Child safety seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040377-B2
Application number	US-201615162841-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 24, 2016
Priority date	May 27, 2015
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell body configured to support a child seat, and a belt restraining frame pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame includes a transversal portion, two side portions, and a middle portion located between the two side portions, the two side portions and the middle portion being fixedly connected with the transversal portion and having respective ends pivotally connected with the shell body. The belt restraining frame is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the middle portion rises away from the upper surface of the shell body, and a clamping position where the middle portion is adjacent to the upper surface for pressing against an anchoring belt that is routed transversally across the shell body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A support base for a child safety seat, the support base comprising:
a shell body configured to support a child seat; and
a belt restraining frame pivotally connected with the shell body, the belt restraining frame including a transversal portion, two side portions, and a middle portion located between the two side portions, the two side portions and the middle portion being fixedly connected with the transversal portion and having respective ends pivotally connected with the shell body, the two side portions of the belt restraining frame being respectively connected pivotally with two lateral sides of the shell body, and the middle portion of the belt restraining frame being pivotally connected with a central region of the shell body between the two lateral sides;
wherein the belt restraining frame is rotatable relative to the shell body between a release position where the middle portion rises away from an upper surface of the shell body, and a clamping position where the middle portion is adjacent to the upper surface for pressing against an anchoring belt that is routed transversally across the shell body.

2. The support base according to claim 1 , wherein the belt restraining frame is assembled with a latching member and a release actuator that are connected with each other, the latching member engaging with a corresponding structure provided on the shell body to lock the belt restraining frame in the clamping position, and the release actuator being operable to disengage the latching member from the corresponding structure on the shell body for unlocking the belt restraining frame.

3. The support base according to claim 2 , wherein the release actuator is disposed adjacent to a junction between the middle portion and the transversal portion of the belt restraining frame.

4. The support base according to claim 2 , wherein the latching member engages with the corresponding structure provided on the shell body at a location below the middle portion of the belt restraining frame.

5. The support base according to claim 2 , wherein the latching member engages with the corresponding structure provided on the shell body on two opposite sides of the middle portion of the belt restraining frame.

6. The support base according to claim 1 , wherein the shell body further includes two seat mounts protruding upward and transversally spaced apart from each other, the middle portion extending in a region of the shell body delimited between the two seat mounts when the belt restraining frame is in the clamping position.

7. The support base according to claim 1 , further including an attachment strap that is coupled with the support base and has two ends respectively provided with two latch connectors operable to lock with a vehicle anchorage, the support base further having a storage cavity sized to receive the attachment strap and the two latch connectors, the storage cavity being adjacent to an underside of the middle portion when the belt restraining frame is in the clamping position, and the attachment strap being deployable outside the storage cavity for use as an anchoring belt for fastening the support base on a vehicle seat.

8. The support base according to claim 1 , wherein the shell body is coupled with an attachment strap having two ends that are respectively provided with two latch connectors operable to lock with a vehicle anchorage, the shell body further having a storage cavity opened on the upper surface of the shell body and sized to receive the attachment strap and the two latch connectors, the attachment strap being deployable outside the storage cavity for use as an anchoring belt for fastening the support base on a vehicle seat.

9. The support base according to claim 8 , wherein the shell body further includes a plurality of belt guides for routing an anchoring belt across the storage cavity, and the middle portion of the belt restraining frame has an underside that projects into the storage cavity for pressing the anchoring belt in the storage cavity when the belt restraining frame is in the clamping position.

10. The support base according to claim 8 , wherein the storage cavity contains a movable receptacle adapted to receive the two latch connectors.

11. The support base according to claim 10 , wherein the receptacle has an opening, the receptacle being rotatable to a position where the opening faces upward for facilitating placement of the two latch connectors in the receptacle or retrieval of the two latch connectors from the receptacle.

12. The support base according to claim 10 , wherein the attachment strap is connected with a leash that is anchored with the receptacle.

13. The support base according to claim 10 , wherein the middle portion of the belt restraining frame in the clamping position has an underside that projects into the storage cavity and is substantially close to the receptacle, thereby the middle portion and the receptacle being adapted to oppositely squeeze an anchoring belt that is routed across the storage cavity.

Assignees

• Wonderland Nursery Goods

Inventors

• Mason Kyle S
• Hansel Colin P
• Taylor Andrew J
• Hartenstine Curtis M

Classifications

• B60N2/2821

  having a seat and a base part · CPC title

• B60N2/2845

  having handles · CPC title

• B60N2/2884

  with protection systems against abnormal g-forces · CPC title

• B60N2002/957

  the locking system prevents an abnormal or wrong mounting situation, i.e. deployment or functioning of a seat part being prevented if the seat or seat part is not properly mounted · CPC title

• B60N2/2827 Primary

  part of the base being supported by the seat sub-frame (B60N2/2893 takes precedence) · CPC title