Car seat having buckle with visual feedback
US6619753B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 11, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T24/45613
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A car seat including a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for receiving an occupant thereon, and at least one shoulder harness coupled to the seat body and being located to fit over the torso of an occupant to retain the occupant on the seat body. The car seat further includes a buckle for releasably coupling the shoulder harness to the seat body, the buckle including a bracket coupled to the shoulder harness and a base coupled to the seat body. The bracket includes a gripping portion and a tongue and is releasably couplable to the base. The buckle is in a latched condition when the bracket is coupled to the base and is in an unlatched condition when the bracket is not coupled to the base. One of the gripping portion or the base includes a notification portion that has a visual property different from any adjacent areas of the one of the gripping portion or the base. The notification portion is visible when the buckle is in the unlatched condition and the visual property of the notification portion is generally obscured by the other of the gripping portion or the base when the buckle is in the latched condition.
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