Patent ID: 6024408
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: B60N,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Stabilization apparatus for keeping a child car seat pressed into a passenger seat of a vehicle while a seat belt of the vehicle is passed through the child car seat and fastened to secure the child car seat to the vehicle with substantially no freedom of independent movement therebetween comprising,pressing means mountable on said child car seat,anchoring means connectable to a seat belt in said vehicle other than a seat belt which is used to secure the child car seat to the vehicle,ratchet forcing means operatively connectable between said pressing means and said anchoring means, said anchoring means comprising a flexible web having a segment with one end connected to said ratchet forcing means, and an automobile seat belt buckle connected to another end for been latched to a complementary automobile seat belt buckle,actuator means operatively connected to said ratchet forcing means for operating said ratchet forcing means to urge said pressing means toward said passenger seat thereby pressing said child car seat into said passenger seat, and keeping said child car seat pressed into said passenger seat so that said seat belt of the vehicle can be passed through the child car seat and fastened to secure the child car seat to the vehicle, andrelease means operatively connected to said ratchet forcing means for relieving the urging of said pressing means toward said passenger seat and enabling said pressing means to be removed from said child car seat after said seat belt of the vehicle has been fastened leaving the child car seat secured to the vehicle.