Patent ID: 7469965
Filing Date: 2008-12-30
Classification: A44B,B60N

Abstract:
1. A juvenile seat comprising a seat shell including a seat bottom and a seat back cooperating with the seat bottom to form a child-receiving cavity on a front side of the seat shell, the seat back being formed to include a first strap-receiving slot having a front opening on the front side of the seat shell and a rear opening on a back side of the seat shell, a child-restraint harness coupled to the seat shell and arranged to lie in the child-receiving cavity to restrain a child seated therein, the child-restraint harness including a first harness strap arranged to pass through the first strap-receiving slot to locate a free end of the first harness strap outside of the infant-receiving cavity and along the back side of the seat shell, and a strap-length adjuster coupled to the seat back and arranged to lie along the back side of the seat shell in close proximity to the rear opening of the first strap-receiving slot, the strap-length adjuster including an anchor coupled to the seat back, a strap gripper formed to include strap receiver openings receiving the free end of the first harness strap therein and mounted to the anchor for pivotable movement about a pivot axis toward and away from the seat back in a location between the anchor and the rear opening of the first strap-receiving slot, and a standoff coupled to the strap gripper and arranged to abut the seat back to limit movement of the strap gripper toward the seat back wherein the standoff is U-shaped and includes a first riser coupled to the strap gripper, a second riser coupled to the strap gripper, and a lateral base arranged to abut the seat back and interconnect the first and second risers.