Patent ID: 6561543
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
A vehicular child seat detection system, comprising:a fixture bar to which fixture attachments extending from a child seat in a fore-to-aft direction thereof are detachably coupled, said fixture attachments being integrally attached to a vehicular seat and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a direction of a width of said child seat; and child seat detection means for detecting whether or not the child seat has been mounted, wherein said fixture attachments are provided with latches allowing said child seat to be fastened to or released from said vehicular seat, and said child seat detection means detects whether or not said child seat has been mounted, based on detection of the rotation of at least one latch of said latches to said fixture attachment so that said at least one latch is in a locked position.