Patent ID: 11951886
Assignee: BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly, the seat assembly including a safety seat, and a prop assembly mounted with respect to the safety seat, the prop assembly having a stowed position and a safely deployed position, the prop assembly including:
a leg assembly;
a foot assembly mounted to the leg assembly; and
a first sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the stowed position;
a second sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the safely deployed position;
a visual warning indicator, the visual warning indicator visually obscured when the prop assembly is in the safely deployed position; and
a warning system having a standby state, a timing state and a warning state,
wherein the warning system changes from the standby state to the timing state when the first sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its stowed position, and
wherein the warning system changes from the timing state to the warning state, if the second sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its safely deployed position by a pre-determined time after the change from the standby state to the timing state.