Abstract: An energy absorbing tether assembly for use with a child safety seat of the type having a pair of spaced apart slots in a shell.

Abstract: A juvenile transport product, such as an infant carrier, having a protective microshell cover adhered to a foam body to protect the foam against damage from wear and impacts. The protective cover shell may be transparent, and the method includes the step of applying a material to an inside surface of the protective cover shell before adhering the protective cover shell to the foam body. The material may be selected from the group consisting of paints, pigments, dyes, decalcomanias, labels and placards.

Abstract: A support skeleton for a juvenile transport product, such as an infant carrier. The skeleton rigidly supports the juvenile transport product in a predetermined configuration, and a foam body is molded to the skeleton and supported thereby. The foam body has a shape generally corresponding to the shape of the juvenile transport product. A protective cover, or microshell, is adhered to the foam body to protect the foam against damage from wear and impacts. The skeleton may be molded in a single piece or in several pieces for later assembly.

Abstract: A side-protective head restraint pad, pad assembly and safety seat. The restraint pad includes an air bladder with a pump for selectively inflating the air bladder and a release valve for selectively deflating the air bladder, an energy-absorbing component and a comfort component. A flexible enclosure is provided within which the air bladder, energy-absorbing component and comfort component are positioned in overlaid configuration to define a unit. The head restraint pad is adapted for being placed in a seat in lateral alignment with one side of the head of an occupant and inflatable or deflatable as appropriate to restrain the head against injurious lateral movement caused by a side impact relative to the seat.

Abstract: A child seat for a vehicle seat with a protruding vehicle head rest includes a seat bottom for being supported on the vehicle seat, and a seat back carried by the seat bottom for providing back support to an occupant of the child seat. A recess is disposed in an upper end of the seat back and is positioned and adapted to receive the vehicle head rest and allow the vehicle head rest to protrude therethrough. Optionally, a supplemental head rest may be provided which is releasably securable in the recess.

Abstract: A lock that includes a lock housing having a slot therein for receiving a band therethrough, wherein in the locked position the band is frictionally-engaged by the lock housing, and wherein in the unlocked position the band is released from frictional locking engagement with the lock member.

Abstract: A custom moldable seating product includes a seat having a seat bottom and a seat back, and a moldable element for being carried by the seat. The moldable element is transformable from an initially flexible unactivated state to an activated state, such that the moldable element conforms to a seat occupant positioned on the seat. The moldable element may include a first component contained in a first compartment and a second component contained in a second compartment. The first and second compartments may be contained in an initially flexible enclosure. The first and second compartments may be ruptured to allow the first and second components to mix within the enclosure. The reaction of the first and second components create an expandable foam that conforms to a body part of a seat occupant positioned on the seat.

Abstract: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a transversely-extending coupling assembly carried by the safety seat. First and second connectors are mounted on the coupling assembly for transverse adjustable alignment relative to respective first and second transversely spaced-apart rigid anchorage units. The safety seat may be attached to first and second rigid anchorage units that have differing degrees of spacing between them.

Abstract: A booster seat having seat back carried by a seat bottom. The seat back includes first and second frame members mounted for slidable movement relative to each other. A flexible band interconnects the first and second frame members wherein relative movement between the first and second frame members causes movement of the band relative to the second frame member. A lock is provided for being carried by one of the first or second frame members for engaging cooperation with the band. The lock is reciprocable between a locked position wherein the lock locks the band against movement, and an unlocked position wherein the lock releases the band and allows movement of the second frame member relative to the first frame member, thereby adjusting the height of the seat back.

Abstract: A side-protective head restraint pad, pad assembly and safety seat. The restraint pad includes an air bladder with a pump for selectively inflating the air bladder and a release valve for selectively deflating the air bladder, an energy-absorbing component and a comfort component. A flexible enclosure is provided within which the air bladder, energy-absorbing component and comfort component are positioned in overlaid configuration to define a unit. The head restraint pad is adapted for being placed in a seat in lateral alignment with one side of the head of an occupant and inflatable or deflatable as appropriate to restrain the head against injurious lateral movement caused by a side impact relative to the seat.

Abstract: An anti-theft lock assembly for securing a mobile object such as a baby carriage to an immovable structure such as a pole. The lock assembly includes a lock housing adapted for being securely attached to the carriage, and a lock mechanism positioned in the lock housing for being selectively moved between an engaged locked position and a disengaged unlocked position by a user having access means to operate the lock mechanism. An elongate cable is biased into a normally retracted position by a fixed end thereof in the lock housing. The cable is extensible for being extended around the pole. The cable has a head on a free end thereof for engaging with the lock mechanism in the engaged locked position for encircling and securing the lock assembly and the carriage secured thereto to the pole.

Abstract: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt. Each of the first and second latches comprises a bottom latch member and a top latch member. The bottom latch member and the top latch member are movable relative to each other between an open, seat belt insertion position and a closed clamping position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat.

Abstract: A child safety seat comprises a seat body having a seat portion and a backrest portion. A head restraint has a support portion secured to the backrest so as to project beyond the upper end thereof and a restraint portion immovably secured to the upper end of the support portion so as to project therefrom in a direction that remains generally parallel to the seat portion.

Abstract: A child safety seat has a harness including a pair of shoulder straps extending through respective slots in the seat back and a respective lap strap connected to each shoulder strap. A shoulder pad is slidably mounted on each shoulder strap. Each shoulder pad has an upper loop attached to its upper end and a lower loop attached to its lower end, the corresponding shoulder strap being threaded through said upper and lower loops. A respective fixed-length tether extends between the upper end of each shoulder pad and the seat back. A separable link assembly has a first link part slidably mounted on one shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops and a second link part slidably mounted on the other shoulder strap between the upper and lower loops.

Abstract: A child safety seat has a seat body with first and second side zones, a first abutment zone extending between the side zones for resting on a seat cushion of a vehicle seat and a second abutment zone extending between the side zones for abutting against a seat back of said vehicle seat. Each side zone carries a strap guide mounted in proximity to both the first abutment zone and the second abutment zone. A strap extends from a strap anchorage mounted on the side zone and located on the opposite side of the strap guide to the abutment zones. The strap extends through each strap guide to a releasable connector for engagement with an anchorage on the vehicle seat. The strap has an adjustment mechanism located on the opposite side of the strap guide to the releasable connector for adjusting the length of strap between such releasable connector and the corresponding strap guide.

Abstract: A child safety seat for use in a vehicle, comprises a seat body having a seat portion, a backrest and side wings projecting from each side of the backrest at the level of the head of a child occupant of the seat. The side wings are moveable relative to the backrest so as to be displaceable between a normal position and a fully deployed position in which they project from the backrest to a greater extent than when in their normal position.