Patent ID: 6820939
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A child vehicle seat comprising:a seat body adapted to be coupled to a vehicle seat, and including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion extending in an upright direction from said bottom seat portion, said back support portion having front and rear sides opposite to each other, and a belt receiving opening which extends from said front side through said rear side; right and left anchored members secured on said rear side and outboard to said belt receiving opening in a longitudinal direction transverse to the upright direction, each of said right and left anchored members having a plurality of positioning units which are displaced from one another in the upright direction; a belt support member disposed rearwardly of said back support portion, and movable relative to said right and left anchored members in the upright direction, said belt support member having a belt guiding opening which is communicated with said belt receiving opening; right and left locking members disposed to be movable relative to said belt guiding opening in the longitudinal direction, each of said right and left locking members having a key end and a positioning end which is opposite to said key end in the longitudinal direction and which is movable relative to a respective one of said right and left anchored members between a locking position, where said positioning end engages one of said positioning units so as to lock movement of said belt support member relative to said right and left anchored members, and an unlocking position, where said positioning end disengages from said one of said positioning units so as to permit movement of said belt support member relative to said right and left anchored members in the upright direction; an actuator disposed to be movable relative to said belt support member and relative to said key ends of said right and left locking members in a transverse direction relative to the longitudinal direction between first and second positions; a coupling member disposed to couple said actuator to said key ends of said right and left locking members such that when said actuator is moved from the first position to the second position, said positioning ends of said right and left locking members move simultaneously from the locking position to the unlocking position so as to permit movement of said belt support member in the upright direction relative to said right and left anchored members; and a belt including a top belt end which is disposed in said belt guiding opening, and a shoulder belt segment which extends from said top belt end forwardly to said front side of said back support portion through said belt receiving opening and which extends downwardly toward said bottom seat portion such that said shoulder belt segment is pullable to move in or out of said belt receiving opening when said top belt end is moved with said belt support member in the upright direction.