Abstract: A collapsible support device adapted to be installed on a child safety seat is disclosed. The collapsible support device includes a first supporting part and a second supporting part. The second supporting part is pivotally connected to an end of the first supporting part to be capable of being collapsed to the first supporting part. Another end of the first supporting part is pivotally connected to the child safety seat. The first supporting part is selectively rotated relative to the child safety seat to be located at one of a use position and a storage position. The second supporting part is selectively rotated relative to the first supporting part to be located at one of a supporting position and a collapsed position. The collapsible support device has advantages of simple structure and providing operation convenience to users. Additionally, a child safety seat having the collapsible support device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on the seat back relative to the seat bottom.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat including a seat shell and a rigidifying structure for the seat shell. The seat shell includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom.

Abstract: A child seat includes a seat shell, and an anchoring system assembled with the seat shell. The anchoring system includes a housing, a latch assembled in the housing, a first and a second strap respectively routed through the housing, and two anchor fasteners respectively secured with the first and second straps at a rear of the seat shell. The housing has a central axis, and a first and a second opening spaced apart from each other along the central axis. The latch is movable along the central axis relative to the housing, and has two clamping surfaces facing two inner surfaces of the housing. The latch is operable to clamp the first and second straps respectively between the two inner surfaces and the two clamping surfaces. The first and second straps extend outside the seat shell at the rear, and also at two opposite lateral sides of the seat shell.

Abstract: This invention relates to a guide for a vehicle seat belt securing a child safety seat in the vehicle. The belt guide comprises a body, a slot extending into the body from an edge thereof and having a longitudinal axis, the slot further extending through the body in a direction transverse to its longitudinal axis, and wherein the belt guide further comprises means adapted to permit movement of the belt lengthwise along the slot, and transversely through the slot in one direction, but not the other. An associated child safety seat comprising a guide is also disclosed.

Abstract: A harness assembly for a child safety seat is provided that is configurable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The harness assembly may include a plurality of shoulder straps, each having a buckle tab. The harness assembly may further include a buckle assembly having a buckle that can receive the buckle tabs for securing the shoulder straps in the engaged state. The buckle assembly may also include a buckle pad, at least a portion of the buckle pad being generally aligned with and adjacent to the buckle. A buckle webbing may extend from the buckle for attaching the buckle to the child safety seat, and a biasing member may be engaged with the buckle pad to bias the buckle assembly toward a first position away from an occupant of the child safety seat in the disengaged state. A corresponding child safety seat is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a child seat for rearward facing use in a vehicle. The child seat includes an inflatable seating cushion chamber; an inflatable back part chamber; and inflatable side part chambers. The chambers are interconnected such that they form a continuous inflatable volume that require only a single port for inflation and deflation. The chambers are constructed out of a non-permeable fabric that maintains a constant separation between at least two non-permeable fabric surfaces when inflated.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat shell formed to include a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on the seat back.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for assembling restraint anchorage for use in child seat restraint anchorage by forming a portion of a bracket to engage a tubular rail that supports a plurality of latch wires. A portion of the bracket extends longitudinally along the tube. The extended portion is connected to the tube by mechanical engagement, preferably with a fastener. In a preferred embodiment, the fastener is formed by portions of the latch wire by cold heading shoulders on leg portions of the latch wires.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The child restraint also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement relative to a seat back included in the juvenile seat.

Abstract: A system for creating a seating or removing space in a child restraint seat, comprising: a child restraint seat comprising a chassis and at least one restraint; and at least one space creator; wherein the space creator comprises a first component and a second component, wherein the first component is attachable to the chassis, wherein the second component is attachable to the restraint, and wherein the space creator can be used to relocate the restraint in order to create a seating or removing space for a child. Further, a space-creator kit for creating a seating or removing space in a child restraint system. In addition, a method for creating a seating or removing space in a child restraint system.

Abstract: A child seat has a seat base with a seating surface, a front edge, and a back end. A back support surface of the child seat is generally inclined relative to the seating surface. A seat bight is formed at the juncture between the seating surface and the back support surface. The seat bight is adjustable between a first bight position spaced a first distance from the front edge of the seat base and a second bight position spaced a second distance from the front edge of the seat base. The second distance is less than the first distance. A seat back insert can be provided that is attachable to the seat base in one or more insert positions defining one or more of the bight positions. The insert can create the back support surface at one or more position relative to the front edge. The seat base can also have a back wall creating the back support surface further from the front edge when the insert is removed.

