Child car seat

• US 8,459,739 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 06/11/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Original Assignee: Combi Corporation (Matsuura Family)
• Inventors: Tamanouchi, Takeshi, Yamaguchi, Isao, Miyachi, Toru, Suzuki, Hirohisa
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US13/002,076
• Publication Number:
  US 20110109137A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,442 Days
• Field of Search: 297/216.12, 297/256.13, 297/256.16, 297/256.12, 297/256.14
• US Class Current: 297/256.16
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2806 for securing the child seat to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2827 part of the base being supported by the seat sub-frame B60N2/2893 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2863 backward facing
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2869 rotatable about a vertical axis
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/2875 inclinable, as a whole or partially

Abstract

There is provided a child car seat that can be stably mounted on a seat of a vehicle by means of a simple mounting operation. A child car seat includes: a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the pedestal including a base part having a front surface and side surfaces, and a standing part standing from the base part; and a seat body supported on the pedestal. The pedestal includes a waist-belt guide part for guiding a waist belt. The waist-belt guide part includes a front guide part extending on the front surface of the base part, and side guide parts continuous to the front guide part and extending on the side surfaces of the base part. The pedestal includes a lateral guide member having a laterally projecting part laterally projecting from the side surface of the base part, and an upwardly extending part extending upwardly from the laterally projecting part. The laterally projecting part forms at least a portion of a lower edge defining a side guide part.

Claims

1. A child car seat comprising:

a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the pedestal including a base part having a front surface, side surfaces and a bottom surface, and a standing part standing from the base part; and

a seat body supported on the pedestal;

wherein the pedestal includes a waist-belt guide part for guiding a waist belt of a seatbelt provided on the seat of the vehicle, the waist-belt guide part including a front guide part extending on the front surface of the base part, and side guide parts continuous to the front guide part and extending on the side surfaces of the base part, said waist-belt guide part including an upper edge and a lower edge defining the front guide part and the side guide parts;

the pedestal further includes a lateral guide member having a laterally projecting part laterally projecting outward from the side surface of the base part, and an upwardly extending part extending upwardly from the laterally projecting part; and

the laterally projecting part of the lateral guide member forms at least a portion of the lower edge.

2. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein said portion of the lower edge formed by the laterally projecting part is located on an uppermost position along a vertical central axis, relative to the bottom surface of the base part.

3. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein said lower edge extends upward along the vertical central axis from a side of the front surface of the base part toward said portion of the lower edge formed by the laterally projecting part.

4. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein said portion of the lower edge formed by the laterally projecting part is most distant from the front guide part relative to other portions of the lower edge defining the side guide part.

5. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein:

the side guide part is formed as a groove at least a lower edge of which is defined by a step; and

a stepped surface forming the step is smoothly connected to the laterally projecting part of the lateral guide member forming a portion of the lower edge.

6. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein

a position of a top part of the upwardly extending part along a vertical central axis relative to the bottom surface of the base part is located on the same height position as, or slightly lower than, a position, along the vertical central axis, of the upper edge defining the side guide part in which the lower edge is formed by the laterally projecting part.

7. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein

at least a portion of the upper edge defining the side guide part from above is formed of a folded member that projects laterally from the side surface of the base part and then extends downward.

8. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein

a width from the upper edge defining the side guide part to the lower edge defining the side guide part gradually narrows from a side of the front surface of the base part to said portion of the lower edge formed by the laterally projecting part.

14. The child car seat according to claim 1, wherein said portion of the lower edge is formed between the side surfaces of the base part and the upwardly extending part.

9. A child car seat comprising:

a pedestal to be mounted on a seat of a vehicle, the pedestal including a base part, and a standing part standing from the base part; and

a seat body supported on the pedestal so as to be slidable with respect to the pedestal;

wherein;

the seat body includes a seat part and a backrest part connected to the seat part;

the backrest part is provided with a connection guide that can pass through a groove formed in the standing part when the seat body is slid;

the connection guide includes a proximal part extending from the backrest part, and a bent part extending from the proximal part in a bent manner;

the groove formed in the standing part extends in a bent manner correspondingly to the shape of the connection guide, in a cross-section perpendicular to a moving direction of the connection guide when the seat body is slid;

the seat body can be slid with respect to the pedestal up to a turning position at which the seat body can be turned on the pedestal;

both of a portion of the groove for accommodating the proximal part and a portion of the groove accommodating the bent part are opened in an end surface of the standing part; and

the connection guide is configured to exit the groove in the end surface of the standing part, when the seat body reaches the turning position, whereby the seat body can be turned on the pedestal.

10. The child car seat according to claim 9, wherein

a direction in which the proximal part of the connection guide extends, and a direction in which the bent part extends from the proximal part, are substantially perpendicular to each other, in the cross-section perpendicular to the moving direction of the connection guide when the seat body is slid.

11. The child car seat according to claim 9, further comprising a cover to be detachably attached to the standing part that is exposed by the movement of the backrest part when the seat body is turned on the pedestal,

wherein, when the cover is attached to the standing part, the cover covers the groove opening in the end surface of the standing part.

12. The child car seat according to claim 9, wherein:

the standing part of the pedestal is provided with a lock-off device for holding a shoulder belt of a seatbelt provided on the seat of the vehicle; and

when the cover is attached to the standing part, the cover covers the lock-off device and the shoulder belt that is held by the lock-off device and that extends on the standing part.

13. The child car seat according to claim 9, wherein:

the backrest part is provided with the connection guide on one side and the connection guide on the other side, which are disposed apart from each other in a lateral direction;

the bent part of the connection guide on one side is bent from the proximal part toward one side of the lateral direction, and the bent part of the connection guide on the other side is bent from the proximal part toward the other side of the lateral direction;

formed in the standing part are;

the groove on the one side to be engaged with the connection guide on the one side, and the groove on the other side to be engaged with the connection guide on the other side;

the groove on the one side and the groove on the other side being apart from each other in the lateral direction; and

the groove on the one side and the groove on the other side are opened in the end surface of the standing part;

the cover is provided, in an area of a surface that is exposed when the cover is attached to the standing part, the area being positioned on the end surface when the cover is attached to the standing part, with a sheet-like member on one side and a sheet-like member on the other side which are away from each other in the lateral direction;

the sheet-like member on the one side is opened to the one side in the lateral direction, and the sheet-like member on the other side is opened to the other side in the lateral direction; and

when the sheet body is turned without the cover being detached, the connection guide on the other side is caught by an opening portion of the sheet-like member on the one side, or the connecting guide on the one side is caught by an opening portion of the sheet-like member on the other side.