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EP0853019A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Child safety seat

Assignee: Britax Roemer Kindersicherheit GmbH
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Filing: 1998-01-05
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2018-01-05
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Abstract

Abstract A safety seat for enabling a child to use an adult vehicle seat belt has a seat portion (50) and respective guide means (62) on each side of the seat portion (50) for locating the lap portion of the adult seat belt. A backrest (52) is movable between a deployed position in which it projects upwardly from a rear edge of the seat portion (50) and a stowed position within the seat portion (50).

Inventors

  • 👤 David Lovie

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 15:20
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2866; B60N2/2803; B60N2/2821; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; B60N2/2872; B60N2002/2896

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 83 words
A safety seat for enabling a child to use an adult vehicle seat belt, comprising a seat portion (10, 50) and respective guide means (20, 62) on each side of the seat portion (10, 50) for locating the lap portion of the adult seat belt, characterised by a backrest (12, 52) which is movable between a deployed position in which it projects upwardly from a rear edge of the seat portion (10, 50) and a stowed position within the seat portion (10, 50).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 34 words
A safety seat according to claim 1, wherein the backrest (12, 52) is mounted on a support (30, 54) which is connected to the seat portion (10, 50) for relative sliding and angular movement.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
A safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the support (30) is pivotally connected to the seat portion (10).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 53 words
A safety seat according to claim 2, wherein the support (54) has a cam formation (114) adapted to engage with a complementary formation (120) on the seat portion (50) to control angular movement of the support (54) relative to the seat portion (10) when the support (54) is protracted to its maximum extent.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 46 words
A safety seat according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein the backrest (12, 52) is slidably mounted on the support (30, 54) so that, when the backrest (12, 52) is in its deployed position, its height relative to the seat portion (10, 50) is adjustable.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 45 words
A safety seat according to claim 5, further comprising a releasable detent (86, 88) on the backrest (52) adapted to engage with complementary formations (74, 76) on the support (54) to secure the backrest (52) at a desired height relative to the seat portion (50).

References Cited (Backward Citations)

EP0066372A1 Cited
EP0232237A2 Cited
EP0326265A2 Cited
GB2220848A Cited
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