| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 297253000 | Secured by bottom-back crevice | 25 |
| 20080277984 | Child Safety Seat - The present invention concerns a child safety seat ( | 11-13-2008 |
| 20090160232 | CHILD SEAT AND METHOD FOR MONITORING INSTALLATION OF THE CHILD SEAT - A child seat and a method for monitoring installation of the child seat are provided. The child seat includes a child seat frame configured to receive a child occupant. The child seat frame is configured to receive a seat belt webbing for securing the child seat frame to a vehicle seat. The child seat further includes a first bladder configured to contact the seat belt webbing. The first bladder has a fluid therein. The child seat further includes a first pressure sensor fluidly communicating with the fluid in the first bladder. The first pressure sensor is configured to output a first signal indicative of an amount of pressure in the first bladder. The child seat further includes a controller coupled to the child seat frame configured to receive the first signal and to compute a first tension value based on the first signal. The controller is further configured to generate a second signal to induce a first device disposed on the child seat frame to indicate when the first tension value is less than a first predetermined tension value. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090160233 | INFANT SEAT FOR MOTORCARS - An infant seat for motorcars includes anchor being operable to engage a receiving element being provided in the motorcar. The infant seat has a framework fixedly attached to the lower face of the base of the seat and is fitted with the anchor, the anchor being actuated by a pneumatic device being fitted to the framework and actuated by a control being made up by an articulated lever, the control being accessible through the front edge of the base of the seat, the manual controls being operable for deactivating the anchor being found at the front edge. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090261640 | Device for attaching a child car seat to an anchor member or anchor bracket of the body of a vehicle - A device for releasably attaching a child seat to an anchor member connected to a body of a vehicle. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090273215 | SAFETY SEAT FOR INSTALLING A BABY OR A VERY YOUNG CHILD ON A VEHICLE SEAT - The invention relates to a safety seat for installing a baby or a very young child on a vehicle seat, the safety seat comprising a seat structure and an intermediate structure ( | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100013282 | NON-HANDED MINI-CONNECTOR - A connector for securing a child seat to a passenger seat. A web is connected to the child seat and the connector which has a pivoting lever engageable with the passenger seat anchor bight. The connector includes a web receiving bracket that extends from the bottom of the connector frame allowing access to a push button activating the lever from either side of the connector outer housing. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100019557 | CHILD TRAVEL SEAT RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A restraint system for a child travel seat which includes a frame dimensioned to rest upon a vehicle seat. The frame defines front and rear portions and a center line. An adjustment assembly is coupled to the frame and positioned at a selected one of the front and rear portions of the frame. A strap assembly is connected to the adjustment assembly. The strap assembly has first and second points removably securable to a vehicle anchor and a third point movably secured within the adjustment assembly. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100033001 | SINGLE RETRACTOR LOWER ANCHOR CONNECTION SYSTEM - A lower anchor connection system for securing the child seat to vehicle anchor bites. A single retractor includes a web extendable therefrom connected to a strap having at its opposite ends couplings for lockingly engaging the anchor bights. A release button on the retractor when depressed allows the retractor web to be withdrawn holding the couplings adjacent the child seat in a stored position. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100052384 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH A TRANSVERSE ENGAGING BASE - A child safety seat with a transverse engaging base is provided. The child safety seat has an engagement portion for engaging with the base in transverse direction. The base is formed with at least a transverse engaging space which includes a first upper abutting face, a second abutting face and a support face so as to receive and retain the child safety seat therebetween. A positioning element is operatively mounted between the child safety seat and the base, so as to releasably lock the child safety seat within the transverse engaging space. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100060053 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT - A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and an engaging mechanism. The seat body has a rib structure. The rib structure is movably disposed in a guide-slot structure of the base so that the seat body is capable of sliding relative to the base. The engaging mechanism includes a first engaging part and a driving device. The first engaging part is movably disposed on the seat body for engaging with a tooth-shaped structure of the base. The driving device is movably connected to the first engaging part and is movably installed on the seat body so that the driving device is capable of moving between a releasing position and a locking position relative to the seat body. Thus, when the driving device moves relative to the seat body, the driving device can drive the first engaging part to alternatively engage with or separate from the tooth-shaped structure. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100072798 | LOWER ANCHOR COUPLING - The coupling includes a main body with a fixed frame and a locking pawl. A carriage and impact member are connected in spring-biased fashion to the frame. The carriage controls locking of the pawl while the impact member continually urges the pawl in a counterclockwise direction. Pressing the release button causes the carriage to separate from the pawl permitting the impact member to rotate the pawl to permit entry and exit of a LATCH loop into locking communication with the tooth of the pawl. When the button is released, the carriage maintains the pawl open until a LATCH loop is impacted into the back of the pawl to disengage it from the carriage to lock the pawl closed. The invention includes a fail safe measure to maintain locking when any of the springs fail and the ability to accommodate loads much heavier than prior art couplings. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100090509 | REVERSIBLE CHILD SEAT WITH A RETRACTOR/CONNECTOR MOUNTED TO A LOAD BEARING MEMBER - A web extension and retraction device on a child seat. A pair of retractors are mounted to the device and have webs extendable therefrom with connectors releasable with vehicle anchors both when the child seat faces forward and rearward in the vehicle. In one embodiment the retractors slide in cavities provided on opposite sides of the child seat. