward end of said seat body;
left and right elongate frame members of said seat body, said left and right elongate frame member extending from the back portion to the forward end along the respective left and right sides of said seat body; and
left and right anchor attachments for securing said seat body to the left and right vehicle anchors, each of said left and right anchor attachments including;
an attachment end coupled to said respective left and right elongate frame members, and an engagement end for connecting said left and right anchor attachments to the respective left and right vehicle anchors;
wherein said attachment end of said left and right anchor attachment is slidingly positionable along said respective left and right elongate frame members between a forward anchor point proximate said forward end for configuring said seat body as a rearward facing car seat and a rearward anchor point proximate the back portion for configuring said seat body as a forward facing car seat. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A child car seat configurable as both a rearward and forward facing car seat and being adapted for mounting in a vehicle passenger seat by securing said child car seat to a left and right vehicle anchor located along a bight of the vehicle passenger seat, said child car seat comprising:
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a seat body having left and right sides, an upper back portion defining a rearward end and a lower seat portion extending from the upper back portion and terminating at a forward end;
left and right anchoring members fixed to and extending along the respective left and right sides of said seat body, each of said left and right anchoring members defining a forward and rearward anchoring point for securing said seat body in the vehicle passenger seat; and
a tether assembly including a left and right tether, each of which including a first end adapted for releasably securing said tether at the respective vehicle anchor and a second end fixedly retaining said tether to the respective anchoring member;
wherein said left and right tethers are secured to the respective left and right vehicle anchors and extend from said left and right vehicle anchors to said forward anchoring point when said seat body is configured as the rearward facing car seat, and wherein said left and right tethers are secured to the respective left and right vehicle anchors and extend from said left and right vehicle anchors to said rearward anchor point when said seat body is configured as the forward facing car seat. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for converting a child car seat from a forward facing child car seat to a rearward facing child car seat, the child car seat including a seat body having an upper back portion defining a rearward end and a lower seat portion extending from the upper back portion and terminating at a forward end, the seat body further including a left and right anchoring member extending from a first position proximate the forward end to a second position proximate the rearward end, wherein the forward facing child car seat is secured in a vehicle seat by a left and right tether, each of which having a coupling end and a latching end, the coupling end being slidably coupled to the respective one of the left and right anchoring member and the latching end being attached to a respective left and right vehicle anchor located at the vehicle seat bight, said method comprising the steps of:
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releasing the latching end of each of the left and right tethers from the respective left and right vehicle anchors;
rotating the seat body from a rearward facing to a forward facing position on the vehicle seat;
sliding the coupling end of each of the left and right tethers along the respective left and right anchoring members so as to re-position the coupling end from the first position to the second position; and
attaching the latching end of each of the left and right tethers to the respective left and right vehicle anchor. - View Dependent Claims (20)
providing a center tether securable to the seat body, wherein the center tether is latched to the vehicle seat when the child car seat is configured as a forward facing car seat; - and
releasing the center tether from the vehicle seat when converting from the forward facing car seat to the rearward facing car seat.
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