Child safety seat

• US 9,688,167 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2016
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Company Limited
• Inventors: Mason, Kyle S., Hutchinson, James M. F.
• Primary Examiner(s): BARFIELD, ANTHONY DERRELL
• Application Number:
  US15/262,247
• Publication Number:
  US 20160375803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 288 Days
• Field of Search: 297253
• 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 2/286 forward facing B60N2/2866 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2872 provided with side rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2887 Fixation to a transversal anchorage bar, e.g. isofix

Abstract

A child safety seat includes a seat shell having one side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion restrictedly held with the seat shell, and a storage pocket provided on the side of the seat shell. The slot communicates with a first opening near a front of the seat shell, and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is connected with a fastener that is operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle, the anchor strap portion being movable along the slot between a first position adjacent to the first opening, and a second position adjacent to the second opening. The storage pocket is sized to receive the fastener and the anchor strap portion for storage, the storage pocket being adjacent to the elongated slot and located between the first and second openings.

Claims

1. A child safety seat comprising:

a seat shell having a left and a right side, at least one of the left and right sides of the seat shell being provided with an elongated slot, the elongated slot respectively communicating with a first opening near a front of the seat shell and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell;

a strap assembly routed transversally through the seat shell from the left side to the right side thereof, the strap assembly including an anchor strap portion that is held with the seat shell and is connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle, the anchor strap portion being movable back and forth along the elongated slot between a first position where the anchor strap portion is adjacent to the first opening and a second position where the anchor strap portion is adjacent to the second opening; and

a storage pocket provided on at least one of the left and right sides of the seat shell and sized to receive the fastener and at least partially the anchor strap portion for storage, the storage pocket being adjacent to the elongated slot and located between the first and second openings, wherein the storage pocket includes a box that has an opening and is movably assembled with the seat shell, the box being movable outward for exposing the opening and thereby facilitating placement of the fastener in the box or removal of the fastener from the box, the box further being movable toward the seat shell for obstructing the opening.

2. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat shell has a seating portion, and the elongated slot is located below an upper surface of the seating portion.

3. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the storage pocket is located below the elongated slot.

4. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the box is pivotally assembled with the seat shell, or provided as a drawer on the seat shell.

5. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the opening provided in the box is an upper opening, the box being pulled outward for exposing the upper opening, and pushed toward the seat shell and engaged with the seat shell for obstructing the upper opening.

6. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the box has a shape that fits with a contour of the seat shell.

7. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the anchor strap portion is located in an intermediate position of the elongated slot between the first and second openings when the fastener is received in the storage pocket.

8. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the anchor strap portion extends outward from the first opening to attach the seat shell in a rearward facing configuration, and from the second opening to attach the seat shell in a forward facing configuration.

9. A child safety seat comprising:

a seat shell having a left and a right side, each of the left and right sides of the seat shell being respectively provided with an elongated slot, the elongated slot respectively communicating with a first opening near a front of the seat shell and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell;

a strap assembly routed transversally through the seat shell from the left side to the right side thereof, the strap assembly including two opposite anchor strap portions respectively extending outward through the two elongated slots on the left and right sides of the seat shell, each of the anchor strap portions being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle, each of the two anchor strap portions being guided for back and forth movement along the elongated slot associated therewith between a first position where the anchor strap portion is adjacent to the first opening and a second position where the anchor strap portion is adjacent to the second opening; and

two storage pockets respectively provided on the left and right sides of the seat shell, each of the two storage pockets being respectively sized to receive one fastener and at least partially the anchor strap portion associated therewith for storage, the two storage pockets being respectively adjacent to the two elongated slots and located between the first and second openings, wherein each of the two storage pockets respectively includes a box that has an upper opening and is movably assembled with the seat shell, each of the two boxes being movable outward for exposing the upper opening thereof and thereby facilitating placement of the fastener in the box or removal of the fastener from the box, each of the two boxes further being movable toward the seat shell and engaged with the seat shell for obstructing the upper opening thereof.

10. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the seat shell has a seating portion, and the two elongated slots are located below an upper surface of the seating portion.

11. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the two storage pockets are respectively located below the two elongated slots.

12. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the two boxes is pivotally assembled with the seat shell, or provided as a drawer on the seat shell.

13. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the two boxes has a shape that fits with a contour of the seat shell.

14. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the two anchor strap portions respectively extend outward from the first openings to attach the seat shell in a rearward facing configuration, and from the second openings to attach the seat shell in a forward facing configuration.

15. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the strap assembly remains coupled with the seat shell when the child safety seat is removed from a vehicle.

16. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the two anchor strap portions are defined as two opposite end portions of a single length of a continuous web material that is routed transversally through the seat shell and the two elongated slots.

17. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the anchor strap portion on each of the left and right sides of the seat shell is located in an intermediate position of the elongated slot between the first and second openings when the corresponding fastener is received in the storage pocket.