Patent ID: 7168762
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A connecting system for connecting a child car seat in a vehicle, the system comprising a child car seat in combination with an elongate continuous connecting strap having two opposed ends, the child car seat being of a type which can either be in a rearward or a forward facing position and having a plurality of strap paths comprising at least a front strap path for use when the seat is in the rearward facing position and a rear strap path for use when the seat is in the forward facing position, the connecting strap comprising a latch adjacent each opposed end thereof adapted to engage with a latching bar on the vehicle, the connecting strap being permanently and non-removably affixed to the child car seat in one of the plurality of strap paths and being sufficiently long so that respective ends, extending from each side of the strap path in which the strap is permanently fixed, can also pass through and cross within the front strap path, and extend out the opposite sides of the front strap path for anchoring the child seat to the vehicle seat when the child car seat is in the rearward facing position or pass through and extend out the opposite sides of only the rear strap path for use when the child car seat is in the forward facing position for anchoring the child seat to the vehicle seat.