| BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20110304180 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A CHILD SAFETY SEAT TO A VEHICLE SEAT - The present disclosure is directed to child safety seats, and in particular, an apparatus and method for securing child safety seats within a vehicle. Embodiments may provide a safety seat that includes a base defining a cavity therein. The safety seat may further include a first strap and a second strap where the first strap and the second strap each include a pulling end and an attachment end. The safety seat may also include a balancer assembly disposed within the cavity where each of the first and second straps pass through the balancer assembly, and where a pulling force applied to the pulling end of either of the first strap or the second strap results in a force on the attachment ends of both of the first and second strap that is substantially equal. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110254331 | CHILD SAFETY SYSTEM - A child safety system is described including a seat base for a seat of a vehicle. The seat base comprises a receiving portion configured to receive a carrier. The seat base further comprises a foot end portion comprising a proximal end connected to the receiving portion and a distal end. The foot end portion comprises an anti-rebound bar connected to the distal end of the foot end portion. The anti-rebound bar projects outwardly and upwardly from the distal end of the foot end portion and is configured to engage a seat back of the seat of the vehicle during an impact or sudden change in velocity of the vehicle. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110227383 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH STRUCTURAL SUPPORT - A safety seat configured for installation in a vehicle may include a seat shell that includes a bottom, a back, and first and second sides. The safety seat may also include a seat support configured to extend at least partially adjacent to the first side of the seat shell. A second seat support may extend at least partially adjacent to the second side. The bottom of the safety seat may be located between the seat supports. The safety seat may include attachment straps that are each attached at a first end to a fixed location within the vehicle and attached at a second end to a bend of the seat support that is configured to define an attachment point. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110227376 | CHILD SAFETY SEAT WITH ENERGY ABSORBING APPARATUS - A child safety seat configured for installation in a vehicle may include a base and a seat that includes a bottom, whereby the seat is connected to the base along an axis. The base and the seat together define a cavity that is disposed therebetween and the seat bottom is configured to rotate about the axis that connects the seat to the base during a frontal impact such that the seat bottom advances into the cavity. The safety seat may include energy absorbing member disposed within the cavity wherein the energy absorbing member is configured to be deformed as the seat bottom advances into the cavity during frontal impact. The energy absorbing member may be deformed by substantially vertical movement of the seat bottom into the cavity. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20100194158 | JUVENILE SEATING WITH RESILIENT SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION - A child safety seat including a seat bottom and seat back first and second resilient side elements carried on laterally-opposed sides of the seat back, and including walls defining an enclosed chamber. The walls have sufficient rigidity to maintain a nominal shape and are deformable in response to a predetermined minimum impact. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100019554 | JUVENILE SEATING WITH RESILIENT SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION - A child safety seat including a seat bottom and seat back first and second resilient side elements carried on laterally-opposed sides of the seat back, and including walls defining an enclosed chamber. The walls have sufficient rigidity to maintain a nominal shape and are deformable in response to a predetermined minimum impact. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20090256404 | CHILD SEAT HAVING A CRUSH ZONE - A child safety seat is provided. The safety seat includes a generally L-shaped shell having a seat bottom and a seat back, a harness assembly carried by the shell for restraining an occupant in the seat, a restraining member for receiving a latching assembly for securing the safety seat into a support position on a vehicle seat in a manner, and at least one area of predetermined reduced material thickness formed into the shell in the rearward portion of the seat bottom. The area of reduce material thickness defines a crush zone of reduced capacity to resist a downward movement-induced load on the seat bottom indicative of the sudden forward travel decceleration of the vehicle. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090152913 | CHILD RESTRAINT APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A child restraint apparatus relates to holding a child within a vehicle interior. The apparatus has a body with an internal area for receiving a child. An energy absorbing member extends in use over at least part of an external surface of the body. This energy absorbing member faces away from the internal area. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20090026815 | ENERGY ABSORBING TETHER FOR CHILD SAFETY SEAT - 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. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090015044 | RETRACTABLE CUP HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR CHILD SEAT - A cup holder assembly for a child seat movable between a retracted position and an extracted position includes an inner cup holder bracket, a medial cup holder slide movably attached to the cup holder bracket, and an outer cup holder floor pivotally attached to the cup holder slide. The cup holder slide and the cup holder floor move along an arc relative to the cup holder bracket, and the cup holder floor rotates relative to the cup holder slide and the cup holder bracket. The cup holder bracket has a rail guide and the cup holder slide includes a corresponding rail operable for slidingly engaging the rail guide. The cup holder slide further includes a lip that engages a corresponding ledge on the cup holder floor to rotate the cup holder floor as the cup holder slide is moved from the retracted position to the extracted position. | 01-15-2009 |
