Patent ID: 6688685
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
A juvenile seat comprisinga seat shell including a bottom seat portion and a back support portion, the back support portion having a front surface and a back surface, a juvenile-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell, the harness having a shoulder strap including two shoulder strap portions, a harness-control panel configured to position the shoulder strap portions of the juvenile-restraint harness, the harness-control panel being mounted on the seat shell for movement relative to the seat shell to raise and lower the shoulder strap portions with respect to the bottom seat portion, the harness-control panel being positioned adjacent the front surface of the back support portion, a panel height adjustment mechanism coupled to the back surface of the back support portion and configured to include a pull-handle, a belt support bar coupled to thee pull-handle, a panel height locator coupled to the seat shell, and a handle bar coupled to the belt support bar and the harness-control panel and formed to include an aperture for slidably receiving the pull-handle therethrough, the belt support bar is configured to engage and disengage the panel height locator to secure the harness-control panel at a desired height, and the pull-handle is configured to move relative to the handle bar between a lock position where the belt support bar is engaged with the panel height locator and a release position where the belt support bar is disengaged from the panel height locator, and at least one spring coupled to the belt support bar and wherein the belt support bar is spring-biased toward the lock position by at least one spring.