Abstract: A car seat positionable on the seat of an automobile and retainable in place by an automobile seat belt, the car seat having associated straps for securing the child in place on the car seat and a shield pivotable between a raised position for allowing the entrance or exit of a child from the seat and a lowered position for securing the child in place, the improvement comprising, the shield formed of parallel side arms and a cross bar coupling the outboard ends thereof and with inboard ends having pivot points about an axis of rotation for the shield, the cross bar movable with respect to the pivot point with means to vary the position of the cross bar with respect to the child being supported in the car seat and parallel spring means to retain the cross bar in a preselected position with respect to the child.