Web adjuster for vehicle seat harness
First Claim
1. A child-restraint system for a juvenile vehicle seat, the child-restraint system comprisinga frame including a horizontal base plate formed to include a web exit slot and adapted to be mounted on the juvenile vehicle seat and upright first and second side plates coupled to the horizontal base plate and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to form therebetween a web-receiving channel communicating with the web exit slot,a web guide coupled to the frame to cover a portion of the web-receiving channel formed in the horizontal base plate to form a web tunnel defined by portions of the horizontal base plate, first and second side walls, and web guide, the web guide includes a front wall arranged to cover forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and formed to include a web entrance slot arranged to extend laterally between the upright first and second side plates to provide an entry portal into the web tunnel sized to provide means for guiding any web passing into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot past the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and toward the web exit slot without contacting the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates, anda web clamp coupled to the upright first and second side plates of the frame and configured to apply a clamping force to a web extending into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot to hold the web in a stationary position relative to the frame, wherein the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates of the frame are arranged to face away from the web clamp:
- wherein the web guide includes a first side panel and a second side panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side panel to locate portions of the upright first and second side plates therebetween;
wherein the front wall is arranged to interconnect the first and second side panels; and
wherein the horizontal base plate includes a front mount flange, a rear mount flange, and a platform arranged to interconnect the front and rear mount flanges and to support the first and second upright plates and formed to include the web exit slot and the web guide further includes a front mount flange coupled to each of the front wall and first and second side panels and mated to the front mount flange of the horizontal base plate.
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Abstract
A child-restraint system is adapted for use with a juvenile vehicle seat. The child-restraint system includes a frame configured to be mounted on the juvenile vehicle seat and a web clamp coupled to the frame. The web clamp is configured to clamp a web passing under the web clamp and through a web-receiving channel formed in the frame.
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29 Claims
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1. A child-restraint system for a juvenile vehicle seat, the child-restraint system comprising
a frame including a horizontal base plate formed to include a web exit slot and adapted to be mounted on the juvenile vehicle seat and upright first and second side plates coupled to the horizontal base plate and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to form therebetween a web-receiving channel communicating with the web exit slot, a web guide coupled to the frame to cover a portion of the web-receiving channel formed in the horizontal base plate to form a web tunnel defined by portions of the horizontal base plate, first and second side walls, and web guide, the web guide includes a front wall arranged to cover forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and formed to include a web entrance slot arranged to extend laterally between the upright first and second side plates to provide an entry portal into the web tunnel sized to provide means for guiding any web passing into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot past the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and toward the web exit slot without contacting the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates, and a web clamp coupled to the upright first and second side plates of the frame and configured to apply a clamping force to a web extending into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot to hold the web in a stationary position relative to the frame, wherein the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates of the frame are arranged to face away from the web clamp: -
wherein the web guide includes a first side panel and a second side panel arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first side panel to locate portions of the upright first and second side plates therebetween; wherein the front wall is arranged to interconnect the first and second side panels; and wherein the horizontal base plate includes a front mount flange, a rear mount flange, and a platform arranged to interconnect the front and rear mount flanges and to support the first and second upright plates and formed to include the web exit slot and the web guide further includes a front mount flange coupled to each of the front wall and first and second side panels and mated to the front mount flange of the horizontal base plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A child-restraint system for a juvenile vehicle seat, the child-restraint system comprising
a frame including a horizontal base plate formed to include a web exit slot and adapted to be mounted on the juvenile vehicle seat and upright first and second side plates coupled to the horizontal base plate and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to form therebetween a web-receiving channel communicating with the web exit slot, a web guide coupled to the frame to cover a portion of the web-receiving channel formed in the horizontal base plate to form a web tunnel defined by portions of the horizontal base plate, first and second side walls, and web guide, the web guide includes a front wall arranged to cover forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and formed to include a web entrance slot arranged to extend laterally between the upright first and second side plates to provide an entry portal into the web tunnel sized to provide means for guiding any web passing into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot past the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates and toward the web exit slot without contacting the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates, and a web clamp coupled to the upright first and second side plates of the frame and configured to apply a clamping force to a web extending into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot to hold the web in a stationary position relative to the frame, wherein the forward-facing edges of the upright first and second side plates of the frame are arranged to face away from the web clamp; -
wherein the front wall of the web guide includes a first rearward-facing edge panel mating with the forward-facing edge of the upright first side plate to provide first side means for blocking engagement of a web extending into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot and exiting the web tunnel through the web exit slot with the forward-facing edge of the upright first side plate and a second rearward-facing edge panel mating with the forward-facing edge of the upright second side plate to provide second side means for blocking engagement of a web extending into the web tunnel through the web entrance slot and exiting the web tunnel through the web exit slot with the forward-facing edge of the upright second side plate; and wherein the horizontal base plate includes a front mount flange, a rear mount flange, and a platform arranged to interconnect the front and rear mount flanges and to support the first and second upright plates and formed to include the web exit slot and the web guide further includes a front mount flange coupled to each of the front wall and first and second side panels and mated to the front mount flange of the horizontal base plate. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A child-restraint system for a juvenile vehicle seat, the child-restraint system comprising
a frame including a horizontal base plate including a front mount flange at one end, a rear mount flange at an opposite end, and a platform arranged to interconnect the front and rear mount flanges, the frame further including a first side plate coupled to the platform and formed to include a first forward-facing edge facing toward the front mount flange and away from the rear mount flange and a second side plate coupled to the platform to lie in laterally spaced-apart relation to the first side plate to form a web-receiving channel therebetween and formed to include a second forward-facing edge facing toward the first mount flange and away from the rear mount flange, a web clamp coupled to the first and second side plates of the frame and configured to lie above and apply a clamping force to a web passing over the platform and through the web-receiving channel, and a web guide made of a plastics material and coupled to the frame and configured to include a first rearward-facing edge panel covering the first forward-facing edge, a second rearward-facing edge panel covering the second forward-facing edge, and a center panel arranged to lie between the first and second rearward-facing edge panels, wherein the center panel is formed to include a web entrance slot opening into the web-receiving channel to receive a web passing into the web-receiving channel, over the platform, and under the web clamp.
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