Patent ID: 8876208
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: B60N,B62B

Abstract:
1. A child restraint system comprising a base including a foundation adapted to set on a passenger seat in a vehicle and a base-anchor retainer coupled to the foundation in a fixed position relative to the foundation, an infant carrier including a seat shell mounted on the base, a front shell anchor coupled to the seat shell to move about a first pivot axis relative to the seat shell between a base-retaining position in which the front shell anchor interconnects the seat shell to the base-anchor retainer and a base-releasing position in which the front shell anchor is spaced apart from the base-anchor retainer and a rear shell anchor spaced apart from the front shell anchor and coupled to the seat shell to move about a second pivot axis relative to the seat shell between a stroller-retaining position in which a stroller anchor-retainer interconnects the seat shell to a stroller and stroller-releasing position, and an anchor controller configured to provide means for releasing either the front shell anchor from the base-anchor retainer or the rear shell anchor from the stroller anchor-retainer in response to an actuation force so that the infant carrier is freed to move away from the base or away from the stroller.