Patent ID: 6491348
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A child-restraint seat comprisinga seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the seat shell being adapted to be coupled to a vehicle seat by a seat anchor coupled to the vehicle, a child-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, a harness-control panel formed to include a belt-receiving opening receiving a shoulder belt portion of the child-restraint harness, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for up and down movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder belt portion of the child-restraint harness with respect to the bottom seat portion to harness small-sized children and large-sized children in a restrained position in the seat shell, the harness-control panel being positioned to lie adjacent to a front surface of the back support portion to cause a child seated in the seat shell to rest against the harness-control panel, and a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the harness control panel and formed to include a handle bar having a first arm coupled to the harness control panel and a second arm spaced-apart from the first arm and coupled to the harness-control panel, the panel height adjustment mechanism being further formed to include a belt support bar movably coupled to the first and second arms of the handle bar to engage and disengage a panel height locator on the seat shell to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height.