EP0325352A2
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Child's safety seat
Assignee: Britax Roemer Kindersicherheit GmbH
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Filing: 1989-01-10
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2009-01-10
Abstract
Abstract A child's safety seat has a support member (16) having a base portion (18) adapted to rest on a substantially horizontal surface and a back portion (20) extending upwardly from the base portion (18). A seat member (10) is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the back portion (20) of the support member (16) by a pivot pin (22) secured to the back portion (20) of the support member (16) and engaging in a elongate slot (24) in the seat member (10). The seat member (10) is coupled to the base portion (18) of the support member (16) by a guide follower (28, 66, 68) secured to the front end of the base portion (18) of the support member (16) which engages in a guide track (30, 62) extending along the bottom of the seat member (10). A series of detent formations (34) extends parallel to the direction of movement of the guide follower (28, 68) along the guide track (30, 62). A locking member (36) is mounted on the support member (16) for selective engagement with said detent formations (34) to secure the seat so as to secure the seat member (10) in a selected orientation relative to the support member (16).
Inventors
- 👤 Edwin Laessle
- 👤 Georg Claus
- 👤 Hermann Wetter
- 👤 Christian Stysch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 03:00
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2821; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; B60N2/2875
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
240 words
A child's safety seat comprising a support member (16) having a base portion (18) adapted to rest on a substantially horizontal surface and a back portion (20) extending upwardly from the base portion (18), a seat member (10) pivotally mounted on the upper end of the back portion (20) of the support member (16), and coupling means connecting the seat member (10) to the base portion (18) of the support member (16) so as to secure the seat member (10) in a selected orientation relative to the support member (16), characterised in that the pivotal mounting of the seat member (10) on the upper end of the back portion (20) of the support member (16) comprises a pivot pin (22) secured to the back portion (20) of the support member (16) and engaging in a elongate slot (24) in the seat member (10), and the coupling means comprises a guide follower (28, 66, 68) secured to the front end of the base portion (18) of the support member (16) and engaging in a guide track (30, 62) extending along the bottom of the seat member (10), a series of detent formations (34) extending parallel to the direction of movement of the guide follower (28, 68) along the guide track (30, 62) and a locking member (36) mounted on the support member (16) for selective engagement with said detent formations (34) to secure the seat member (10) in said selected orientation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
240 words
A child's safety seat comprising a support member (16) having a base portion (18) adapted to rest on a substantially horizontal surface and a back portion (20) extending upwardly from the base portion (18), a seat member (10) pivotally mounted on the upper end of the back portion (20) of the support member (16), and coupling means connecting the seat member (10) to the base portion (18) of the support member (16) so as to secure the seat member (10) in a selected orientation relative to the support member (16), characterised in that the pivotal mounting of the seat member (10) on the upper end of the back portion (20) of the support member (16) comprises a pivot pin (22) secured to the back portion (20) of the support member (16) and engaging in a elongate slot (24) in the seat member (10), and the coupling means comprises a guide follower (28, 66, 68) secured to the front end of the base portion (18) of the support member (16) and engaging in a guide track (30, 62) extending along the bottom of the seat member (10), a series of detent formations (34) extending parallel to the direction of movement of the guide follower (28, 68) along the guide track (30, 62) and a locking member (36) mounted on the support member (16) for selective engagement with said detent formations (34) to secure the seat member (10) in said selected orientation.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
A child's safety seat according to claim 1, wherein each detent formation comprises an open-ended detent slot (34), and the locking member (36) has a pair of locking studs (40, 42) spaced apart so as to be engageable in adjacent detent slots (34), the locking member (36) being mounted on the support member (16) in guide means (46) permitting translational movement of the locking member (36) towards and away from the detent slots (34) and rotational movement about an axis (50) located between the locking studs (40, 42).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A child's safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the locking member (36) is resiliently biased towards the detent formations (34).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
50 words
A child's safety seat according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the guide follower comprises a second pin (28) secured to the front end of the base portion (18) of the support member (16) and the guide track comprises a second slot (30) formed in the base portion (18).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
114 words
A child's safety seat according to claim 4, wherein the guide means (46) is arranged to permit translational movement of the locking member (36) through a distance equal to the distance of the axis of rotation (50) thereof from each locking stud (40, 42) so as to allow pivotal movement of the locking member (36) about one of the studs (40, 42) as such stud remains engaged in one of the detent slots (34) as the other of the studs (40, 42) moves between the adjacent detent slot (34) on one side of said one detent slot (34) to the adjacent detent slot (34) on the other side of said one detent slot (34).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
A child's safety seat according to claim 5, wherein the guide follower comprises a cam (66, 68) secured to the locking member (64) and the guide track comprises an opening (62) formed in the base portion (18) with the detent formations (34) in its upper edge and a cam profile (74) on its lower edge shaped so that, at all times, at least one of the studs (40, 42) is engaged in a detent formation (34).
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