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100253121 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT ATTACHMENT BELT RETRACTOR SYSTEM - Retractor systems for securing child safety seats in vehicles are described herein. In one embodiment, a child safety seat includes a web operably coupled to a spool of a web retractor movably positioned under the safety seat. The web can include a first end portion that carries a first anchor connector and a second end portion that carries a second anchor connector. Rotation of the spool in a first direction retracts the first and second end portions of the web toward the retractor. Rotation of the spool in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, allows the first and second end portions to be drawn away from the retractor. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20110037301 | VEHICLE SAFETY RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A vehicle safety restraint system comprises a portable base having a mounting assembly and a restraint assembly. The portable base may be a booster seat. The mounting assembly mounts the base the base to the seat of a vehicle and the restraint assembly restrains an occupant of the base. The mounting assembly may wrap around at least a portion of the vehicle seat to mount the booster seat to the vehicle. The restraint assembly may comprise a five-point or a four-point restraint and may include a lateral support assembly. The restraint assembly may further include a torso support assembly. A method of mounting a portable base to a vehicle seat is provided. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110057489 | INFANT CAR SEAT SYSTEM AND STRAP - An infant seat system is shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes an infant car seat (ICS) having a strap-interface; a strap interfaced with the ICS; a clip attached to strap; and a ratchet tightener (RT) positioned in between the clip and the infant seat for tightening the strap and securing the ICS quickly and easily. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110272985 | CHILD RESTRAINT FOR VEHICLE - A child restraint includes a base, a seat, and an anchor belt. The anchor belt holds the base in place on a passenger seat of a vehicle. The seat mounts on the base and supports a child or infant for travel in the vehicle above the base. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120007398 | CHILD RESTRAINT FOR VEHICLE - A child restraint includes a base, a seat, and an anchor belt. The anchor belt holds the base in place on a passenger seat of a vehicle. The seat mounts on the base and supports a child or infant for travel in the vehicle above the base. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120299349 | REAR-FACING CHILD VEHICLE RESTRAINT SYSTEM - A child restraint system offers a safe, compact, configuration flexible, and easy to use restraint for a small child in a vehicle. The child is secured in a five-point harness attached to a framework of straps with hooks or other attachment hardware. The framework is in turn attached to manufacturer latches secured to the vehicle via the attachment hardware. The system may be configured in forward-facing or rearward-facing orientations depending on the size and age of the child. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130119732 | SEAT ANCHORING ELEMENT FOR CHILD SAFETY SEATS OR BABY CARRIERS - A seat anchoring element for child safety seats or baby carriers has an anchoring element which can be secured to fixation elements on the vehicle seat, or to the vehicle body, by connectors at the ends of a separate strap system. The seat anchoring element comprises at least one front and rear securing element on the upper face for fixing the child safety seat or the baby carrier thereto, and least one tensioning device for those parts at the ends of which the connectors are located. The straps of the strap system can be wound onto a ratchet spool of the tensioning device and can be unwound after a locking mechanism of the ratchet is unlocked. A lever mounted pivotably with the seat anchoring element is coupled with the ratchet, wherein the bearing axis of the lever runs transversely to the longitudinal axis of the seat anchoring element. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130127218 | Anchor Latch System for Child Restraint Systems and Child Car Safety Seats - A child restraint system has a bottom portion configured to rest on a dedicated seat of a vehicle. The bottom portion has a front end, a rear end, and a pair of sides. An anchor latch system is carried by the bottom portion and has two latch belts partially housed within the bottom portion. Each latch belt has an anchor end protruding rearward from and external to the bottom portion. An adjuster is exposed on at least one side or the front end of the bottom portion. The adjuster can be manipulated to selectively retract or pay out the two latch belts simultaneously. The adjuster can have an adjustment belt protruding from one side of the bottom portion. The adjuster can have a knob positioned on the front end, one side, or both sides of the bottom portion. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130147246 | CHILD SEAT ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE - A child seat attachment structure comprising a lower anchor comprising a fixing portion that is fixed to a configuration member configuring a vehicle body or a vehicle seat, a leg portion that extends from the fixing portion towards a vehicle top side, and a coupling portion that is provided at an upper end portion of the leg portion and that fixes a child seat to the vehicle body or the vehicle seat by connecting to a connector of the child seat; and a contacted portion that restricts displacement of the coupling portion of the lower anchor towards a vehicle front side with respect to the fixing portion by making contact with a portion of the lower anchor when the child seat fixed to the vehicle body or the vehicle seat has moved towards the vehicle front side. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20140062151 | Child Carrier Restraint System - A child carrier having a carrier pass through which defines a restraint path between opposed carrier sides and having a carrier restraint tensioner coupled at a fixed location on the child carrier which operates to adjust length of a carrier restraint disposed in the restraint path to secure the child carrier in relation to a vehicle seat. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20160144751 | CHILD SEAT LOCK DEVICE - The child seat lock device according to the present invention has: an anchor that is secured to a vehicle body frame and retains a catch of a child seat in a removable manner; and a seat cushion that is attached to the vehicle body frame independently of the anchor. The seat cushion has: a cushion pad that is provided with a groove portion that houses the catch retained by the anchor and extends in a front-rear direction of the seat; a skin for covering the cushion pad and having, at a location in front of the groove portion, an insertion slit into which the catch is inserted; and a guide portion for guiding the inserted catch from the insertion slit toward the anchor at the position of the groove portion, the guide portion being harder than the cushion pad. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20180022241 | Portable Child Safety Seat with Five-Point Restraint | 01-25-2018 |
| 20220134918 | COVER FOR AN UPHOLSTERED PART OF A VEHICLE SEAT, UPHOLSTERED PART FOR A VEHICLE SEAT, AND VEHICLE SEAT - A cover for an upholstered part of a vehicle seat having at least one opening, in particular a through opening for a locking device for a child seat. An edge area of the cover arranged around the at least one opening is reinforced at least in sections with a reinforcing frame made from a plastic material. An upholstered part for a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having the cover and the vehicle seat having at least one such upholstered part are also provided. | 05-05-2022 |
