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Child car seat and head rest for the same

Assignee: Combi Corp
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Filing: 2000-09-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2020-09-14
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Abstract

Abstract A child car seat has a child car seat body and a head rest. The headrest has an upper part, a middle part provided with a pair of shoulder belt slots, and a lower part to be supported on the child car seat body. The child car seat body is provided with a headrest support rail for supporting the headrest. A rotating member provided with a boss is supported on the headrest support rail. The boss of the rotating member is fitted in a groove formed in the lower part of the headrest. A polygonal member is connected to a central portion of the rotating member. The polygonal member is fitted in a through hole formed in a locking member to lock the rotating member.

Inventors

  • 👤 Nobuaki Minami-Urawa Techno-Center Takamizu
  • 👤 Mitsuru Minami-Urawa Techno-Center Washizuka
  • 👤 Kojiro Minami-Urawa Techno-Center Yamazaki

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 12:02
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2872; B60N2/02; B60N2/0284; B60N2/2803; B60N2/2806; B60N2/2812; B60N2/2821; B60N2/2839; B60N2/2851; B60N2/2857; B60N2/286; B60N2/80; B60N2/806; B60N2/809; B60N2/829; B60N2/885; B60N2002/0204; B60N2002/022

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim 76 words
A headrest to be mounted on a child car seat body included in a child car seat for supporting a child thereon comprising: an upper part for supporting the child's head; a middle part provided with shoulder belt slots through which a pair of shoulder belts fastening the child's shoulders are passed; and a lower part mounted on the child car seat body so as to be vertically movable for adjusting the height of the headrest.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 54 words
A child car seat for supporting a child thereon comprising: a child car seat body; a headrest mounted on the child car seat body so as to be movable for vertical position adjustment to hold the child's head; and a vertical position adjusting means associated with the child car seat body and the headrest.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 52 words
The child car seat according to claim 2, wherein the headrest has an upper part for supporting the child's head, a middle part provided with shoulder belt slots through which a pair of shoulder belts fastening the child's shoulders are passed, and a lower part mounted on the child car seat body.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 87 words
The child car seat according to claim 3, wherein a groove is formed in the lower part of the headrest, and the vertical position adjusting means includes: a headrest support rail held on the child car seat body and supporting the lower part of the headrest for sliding movement, a rotating member rotatably supported on the headrest support rail and provided with a boss fitted in the groove of the lower part of the headrest, and a locking mechanism capable of locking and releasing the rotating member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 40 words
The child car seat according to claim 4, wherein the locking mechanism includes: a polygonal member connected to a central portion of the rotating member, and a locking member provided with a through hole for releasably receiving the polygonal member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 84 words
The child car seat according to one of claims 2 to 5, wherein the vertical position adjusting means includes: a pair of locking members supported on the headrest body so as to be movable toward and away from the child car seat body, and a biasing member interposed between the pair of locking members so as to bias the pair of levers away from each other and to cause the pair of locking members to be frictionally engaged with the child car seat body.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 37 words
The child car seat according to claim 6, wherein the pair of locking members have operating parts projecting outward from the child car seat body, respectively, and the biasing member can be compressed by the operating parts.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 37 words
The child car seat according to one of claims 2 to 7 ,wherein the headrest has a headrest body and a pair of head supports rotatably provided for turning on the opposite sides of the headrest body.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 57 words
The child car seat according to claim 8, wherein an angular position adjusting means is provided to be associated with the pair of head supports and the child car seat body so as to rotate the pair of head supports for adjusting an angular position of the pair of head supports when the headrest is moved vertically.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 64 words
The child car seat according to claim 9, wherein, the angular position adjusting means includes shafts, each supported on the child car seat body and provided on its circumference with a helical ridge, and grooved members placed in the pair of head supports and provided with grooves engaged with the helical ridges of the corresponding shafts supported on the child car seat body, respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 27 words
The child car seat according to claim 10, wherein the respective directions of the respective helical ridges of the pair of shafts are opposite to each other.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 53 words
The child car seat according to claim 11, wherein the pair of head supports are linked to the headrest body, and the pair of head supports are rotated so that a space between the pair of head supports is narrowed when the headrest body is lowered relative to the child car seat body.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 71 words
The child car seat according to one of claims 2 to 12, wherein the child car seat body is provided with an abdominal support to be set in contact with the child's abdomen, the abdominal support can be moved toward and away from the headrest, and the headrest and the abdominal support are interlocked by an interlocking mechanism that moves the abdominal support toward the headrest when the headrest is lowered.

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