Child safety seat assembly

• US 8,567,862 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2011
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
• Inventors: Williams, Bruce L., Sellers, Gregory S., Hartenstine, Curtis M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): LOWRY, RICHARD A
• Application Number:
  US13/181,781
• Publication Number:
  US 20120181822A1
• Time in Patent Office: 839 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.01, 297/188.13, 297/250.1, 297/256.16, 297/463.2
• US Class Current: 297/188.13
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2845 having handles
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing

Abstract

A child safety seat assembly includes a base and a child seat. The base comprises a shell body, and a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body on which the child seat can be installed. The shell body includes a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion, wherein the shell body includes a storage cavity accessible from an outer side of the second portion. The storage cavity can be sized to receive free end portions of a restrain strap used for holding the base in place.

Claims

1. A base suitable for use with a child seat, comprising:

a shell body, including a first portion having a bottom surface adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion and having a first and a second surface opposite to each other, wherein the second portion includes a transverse channel extending along the first surface for passage of a restrain strap, and a storage cavity arranged adjacently below a middle region of the transverse channel and having an opening that is formed on the second surface of the second portion at a location near the bottom surface, wherein the opening of the storage cavity is closed by a moveable cover; and

a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body and adapted to receive the placement of a child seat.

2. The base according to claim 1, wherein the storage cavity is sized to receive a free end portion of the restrain strap that is used for attaching the base.

3. The base according to claim 1, wherein the storage cavity is accessible from an underside of the transverse channel.

4. The base according to claim 1, wherein the transverse channel passes below a portion of the support platform.

5. The base according to claim 1, wherein the transverse channel includes a clamp device adapted to attach with the restrain strap.

6. A child safety seat assembly comprising:

the base according to claim 1; and

a child seat installed on the base.

7. A base suitable for use with a child seat, comprising:

a shell body having a bottom surface adapted to provide stable resting support, an outer surface connected with the bottom surface and extending upward from the bottom surface, a transverse channel, and two side edge portions contiguous to two opposite ends of the transverse channel;

a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body and adapted to receive the placement of a child seat; and

a restrain strap having two free end portions provided with latch elements, wherein the restrain strap is mounted on the shell body;

wherein the shell body includes a storage cavity that is sized to receive the latch elements and has an opening formed on the outer surface at a location near the bottom surface, further comprising a moveable cover adapted to close the storage cavity while the latch elements are received therein, and when the latch elements are stored in the storage cavity, the restrain strap extends substantially along the transverse channel and wraps around the two side edge portions of the shell body.

8. The base according to claim 7, wherein the shell body includes a first portion having a bottom adapted to provide stable resting support, and a second portion extending upward from the first portion and including the storage cavity.

9. The base according to claim 8, wherein the restrain strap is attached with the base at an inner side of the second portion, and wraps around the second portion from the inner side to an outer side of the second portion so as to place the latch elements in the storage cavity.

10. The base according to claim 9, wherein the transverse channel is formed below the support platform and at the inner side of the second portion.

11. The base according to claim 10, wherein the storage cavity is accessible from an underside of the transverse channel.

12. The base according to claim 7, wherein the transverse channel includes a clamp device that attaches with the restrain strap.

13. A child safety seat assembly comprising:

the base according to claim 7; and

a child seat installed on the base.

14. A base suitable for use with a child seat, comprising:

a shell body having a bottom surface adapted to provide stable resting support, and a portion delimited between two opposite first and second surfaces of the shell body, the shell body including a transverse channel that is located adjacent to the first surface and is adapted to receive a restrain strap used for holding the base in place, and the portion of the shell body located between the first and second surfaces including a storage cavity that opens on the second surface at a location near the bottom surface further including a moveable cover operable to close the storage cavity; and

a support platform provided at an upper side of the shell body and adapted to receive the placement of a child seat;

wherein the storage cavity is capable of storing at least one free end portion of the restrain strap.

15. The base according to claim 14, wherein when the restrain strap is installed with the base and the free end portion is placed in the storage cavity, the restrain strap extends along the transverse channel and wraps around a side edge of the shell body that is contiguous to an end of the transverse channel.

16. The base according to claim 14, wherein the storage cavity is located adjacently below a middle region of the transverse channel, and is accessible from an underside of the transverse channel.