Patent ID: 9174606
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: A44B,A47D,B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A juvenile vehicle seat comprising a seat including a bottom and a back arranged to extend up from the bottom, a harness coupled to the seat, the harness including a left vertically-extending chest belt arranged to extend along a left portion of the back of the seat and a right vertically-extending chest belt arranged to extend along a right portion of the back of the seat, and a harness retainer for holding the left vertically-extending chest belt and the right vertically-extending chest belt in side-by-side relation, the harness retainer including a left belt mount formed to include a left belt-receiving slot sized to receive the left vertically-extending chest belt, a right belt mount formed to include a right belt-receiving slot sized to receive and support the right vertically-extending chest belt, and a lock, wherein the lock includes a key coupled to the left belt mount for movement therewith, a blocker movable from an engaged position arranged to block the key from movement along a longitudinal axis of the right belt mount away from the right belt mount to a disengaged position arranged to allow movement of the key along the longitudinal axis of the right belt mount away from the right belt mount, and release means coupled to the right belt mount for moving the blocker from the engaged position to the disengaged position in response to a user applying a force on the release means perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the right belt mount so that the release means slides the blocker linearly generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and relative to the right belt mount freeing the left vertically-extending chest belt received in the left belt-receiving slot of the left belt mount to be moved away from the right vertically-extending chest belt received in the right belt-receiving slot of the right belt mount to liberate a child secured to the seat by the left and the right vertically-extending harness belts.