Patent · US Expired

High-back child restraint system

US5964502A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1996
Grant dateOct 12, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 25, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60N2205/30
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A child restraint system including a seat back pivotably connected to a seat bottom and having a fabric cover thereon. The seat back includes two oblong openings defined therein which are covered by mesh portions provided on the fabric cover to allow for the improved flow of air between the area behind and to the side of the seat back and the area in the vicinity of the torso of the child occupying the child restraint system and to allow for the easy connection of the child restraint system to the seat of the motor vehicle. A guide providing multiple possible positions for a shoulder belt of the motor vehicle seat belt system is provided on the seat back. The guide may be fixed with a plurality of fixed channels thereon for receiving and retaining the shoulder belt or the guide may be movable relative to the seat back, being yieldingly held in place by a spring and a pattern of serrations defined on the guide. The tiltable connection of the seat back to the seat bottom is accomplished by a pivot pin received within each of the seat back and the seat bottom. A locking member is selectively receivable within bores defined in the seat back and the seat bottom to prevent further pivota…

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