Patent ID: 6017087
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: B60N,Y10T

Abstract:
A child restraining device for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle having at least one fixedly mounted rigid member, comprising:a child seat having a seat support upon which the child may sit and back support against which the child may rest;at least one rotary coupling, said rotary coupling including:(a) a rigid hollow cylinder having a first open end, a second end, an access opening, and a longitudinal axis;(b) two laterally and oppositely disposed fingers each having a proximal edge, each finger fixedly attached to the first open end of said cylinder and forming a notch between the proximal edge of the finger and the first open end of said rigid hollow cylinder, said notch having a proximal edge;(c) a piston reciprocably and slidably received within said rigid hollow cylinder between a proximal position away from said fingers and a distal position toward said fingers, said piston having an external end;(d) means for biasing said piston toward the distal position; and(e) means for preventing said piston from sliding past the distal position; andmeans for securing said rotary coupling to said child seat;whereby the rotary coupling of the child restraining device may be releasably engaged with the fixedly mounted rigid member of a vehicle by pushing the fixedly mounted rigid member between the fingers of said rotary coupling, by sliding the piston of said rotary coupling toward the proximal position until the fixedly mounted rigid member is aligned with the notches in said rotary coupling, and by twisting said rotary coupling around its longitudinal axis to place the fixedly mounted rigid member within the notches of said rotary coupling.