Child safety seat

• US 9,937,823 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2016
• Issued: 04/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Inventors: Williams, Bruce L., Sellers, Gregory S.
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US15/295,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20170106772A1
• Time in Patent Office: 540 Days
• Field of Search: 29725614, 29725616
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2812 for securing the child to the child seat
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2821 having a seat and a base part
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2851 provided with head-rests
• 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

Abstract

A child safety seat includes a seat shell, and a first and a second belt restraining member respectively connected with the seat shell. The seat shell has a shell surface, and a first and a second opening for selective passage of an anchoring belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat in two different configurations, which include a rearward and a forward facing configuration. The first belt restraining member is independently operable to press against an anchoring belt passing through the first opening, and the second belt restraining member is independently operable to press against an anchoring belt passing through the second opening.

Claims

1. A child safety seat comprising:

a seat shell having a shell surface, a first opening for passage of an anchoring belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat in a first configuration, and a second opening for passage of an anchoring belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat in a second configuration different from the first configuration, the first and second configurations including a rearward facing configuration and a forward facing configuration;

a first and a second belt restraining member respectively connected with the seat shell, each of the first and second belt restraining members respectively having a clamping state for pressing an anchoring belt adjacently to the shell surface, and a release state for facilitating installation or removal of the anchoring belt;

a first latch and a second latch respectively assembled with the seat shell and operable independently from each other, the first latch engaging with the first belt restraining member to lock the first belt restraining member in the clamping state, and the second latch engaging with the second belt restraining member to lock the second belt restraining member in the clamping state; and

a first release actuator assembled with the first belt restraining member and exposed outward, and a second release actuator assembled with the second belt restraining member and exposed outward, the first release actuator being operable to push the first latch in movement for unlocking the first belt restraining member, and the second release actuator being operable to push the second latch in movement for unlocking the second belt restraining member;

wherein each of the first and second belt restraining members is independently rotatable relative to the seat shell between the release state and the clamping state, the first belt restraining member being rotatable to the clamping state for pressing against an anchoring belt passing through the first opening, and the second belt restraining member being rotatable to the clamping state for pressing against an anchoring belt passing through the second opening.

2. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second belt restraining members has a free end, and the first and second latch respectively engage with the first and second belt restraining member at the respective free end thereof.

3. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the first and second belt restraining members are respectively connected pivotally with the seat shell about a first and a second pivot axis, the first belt restraining member having a first end edge generally parallel to the first pivot axis, the second belt restraining member having a second end edge generally parallel to the second pivot axis, and the first and second latches respectively engaging with the first and second end edges to respectively lock the first and second belt restraining members in the clamping state.

4. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat shell further has a first and a second recess, the first belt restraining member and the second belt restraining member being respectively received at least partially in the first and second recess in the clamping state, and the first and second latches are assembled with the seat shell in a region located between the first and second recess.

5. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second latches is pivotally connected with the seat shell.

6. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the first and second latches are spring biased toward a locking state for respectively engaging with the first and second belt restraining member.

7. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the first release actuator is movable between a first position retracted toward an interior of the first belt restraining member and a second position protruding outward at an end edge of the first belt restraining member for urging an unlocking displacement of the first latch, the first release actuator being spring biased toward the first position.

8. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the first belt restraining member has a first guard and the second belt restraining member has a second guard, the first guard being movable to open or close the first opening, and the second guard being movable to open or close the second opening.

9. The child safety seat according to claim 8, wherein the first guard is movable in unison with the first belt restraining member when the first belt restraining member is switched between the release state and the clamping state, and the second guard is movable in unison with the second belt restraining member when the second belt restraining member is switched between the release state and the clamping state.

10. The child safety seat according to claim 8, wherein the first guard substantially closes the first opening when the first belt restraining member is in the clamping state and substantially opens the first opening when the first belt restraining member is in the release state, and the second guard substantially closes the second opening when the second belt restraining member is in the clamping state and substantially opens the second opening when the second belt restraining member is in the release state.

11. The child safety seat according to claim 8, wherein at least the first belt restraining member includes a panel, and the first guard is connected with a side of the panel.

12. The child safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat shell includes a seat portion, a backrest portion, and a sidewall extending along a side of the seat portion and the backrest portion, the first and second openings being respectively provided through the sidewall in a first and a second region respectively corresponding to the seat portion and the backrest portion.

21. The child safety seat according to claim 1, further including a spring respectively connected with the seat shell and the first belt restraining member, the spring biasing the first belt restraining member to the release state.

13. A child safety seat comprising:

a seat shell having a shell surface, and an opening for passage of an anchoring belt to attach the child safety seat on a vehicle seat;

a belt restraining member connected with the seat shell and disposed in a region overlapping with a belt path passing through the opening, the belt restraining member having a clamping state for pressing an anchoring belt adjacently to the shell surface, and a release state for facilitating installation or removal of the anchoring belt; and

a guard connected with the belt restraining member, the guard being movable to open and close the opening.

14. The child safety seat according to claim 13, wherein the belt restraining member includes a panel, and the guard is connected with a side of the panel.

15. The child safety seat according to claim 13, wherein the guard is movable in unison with the belt restraining member when the belt restraining member is switched between the release state and the clamping state.

16. The child safety seat according to claim 13, wherein the guard substantially closes the opening when the belt restraining member is in the clamping state and substantially opens the opening when the belt restraining member is in the release state.

17. The child safety seat according to claim 13, wherein the opening is provided at a location near a front of the seat shell, or at a location adjacent to a backrest portion of the seat shell.

18. The child safety seat according to claim 13, wherein the seat shell is assembled with a latch, the latch engaging with the belt restraining member to lock the belt restraining member in the clamping state.

19. The child safety seat according to claim 18, wherein the belt restraining member is assembled with a release actuator exposed outward, the release actuator being operable to push the latch in movement for unlocking the belt restraining member.

20. The child safety seat according to claim 19, wherein the release actuator is movable between a first position retracted toward an interior of the belt restraining member and a second position protruding outward at an end edge of the belt restraining member for urging an unlocking displacement of the latch, the release actuator being spring biased toward the first position.