Patent ID: 9150126
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A child safety seat comprising: a seat shell having a seat back portion, a seat bottom portion, and a seating surface defined in part by a front facing side of the seat back portion and in part by a top facing side of the seat bottom portion, the seat shell being selectively anchorable on a vehicle seat within a vehicle in either one of a forward facing orientation and a rear facing orientation; a track provided on the child safety seat; a slot having a slot length along the track and a slot width defined between two parts of the track; and an anchor strap having a belt, two anchoring connectors coupled to and spaced apart along the belt, and a central section of the belt between the two anchoring connectors, the central section having a thickness less than the slot width and captured in the slot between the two parts of the track, wherein the two anchoring connectors are sized larger than the slot width thereby preventing removal of the anchor strap from the child safety seat, wherein the track includes a recess in the seating surface and a bar positioned within the recess and spaced from a surface of the recess, and wherein the anchor strap can slide along the slot length between at least a forward facing anchor position on the seat shell that corresponds to the forward facing orientation of the seat shell and a rear facing anchor position on the seat shell that corresponds to the rear facing orientation of the seat shell.