Patent ID: 6450576
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A child restraint for mounting in a passenger seat of a vehicle, the passenger seat including a left and right vehicle anchor located along a bight of the passenger seat, said child restraint comprising:a seat body having a child support area disposed on an upper surface thereof, said seat body including an upwardly extending back portion, right and left sides, and a lower seat portion extending from the back portion and terminating at a forward end of said seat body; left and right elongate frame members of said seat body, said left and right elongate frame member extending from the back portion to the forward end along the respective left and right sides of said seat body; and left and right anchor attachments for securing said seat body to the left and right vehicle anchors, each of said left and right anchor attachments including: an attachment end coupled to said respective left and right elongate frame members, and an engagement end for connecting said left and right anchor attachments to the respective left and right vehicle anchors; wherein said attachment end of said left and right anchor attachment is slidingly positionable along said respective left and right elongate frame members between a forward anchor point proximate said forward end for configuring said seat body as a rearward facing car seat and a rearward anchor point proximate the back portion for configuring said seat body as a forward facing car seat.