Patent ID: 6338529
Filing Date: 2002-01-15
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A car seat for restraining a child occupant in a vehicle seat using one of a vehicle lap belt and a combination lap belt and shoulder belt vehicle seatbelt assembly, the vehicle seat having a upper seat back and lower seating surface, said car seat comprising:a seat portion having left and right sides, an upstanding back portion having a front surface adapted for receiving the back of the occupant and a rear surface positioned against the vehicle upper seat back when said car seat is restrained in the vehicle seat, a lower seat portion having a front seating surface and rear surface, an upper end corresponding to an upper part of said upstanding back portion and a forward end corresponding to a forward part of said lower seat portion; left and right triangular supports integrally formed with said seat portion at the left and right sides, respectively, of said seat portion, each of said triangular supports including a diagonal member, said diagonal member extending between the upper end and forward end of said seat portion; and a seatbelt pathway integral with said seat portion, said seatbelt pathway including left and right forward seatbelt restraint surfaces formed on said left and right diagonal members and positioned over the left and right diagonal members, respectively, and a central pathway portion disposed between said restraint surfaces and along said rear surface of said upstanding back portion.