Abstract: A seat for children intended to be installed in a vehicle, in particular an automobile, comprising a seat bottom, a seat back, and a headrest, the headrest is mobile in translation relatively to the seat back between a lost position and a high position. The seat includes a child-restraint harness intended to maintain a child seated in the seat and configured to include two shoulder straps, each of the shoulder straps carrying a strap-receiving pad adapted to contact a child seated on the seat bottom.

Abstract: A child car seat subframe that is easily disassembled into component sections for washing within a residential-sized dishwasher. The car seat subframe can be disassembled by hand, and each individual component is capable of fitting in a residential-sized dishwasher individually and collectively. The component sections are attached by a combination of registration tabs and slots, and held tightly together by fasteners, or attached by a combination of tongue and groove joints. Hanging devices, such as hooks, may be formed on one side of each component section to facilitate hanging on racks in a dishwasher. The car seat subframe back panel and side panels are disassembled into a plurality of segments for easily fitting in a dishwasher.

Abstract: A rolling car seat includes a car seat having back and seat portions configured to receive a seated child. A length-adjustable handle assembly is operatively coupled to the back portion and selectively movable between a retracted configuration not extending above a back portion upper end and an extended configuration extending above the back portion upper end. The rolling car seat includes a wheel assembly having a pair of spaced apart wheels operatively coupled to said the back portion and selectively movable between a withdrawn configuration adjacent said back portion rear surface and a deployed configuration displaced from the back portion rear surface.

Abstract: A child car seat includes a seat body, a headrest connected to the seat body, a seat belt disposed on the seat body, and a shoulder pad unit. The shoulder pad unit includes a shoulder pad connected to the seat belt, and a connecting strap interconnecting the shoulder pad and the headrest.

Abstract: An inflatable child seat for use in an airplane having a base panel having at least one inflatable air chamber is provided. The inflatable child seat also includes two side panels, each of which have at least one inflatable air chamber. Both side panels are connected to the base panel. A back panel is further provided, having at least one inflatable air chamber, and is connected to the two side panels and the base panel. The back panel is disposed at an angle relative to the base panel. The inflatable child seat also has a belt configured to restrain a child in the seat. The inflatable child seat additionally has a cavity disposed in the back panel and is configured for receiving a seat belt from an airplane or car seat for securing the child seat to the airplane or car seat. The inflatable child seat is provided with at least one port that is in communication with one or more of the air chambers and serves as the means for inflating and deflating these chambers.

Abstract: A cushioned bed chair attached to a bed that includes a vertical support with an inside portion to provide vertical support to a user, a horizontal support with a bottom surface, a distal end and an inside portion secured in a perpendicular position to the vertical support when the user is sitting in the bed chair and a pair of support legs attached to the bottom surface and distal end of the horizontal support. The bed chair also includes a plurality of polyurethane foam pads disposed on the inside portion of the horizontal support and the inside portion of the vertical support to provide comfort to the user sitting on the bed chair and a control dial that controls a massage unit disposed on the vertical support that provides a massaging action on the user.

Abstract: A child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat also includes a headrest mounted for up-and-down movement on the seat back relative to the seat bottom.

Abstract: A collapsible infant bouncer comprising support assembly configured with a pair of intersecting support rods pivotally articulated to one another, each support rod configured with at least a top link and a bottom link foldable about a folding joint, and a flexible seating member mounted on the support assembly.

Abstract: Apparatus is provided for integrated, single and multiple person vehicle car seats, modular car seat systems, dual person car seats, variable base height and width car seats, car seat-inserts inserted into another car seat, foldable, for use in a land, sea or air vehicle, mounted onto the vehicle's built-in seat and used for securing a car seat user within a vehicle's regular seating positions. Car seat systems include components enabling addition or removal of seating positions for a desired number of car seat users as needed, limited only by available width and height space of the vehicle seat onto which it is mounted.

Abstract: A child safety seat includes an inner member, an outer member, and a support frame. The inner member has a seat part and a backrest part that extends upwardly from a rear end and lateral ends of the seat part. The outer member has a rear portion that is disposed behind the backrest part of the inner member, and a front portion that extends from a periphery of the rear portion and that is coupled to the inner member. The support frame includes a first subframe unit that is disposed behind and adjacent to the inner member and that is connected to the outer member, and a second subframe unit that extends between the inner and outer members from the first subframe unit.

Abstract: A child restraint in accordance with the present disclosure includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The child-restraint harness includes a crotch belt. A seat-back tether strap is also included in the child restraint.

