Child safety seat

• US 9,840,169 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2016
• Issued: 12/12/2017
• 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:
  US15/262,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20160375804A1
• Time in Patent Office: 456 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 a side provided with an elongated slot, an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell, and a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell. The anchor strap portion is movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle. Moreover, the anchor strap portion has one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location between the elongated slot and the retractor.

Claims

1. A child safety seat comprising:

a seat shell having a side provided with an elongated slot;

an anchor strap portion routed through the seat shell and movable back and forth along the elongated slot relative to the seat shell, the anchor strap portion extending through the elongated slot and being connected with a fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle; and

a retractor disposed on the side of the seat shell, the anchor strap portion having one end assembled with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location that is between the elongated slot and the retractor along the anchor strap portion.

2. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the retractor is pivotally assembled with the seat shell.

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

4. 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.

5. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the elongated slot communicates with a first opening near a front of the seat shell, and a second opening near a rear of the seat shell, and the anchor strap portion is movable along the elongated slot between a first position adjacent to the first opening and a second position adjacent to the second opening.

6. The child safety seat according to claim 5, 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.

7. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is movable along the anchor strap portion between the elongated slot and the retractor.

8. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the anchor strap portion is at least partially defined from a strap that is routed transversally through the seat shell from a left side to a right side thereof, the strap extending outward at the left and right sides of the seat shell and being connected with the retractor.

9. The child safety seat according to claim 8, wherein the retractor is arranged on one of the left and right sides of the seat shell.

10. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the retractor is arranged on the left side of the seat shell, and the right side of the seat shell is provided with another retractor, the strap having two opposite ends respectively connected with the two retractors, the strap further having a second anchor strap portion that extends outward at the right side and is connected with a second fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle.

11. The child safety seat according to claim 9, wherein the strap has a first and a second end, the first end of the strap being connected with the retractor at one of the left and right side of the seat shell, and the second end of the strap being connected with a second fastener at the other one of the left and right sides of the seat shell, the second fastener being operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle.

12. 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 respectively having an elongated slot;

a strap routed transversally through the seat shell and extending outward at the left and right sides, the strap being adjustable back and forth along the two elongated slots relative to the seat shell, the strap having an anchor strap portion that extends through a first one of the two elongated slots and is connected with a fastener that is operable to attach with an anchor structure provided in a vehicle; and

a retractor connected with one of the left and right side of the seat shell, the strap having an end connected with the retractor, the fastener being connected with the anchor strap portion at a location that is between the first elongated slot and the retractor along the anchor strap portion.

13. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the retractor is pivotally assembled with the seat shell.

14. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the seat shell has a seating portion, and the two elongated slots are located below an upper surface of the seating portion.

15. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the first elongated slot on the same side of the seat shell as the retractor is located below the retractor.

16. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the strap is movable along the two elongated slots between a first position near a rear of the seat shell and a second position near a front of the seat shell.

17. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the retractor is arranged on the left side of the seat shell, and the right side of the seat shell is provided with another retractor, the strap having two opposite ends respectively connected with the two retractors, the strap further having a second anchor strap portion that extends outward at the right side and is connected with a second fastener operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle.

18. The child safety seat according to claim 12, wherein the strap has a first and a second end, the first end of the strap being connected with the retractor at one of the left and right sides of the seat shell, and the second end of the strap being connected with a second fastener at the other one of the left and right sides of the seat shell, the second fastener being operable to attach with an anchor structure of a vehicle.