Child safety seat

Claim 2

A safety restraint device for a child and for use with a vehicle seat and a conventional safety belt restraint assembly including two separate lap straps each carrying complementary releasable connecting means at their free ends and anchored at their other ends at spaced apart locations, said device comprising: a body having bottom, rear and sidewalls; safety restraint means connected to said body and adapted to be releasably secured about a child; and at least two spaced apart connecting means for releasably securing said body to said vehicle seat through the lap straps each said means comprising a pair of D-shaped rings, an elongated generally cylindrical sleeve fixedly mounted on said body and receiving the straight portions of said D-shaped rings for pivotal mounting of said rings, and a strap end securing device for supporting the free end of the lap strap after it is engaged with said rings to aid in preventing disengagement between said rings and strap.

Claim 3

The device of claim 1 wherein said sleeves are positioned adjacent the intersection of said body side and rear walls.

Claim 4

The device of claim 2 wherein each of said sleeves includes integral plates fixedly mounted on said body and said strap end securing devices are integral with said plate.

Claim 5

The device of claim 3 wherein each of said strap end securing devices comprises a pair of spaced apart tabs struck from said plate to define an opening for receiving the vehicle strap.

Claim 6

The device of claim 1 wherein one of said D-shaped rings has a smaller dimension measured across the ring perpendicular to the straight portion than the other ring.

Claim 7

In a child safety restraint system for use in a vehicle having a seat including a backrest and a seat portion and at least two safety straps anchored in the vehicle behind and below the seat and passing between the backrest and seat portion comprising a seat body having bottom, side and rear walls for receiving a child therein in sitting position, and strap restraining means connected to said seat body for restraining the child against forward movement, the improvement comprising: connecting means for rapidly and releasably securing the seat body to the safety straps including a pair of plates fixedly mounted adjacent the intersections of the body side and rear walls, a pivot sleeve mounted on each plate, a pair of D-rings received in each of the sleeves, and a pair of tabs struck from each plate and defining an opening for receiving the free end of the safety straps, whereby each of the straps may be passed through the D-rings, reversed so as to pass over one ring and under the other, and inserted through said tab-defined opening to secure the seat body against movement relative to the seat and to remain secured during use.

Claim 8

In a child safety restraint system for use in a vehicle having a seat including a backrest and a seat portion and at least two safety straps anchored in the vehicle behind and below the seat and passing between the backrest and seat portion comprising a seat body having bottom, side and rear walls for receiving a child therein in sitting position, and strap restraining means connected to said seat body for restraining the child against forward movement, the improvement comprising: connecting means for rapidly and releasably securing the seat body to the safety straps including a pair of plates fixedly mounted adjacent the intersections of the body side and rear walls, a pivot sleeve mounted on each plate, a pair of D-rings received in each of the sleeves, and a pair of tabs struck from each plate and defining an opening for receiving the free end of the safety straps, whereby each of the straps may be passed through the D-rings, reversed so as to pass over one ring and under the other, and inserted through said tab-defined opening to secure the seat body against movement relative to the seat and to remain secured during use.

Claim 9

The improvement of claim 6 wherein the arcuate portion of one of said D-rings in each pair is larger than the arcuate portion of the other D-ring of the pair.

Claim 10

The improvement of claim 7 wherein said sleeve is spaced upwardly of the body bottom wall and when the seat body is positioned on the vehicle seat with the rear wall of the body against the backrest the straps pass forwardly through the D-rings, around the forward ring, rearwardly under and around the rearward ring and then forwardly through the tab-defined opening.