Abstract: A lap seat that allows for the comfortable and safe securement of an infant on its cover overlay in resting its inserted base support either forwardly along the upper thigh areas of a caregiver facing the infant, or across the upper thigh areas of the caregiver in facing the infant sideways, as a means of enhancing bonding with the infant while reducing the possibilities of colic and reflux development.

Abstract: A child car seat (10) includes a child-car-seat body (15) includes a seat part (40) having a seat plate part (41) and a back plate part (45), a sliding member (60) located on a position opposed to the back plate part from a front side, the sliding member being slidable with respect to the back plate part so as to move in a height direction, and a child belt disposed on the child car-seat body. The sliding member (60) has a through-hole (66) through which the child belt (30) can pass. The back plate part has, at a position opposed to the through-hole, an elongate hole (66) extending in a sliding direction of the sliding member with respect to the back plate part.

Abstract: A passive support device to support a slouching body position of a passenger in a vehicle generally comprises a frame having adjustable members to conform the frame to a passenger seat of the vehicle, wherein various portions of the frame are adjustable with respect to a reference x-axis, a reference y-axis, and/or a reference z-axis. The device further comprises a securing mechanism to secure the frame to the passenger seat, and support cushions coupled to and rotatable about a portion of the frame. The support cushions may comprise memory shape materials or a contoured shape to accommodate an anatomical feature of the passenger. The support cushions themselves may also be adjustable with respect to a reference z-axis.

Abstract: A vehicle seat device, in particular a child seat device, includes at least one head support unit and/or at least one seat cover unit, and also includes at least one shoulder cushion unit. In order to achieve a high degree of seating comfort, the shoulder cushion unit is connected directly to the head support unit and/or to the seat cover unit.

Abstract: A pushing vehicle is described for transporting at least one child, including: a wheeled chassis including a chassis frame and a plurality of wheels that are rotatably mounted relative to the chassis frame to support the chassis frame above a ground surface and which enable the chassis to be moved along the ground surface; a passenger support for supporting a child; wherein the passenger support is attachable to the frame in a mounting position by a single tool-less attachment mechanism for attaching an underside of the passenger support to the chassis frame, to support the passenger support generally above the wheeled chassis. Also described are related modular seating systems and a supporting compartment.

Abstract: The object to provide a user-friendly handling for the adjustment of the height of components, in particular head rests is solved by the device for height adjustment of a component of a seat in accordance with the invention which consists of a carrier element carrying the component, a locking element designed and arranged to prohibit height adjustability in a first position and to permit height adjustability in a second position, wherein the locking element is connected with an adjusting element via a motion link, and the adjusting element is pulled upward by pulling means so as to transfer the locking element from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a child safety seat installed within a motor vehicle, including both upper portions of a harness web threaded through a pair of sleeves surrounding that portion of the web proximate a child's chest area. It is an object of this invention to eliminate the disadvantages of the harness webs, tangs and buckle, falling into the depression or concavity formed by the contours of the seat, interfering with placing a child within the seat. The upper portions of both webs are required to be connected laterally to offer protection against separation in the event of a sudden deceleration. The sleeves therefore include a latchable connector to selectively couple or uncouple one sleeve to another. A magnet is positioned upon each sleeve, and metallic strips embedded within the seat sides.

Abstract: A portable child-restraining safety seat assembly and method of use includes providing a sub-seat with a body defining a secured seating area sized to securely hold a child or smaller-than-average adult human and a fixed-shape rotatable restraining member mechanically coupled to the body and having an open position where the seating area is unobstructed and a closed position where the seating area is obstructed by the restraining member. The seat further includes a first anchor member and a second anchor member each having a first end mechanically coupled to the body and a second end selectively attachable to corresponding anchoring points of functional primary seat.

Abstract: A booster seat assembly may be used with a bench seat assembly and with a seat belt assembly for each occupant. The booster seat assembly may support at least two child sized occupants and may permit each child sized occupant to access the seat belt assembly for self latching and self unlatching.

Abstract: A shoulder belt adjustment mechanism for a booster car seat is described in which the belt guide adjustment is adjustable to one of at least two positions along a linear or nonlinear adjustment axis and wherein each adjustment axis is along a portion of a line formed by an intersection of two planes formed by a vertical splay plane formed by an outer shell of said wings and an angled declination plane formed generally along said lower edges of said wings.

