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Juvenile seat with removable, wearable infant carrier sling

  • US 7,810,682 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2006
  • Issued: 10/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An infant seat comprisinga seat shell including a seat bottom and a seat back cooperating with the seat bottom to form a basin-receiving cavity,an infant carrier sling adapted to be worn by a caregiver in one mode and mounted in the basin-receiving cavity of the seat shell in another mode, the infant carrier sling including an infant basin sized and shaped to fit in the basin-receiving cavity and a harness assembly coupled to the infant basin and configured to restrain an infant lying in the infant basin, the harness assembly comprising a child-restraint harness coupled to the infant basin and a shoulder strap having a first end coupled to one end of the infant basin, a second end releasably coupled to the child-restraint harness, and a middle portion located between the first and second ends and arranged to pass through a receiver slot formed in another end of the infant basin to provide wearable over-the-shoulder means for carrying the infant basin upon separation of the infant basin from the seat shell so that a caregiver can wear the shoulder strap over one shoulder to suspend the infant basin in close proximity to a torso portion of the caregiver only when the second end of the shoulder strap is coupled to the child-restraint harness,anchor means for anchoring the infant basin in a fixed position in the basin-receiving cavity of the seat shell when the infant carrier sling is not being worn by a caregiver so that an infant can be restrained in the infant basin when the infant basin is anchored to the seat shell or separated from the seat shell and carried by a caregiver using the wearable over-the-shoulder means, the anchor means including a frrst mount retainer coupled to the seat shell and a carrier mount coupled to the infant basin and configured to mate with the first mount retainer to anchor the infant basin in the fixed position in the basin-receiving cavity,wherein the first mount retainer is coupled to the seat bottom of the seat shell, the anchor means further includes a second mount retainer coupled to the seat back of the seat shell, and the carrier mount includes a first mount unit located on an underside of the infant basin and configured to mate with the first mount retainer and a second mount unit located on the underside of the infant basin and configured to mate with the second mount retainer, andwherein the first mount unit includes a first anchor bar, a first bar support coupled to the anchor bar, and a first anchor strap coupled to the first bar support, the second mount unit includes a second anchor bar, a second bar support, and a second anchor strap coupled to the second bar support, the carrier mount further includes a strap connector coupled to the first and second anchor straps, the first mount retainer includes first mating means for mating with the first anchor bar to anchor a bottom portion of the infant basin to the seat bottom of the seat shell, and the second mount retainer includes second mating means for mating with the second anchor bar to anchor a back portion of the infant basin to the seat back of the seat shell.

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