Harness anchoring for child safety seat

Claim 2

In a child safety seat having front and rear sides and a harness for maintaining a child against the front side, the improvement comprising the provision of: slot means for passage of part of said harness from the front side to the rear side of the seat; and anchoring means secured only to said seat on its rear side for providing a plurality of selectable independent anchoring locations on the seat for anchoring said part of the harness at selected vertical independent anchoring locations on the rear side of the seat.

Claim 3

The improvement of claim 1 further comprising the provision of: said harness means including a hook and said anchoring means including a plurality of vertically spaced receiving means for receiving said hook at selected vertical positions for adjusting the harness.

Claim 4

The improved anchoring means of claim 2 comprising: means in said receiving means for preventing insertion or removal of said hook means from said receiving means except when said hook means is in a particular insertion orientation with respect to the receiving means.

Claim 5

The improvement of claim 1 further comprising the provision of: said slot means including a plurality of pairs of vertically spaced slots, said harness passing through more than one slot of said pairs of slots between the front side and the anchoring means for better absorbing of energy by the seat from the harness during a crash.

Claim 6

The improved harness of claim 2 comprising: two webbing sections, one for each shoulder of the child, said webbing sections being formed of one continuous strip, said hook means being mounted on a fitting, and said fitting being slidably mounted on said webbing.

Claim 7

The improvement of claim 2 further comprising the provision of: said slot means including two rows of vertically spaced slots, said receiving means being located between said rows of slots, and said harness means including two webbing sections, each webbing section passing through at least one slot in each row of slots, a fitting between the webbing sections on the rear side of the child safety seat having the hook mounted thereon whereby said hook anchors both webbing sections to the rear of the seat.

Claim 8

The improvement of claim 6 further comprising the provision of: said webbing sections each passing through first slots at the same height on each row of slots, passing through second slots immediately below said first slots, and passing through third slots immediately below said second slots and connecting at said fitting for connection to the receiving means.

Claim 9

The improvement of claim 7 further comprising the provision of: said third slots being at an angle with respect to said second slots for angling said webbing sections toward the receiving means after they pass through said third slots.

Claim 10

In a child safety seat having front and rear sides and a harness for maintaining a child against the front side, the improvement comprising the provision of: slot means for passage of part of said harness from the front side to the rear side of the seat; anchoring means on the rear side of the seat for anchoring said part of the harness at selected vertical locations on the rear side of the seat; said harness means including a hook and said anchoring means including a plurality of vertically spaced receiving means for receiving said hook at selected vertical positions for adjusting the harness; said slot means including two rows of vertically spaced slots; said receiving means being located between said rows of slots; said harness means including two webbing sections, each webbing section passing through at least one slot in each row of slots; a fitting between the webbing sections on the rear side of the child safety seat having the hook mounted thereon whereby said hook anchors both webbing sections to the rear of the seat; said webbing sections each passing through first slots at the same height on each row of slots, passing through second slots immediately below said first slots, passing through third slots immediately below said second slots, and connecting at said fitting for connection to the receiving means.

Claim 11

In a child safety seat having front and rear sides and a harness for maintaining a child against the front side, the improvement comprising the provision of: slot means for passage of part of said harness from the front side to the rear side of the seat; anchoring means on the rear side of the seat for anchoring said part of the harness at selected vertical locations on the rear side of the seat; said harness means including a hook and said anchoring means including a plurality of vertically spaced receiving means for receiving said hook at selected vertical positions for adjusting the harness; said slot means including two rows of vertically spaced slots; said receiving means being located between said rows of slots; said harness means including two webbing sections, each webbing section passing through at least one slot in each row of slots; a fitting between the webbing sections on the rear side of the child safety seat having the hook mounted thereon whereby said hook anchors both webbing sections to the rear of the seat; said webbing sections each passing through first slots at the same height on each row of slots, passing through second slots immediately below said first slots, passing through third slots immediately below said second slots, and connecting at said fitting for connection to the receiving means.

Claim 12

The improvement of claim 9 further comprising the provision of: said third slots being at an angle with respect to said second slots for angling said webbing sections toward the receiving means after they pass through said third slots.