Abstract: An infant support structure includes a support frame, a seat portion coupled to the support frame and configured for receiving an infant in a seated position, and a restraint assembly. The restraint assembly is coupled to the seat portion and configured to retain the infant in the seat portion. The restraint assembly includes a strap portion having a polymer coating.

Abstract: A child car seat includes a seat base configured to hold a child seat carrier and a ratchet system. The ratchet system includes a housing coupled to the seat base, a handle movably coupled to the housing, and a spindle movably coupled to the handle and to the housing. The spindle has a longitudinal slot configured to hold a belt. The ratchet system is configured to move the spindle with the handle in a first direction and to move the handle in a second direction without moving the spindle.

Abstract: The present application describes child seats having anchoring harnesses that can attach with an external anchorage fixture, such as the anchorage fixture provided in a vehicle. In some embodiments, the child seat comprises a seat portion and an anchoring harness. The seat portion includes a rear edge, and a slot and a bar segment disposed adjacent to the rear edge, the bar being accessible from an outside of the seat portion and extending transversally. The anchoring harness is assembled with the seat portion and includes a fastener operable to attach with an external anchorage fixture for holding the child seat in place, wherein the anchoring harness is routed through the slot and wraps at least partially around the bar segment.

Abstract: An adjustable anchorage mechanism and a child safety seat are disclosed. The adjustable anchorage mechanism includes a seat base and a connecting device pivotally connected to the seat base. A seat is joined onto the top of the seat base. The connecting device is pivotally connected to the seat base relative to the seat such that the connecting device is capable of rotating downward so as to be engaged with an anchor-holding structure of a car seat selectively in front or rear of the seat. Therefore, the invention can provide child forward-facing or backward-facing sitting directly, which avoids the inconvenience of caregivers being demanded to prepare two child safety seats for different use conditions.

Abstract: A child car seat includes: a seat base secured to a seat of a vehicle; an infant carrier removably connected to the seat base; and an interface device coupled to at least one of the seat base or the infant carrier and configured to provide an indication to a user that the seat base is properly secured to the seat of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a child restraint system (CRS) with automated installation that provides automated feedback and control of seat installation angle, belt latching and tightening, and confirmation of correct install. The CRS utilizes sensors to monitor CRS base angle relative to level, confirm correct latching of the CRS to its base and then to the vehicle seat, and confirm tightening of the belts to the required tension to be crashworthy. The stepwise operation and confirmation of the installation procedure may be operated via button(s) or other tactical input, and relayed to the user via electronic visual display and/or audible means. All operations will be overseen and processed by an integrated control system, affording minimal user decision or interface. An intelligent latching device which can be adapted for use with an existing CRS is also provided.

Abstract: A full-cover and light-weight child safety seat is disclosed, capable of improving the difficulties in manufacturing and assembling processes in conventional skills. The safety seat includes a first hard layer, a second hard layer, a body (or a cushion portion) formed by foaming expansion material and a wall formed on a peripheral zones of the body. The body is defined with an inner end surface coated with the first hard layer and an outer end surface covered by the second hard layer so that the foaming expansion material (or the body), the first hard layer and the second hard layer are snuggly and firmly formed in a composite state, thereby improving the improper conditions in conventional skills, such as carry or deliver inconvenience caused by larger thickness/volume and heavier weight for the purpose of obtaining sufficient strength.

Abstract: An inflatable child seat for use in an airplane having a base panel having at least one inflatable air chamber is provided. The inflatable child seat also includes two side panels, each of which have at least one inflatable air chamber. Both side panels are connected to the base panel. A back panel is further provided, having at least one inflatable air chamber, and is connected to the two side panels and the base panel. The back panel is disposed at an angle relative to the base panel. The inflatable child seat also has a belt configured to restrain a child in the seat. The inflatable child seat additionally has a cavity disposed in the back panel and is configured for receiving a seat belt from an airplane or car seat for securing the child seat to the airplane or car seat. The inflatable child seat is provided with at least one port that is in communication with one or more of the air chambers and serves as the means for inflating and deflating these chambers.

Abstract: A booster seat may be conveniently carried over one's shoulder using a shoulder strap or worn as a backpack using a pair of parallel straps. The shoulder strap is convertible from a shoulder strap into a leash with a handle. A foam core and padded backpack-style shoulder straps, making it comfortable to carry and use. A three-point seatbelt includes a lap belt and pelvic strap, making it extremely safe to use. The seatbelt prevents a child from slipping off the booster seat. The booster seat also includes non-slip pads which prevent the booster seat from sliding off a chair, bench or booth. In an embodiment with thick non-slip pads, the pads maintain a space between the back panel and a backpack wearer's back, increasing breathability and comfort.

Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat back and a head rest disposed on the seat back. When a child sits on the child safety seat, his back is against the seat back, and his head is against the head rest. The child safety seat also includes two sliding slot structures, formed on the seat back, and two sliding rods. The two sliding rod are connected to two opposite sides of the head rest corresponding to the two sliding slot structures and slidably disposed in the corresponding sliding slot structures. When the sliding rod is at a first restraining position of the sliding slot structure and the child safety seat shakes because of an impact, the head rest moves relative to the seat back, so that the sliding rod slides to a second restraining position sliding slot structure, which reduces possible harm to the head of the child.

Abstract: A system for locking together the base and passenger seat of a multi-part carseat. The system includes a base and a passenger seat. The base has an upper surface that receives a passenger seat, front and rear ends, opposed sides extending between the ends, and two spaced apart locking points positioned toward the rear end of the base and two spaced apart locking points positioned toward the front end of the base. The passenger seat is dimensioned to be received by the upper surface of the base and includes four locking elements that are respectively positioned and configured for releasable engagement with a respective one of the four locking points of the base. An actuator releases the locking engagement between the locking elements of the seat and the locking points of the base.

Abstract: A storage assembly has a panel on a structure and a receptacle with a storage space defined within a body. The panel has an inner surface and an outer surface. A slot is formed through the panel. A tab is attached to and extends from the body of the receptacle and terminates at a free end. A first fastener part is positioned near the slot on the inner surface of the panel and a second fastener part is coupled to the free end of the tab. The tab is extended through the slot and the second fastener part is detachably connected to the first fastener part to attach the receptacle to the panel.

Abstract: A child booster seat includes a seat body, a seat base coupled to and vertically movable relative to the seat body, and a height-adjustment mechanism mounted between the seat body and the seat base. The height-adjustment mechanism includes a support structure mounted co-movably to the seat body and formed with a plurality of positioning holes that are vertically spaced apart. The height-adjustment mechanism further includes a latching component coupled movably to the seat base. The latching component includes a stop piece for engaging a selected one of the positioning holes to releasably lock the seat body at a desired height relative to the seat base. The height-adjustment mechanism also includes a manually operable part for moving the stop piece away from the positioning holes to release locking engagement between the seat base and the seat body.

Abstract: A child seat includes an upper surface adapted to receive a child in a sitting position, and a surrounding sidewall having a top connected with the upper surface, the upper surface including a plurality of perforations, the surrounding sidewall being formed integrally with the upper surface, and the surrounding sidewall and the upper surface at least partially delimiting an inner cavity below the upper surface.

Abstract: A child safety seat can be formed in a single body, and comprises a seating portion having an upper surface and opposite bottom surface, and two armrests projecting upward at left and right sides of the seating portion, the upper surface having left and right front corners provided with lobe portions, and the bottom surface having recessed portions respectively corresponding to the locations of the lobe portions. Each of the recessed portions has a shape that can fit with the shape of each of the lobe portions. When two instances of the seats are stacked on each other, the lobe portions of the lower seat are respectively fitted at least partially into the recessed portions of the upper seat, and the tapered inner surfaces of the armrests on the lower seat are in contact with the tapered outer surfaces of the armrests of the upper seat.

Abstract: A vehicle rear seat assembly having a center child safety restraint system comprises a pair of outboard seats and a center console positioned between the outboard seats and stationary with respect to the outboard seats. The console includes a storage compartment disposed at a forward portion of the console and having an opening which allows an associated object to be selectively placed within the storage compartment. A pair of spaced apart recesses is disposed at a rear portion of the console. A first child safety restraint attachment is located within the storage compartment. A pair of second child safety restraint attachments is provided, each second attachment being located in one of the recesses. The first attachment and the pair of second attachments allow a child safety restraint to be selectively secured to the center console.

Abstract: A child safety seat assembly comprises a base, two connector arms assembled with the base, at least one latch assembled with the base and operable to lock the connector arms in position with the base, and at least a release actuator disposed between the connector arms and operatively connected with the latch. The connector arms are provided with locking fasteners operable to engage with an anchorage bracket in a vehicle to lock the base in place, the connector arms being movable relative to the base to adjust a length of extension of the connector arms outside the base. The release actuator is operable to drive an unlocking displacement of the latch to allow adjustment of the connector arms relative to the base.