Child restraint system including a stationary seat support and a removable juvenile vehicle seat on the seat support
First Claim
1. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprisinga base,a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, andpositioning means for selectively positioning the lower yoke with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke,wherein the base includes a first guide member including a plurality of first locking apertures and a first elongate slot and a second guide member including a plurality of second locking apertures and a second elongate slot, the lower yoke is slidably coupled to the first guide member and the second guide member, the lower yoke includes a first lower guide rod operatively associated with the first elongate slot and a second lower guide rod operatively associated with the second elongate slot, and the lower yoke includes a first locking pin having a distal end configured to be located in a selected one of the plurality of first locking apertures and a second locking pin having a distal end configured to be located in a selected one of the plurality of second locking apertures such that the lower yoke is locked in place with respect to the base.
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Abstract
A child restraint including a seat support and a juvenile vehicle seat removably coupled to the seat support. The juvenile vehicle seat may be reclined with respect to the seat support.
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16 Claims
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1. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, and positioning means for selectively positioning the lower yoke with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke, wherein the base includes a first guide member including a plurality of first locking apertures and a first elongate slot and a second guide member including a plurality of second locking apertures and a second elongate slot, the lower yoke is slidably coupled to the first guide member and the second guide member, the lower yoke includes a first lower guide rod operatively associated with the first elongate slot and a second lower guide rod operatively associated with the second elongate slot, and the lower yoke includes a first locking pin having a distal end configured to be located in a selected one of the plurality of first locking apertures and a second locking pin having a distal end configured to be located in a selected one of the plurality of second locking apertures such that the lower yoke is locked in place with respect to the base.
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6. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, positioning means for selectively positioning the lower yoke with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke, further comprising an upper yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the upper yoke being movable with respect to the base between an upright position and a reclined position, and further comprising a biasing member having a first end coupled to the base and a second end coupled to the upper yoke, the biasing member resiliently biasing the upper yoke from the reclined position toward the upright position.
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8. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the lower yoke being selectively positionable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke, locking means for preventing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is not in the upright position while allowing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is in the upright position, wherein the lower yoke includes a latch mechanism having a hook member for coupling the juvenile vehicle seat to the lower yoke and the hook member is movable between a locked position wherein the juvenile vehicle seat is secured to the lower yoke and a released position wherein the juvenile vehicle seat is removable from the lower yoke, and further comprising an upper yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the upper yoke being selectively positionable with respect to the base between an upright position of the upper yoke and a reclined position of the upper yoke, the seat support including a biasing member coupled to the base and to the upper yoke, the biasing member resiliently biasing the upper yoke toward the upright position of the upper yoke, and the upper yoke being adapted to move conjointly with the lower yoke between the upright positions of the upper and lower yokes and the reclined positions of the upper and lower yokes when the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper and lower yokes.
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10. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the lower yoke being selectively positionable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke, locking means for preventing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is not in the upright position while allowing removal of the juvenile vehicle seat from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is in the upright position, wherein the lower yoke includes a latch mechanism having a hook member for coupling the juvenile vehicle seat to the lower yoke and the hook member is movable between a locked position wherein the juvenile vehicle seat is secured to the lower yoke and a released position wherein the juvenile vehicle seat is removable from the lower yoke, wherein the lower yoke includes a detent mechanism configured to engage the hook member and prevent movement of the hook member from the locked position to the released position, and wherein the lower yoke includes a release mechanism having an actuator, the actuator is arranged to be movable manually between a retracted position and an extended position, the actuator is configured to release the detent mechanism from the hook member and to move the hook member toward the released position when the lower yoke is in the upright position and the actuator is moved to the extended position, and the detent mechanism and the hook member are arranged to lie out of range for engagement by the actuator when the lower yoke is not in the upright position such that the juvenile vehicle seat can not be removed from the lower yoke when the lower yoke is not in the upright position.
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12. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, an upper yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the upper yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the upper yoke and a retracted position of the upper yoke, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile seat, the lower yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke independently of movement of the upper yoke, the upper yoke being movable toward the upright position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the upright position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke, and the upper yoke being movable toward the reclined position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the reclined position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke, and further comprising a biasing member having a first end coupled to the base and a second end coupled to the upper yoke, the biasing member resiliently biasing the upper yoke toward the upright position of the upper yoke.
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14. A seat support adapted to receive a juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support comprising
a base, an upper yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the upper yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the upper yoke and a retracted position of the upper yoke, a lower yoke coupled to the base and adapted to receive the juvenile seat, the lower yoke being selectively movable with respect to the base between an upright position of the lower yoke and a reclined position of the lower yoke independently of movement of the upper yoke, the upper yoke being movable toward the upright position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the upright position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke, and the upper yoke being movable toward the reclined position of the upper yoke when the lower yoke is moved toward the reclined position of the lower yoke and the juvenile vehicle seat is coupled to the upper yoke and the lower yoke, wherein the lower yoke includes a lower latch mechanism adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat and an intermediate latch mechanism adapted to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the lower latch mechanism includes a first hook member for engaging the juvenile vehicle seat, the first hook member is arranged to move between a locked position and a released position, the intermediate latch mechanism includes a second hook member for engaging the juvenile vehicle seat, and the second hook member is arranged to move between a locked position and a released position, and wherein the first hook member includes a first aperture, the second hook member includes a second aperture, and the lower yoke further comprises a lower detent mechanism having a first detent configured to be inserted into the first aperture of the first hook member to prevent movement of the first hook member from the locked position to the released position and an upper detent mechanism having a second detent configured to be inserted into the second aperture of the second hook member to prevent movement of the second hook member from the locked position to the released position.
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16. A child restraint for the receipt of a juvenile, the child restraint comprising
a juvenile vehicle seat having a lower locking member, an intermediate locking member, and an upper locking member, a seat support configured to receive the juvenile vehicle seat, the seat support including a base, an upper yoke coupled to the base and being movable with respect to the base, and a lower yoke coupled to the base, the upper yoke including an upper latch mechanism configured to receive the upper locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in a front-facing position with respect to the seat support, the lower yoke including a lower latch mechanism configured to receive the lower locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in the front-facing position with respect to the seat support and configured to receive the intermediate locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in a rear-facing position with respect to the seat-support and an intermediate latch mechanism configured to receive the lower locking member of the juvenile vehicle seat when the juvenile vehicle seat is in the rear-facing position with respect to the seat support, and wherein the lower locking member comprises an elongate first rod having a first end and a second end, the intermediate locking member comprises an elongate second rod having a first end and a second end, the upper locking member comprises an elongate third rod having a first end and a second end, and the first ends and the second ends of the first rod, second rod and third rod are configured to be coupled to the seat support.
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