Patent ID: 6283545
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
An infant carrier loading apparatus for loading an infant carrier onto a base member, the base member being positioned on a car seat and being secured by a seatbelt, a pair of rails being integrally coupled to a bottom surface of a bottom wall of the infant carrier and being spaced from each other and orientated generally parallel to each other, each of said rails being orientated generally perpendicular to a front edge of the carrier, said base member including a rigid panel having a top surface having a pair of elongate grooves therein extending from a first side edge to a second side edge of the base member and each positioned to receive one of said rails, said apparatus comprising:a slide member for sliding said carrier onto said base member, said slide member comprising a substantially rigid plate having a size and shape substantially equal to a size and shape of said panel of said base member, said slide member having a pair of slots therein extending from a first side edge to a second side edge; andwherein said second side edge of said slide member may be abutted against said first side edge of said base member such that said slots are generally aligned with said grooves, wherein said rails on said carrier may be moved along said slots and said grooves for positioning on and removing said carrier from said base member.