Patent ID: 8950809
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: B60N,G01C

Abstract:
1. A child car seat comprising: a seat base secured to a seat of a vehicle; a child receiving portion supported by the seat base; at least one of a belt tensioning system incorporated into the seat base for receiving a belt that couples the seat base to the seat of the vehicle, and a leveling system incorporated into the seat base for leveling the child receiving portion relative to the seat of the vehicle; a controller operatively coupled to at least one of the belt tensioning system and the leveling system; and an interface device mounted on at least one of the seat base or the child receiving portion and operatively connected to the controller to provide an indication to a user that the seat base is properly secured to the seat of the vehicle each time the child receiving portion is connected to the seat base, wherein the controller activates at least one of the belt tensioning system and the leveling system such that the belt tensioning system tensions the belt to a predetermined tension and the leveling system levels the child receiving portion to a predetermined angle relative to the seat of the vehicle.