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Patent US8100474 - Device for attaching a child car seat to an anchor member or anchor bracket ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA device for releasably attaching a child seat to an anchor member connected to a body of a vehicle....http://www.google.com/patents/US8100474?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8100474 - Device for attaching a child car seat to an anchor member or anchor bracket of the body of a vehicleAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8100474 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/384,351Publication dateJan 24, 2012Filing dateApr 3, 2009Priority dateApr 17, 2008Fee statusPaidAlso published asDE202008005361U1, US20090261640Publication number12384351, 384351, US 8100474 B2, US 8100474B2, US-B2-8100474, US8100474 B2, US8100474B2InventorsWolfgang Christ, Hans-Peter Hoffmann, Jens PöhnerOriginal AssigneeRecaro Gmbh & Co. KgExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (10), Referenced by (8), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetDevice for attaching a child car seat to an anchor member or anchor bracket of the body of a vehicle
US 8100474 B2Abstract
1. A device for releasably attaching a child seat to at least one anchor member or cross member of an anchor bracket, the anchor member or cross member being connected to a body of a vehicle and extending transversely to a direction of travel, said device comprising a fixing device for connection to and/or integration with the child seat and at least one anchoring device for embracing the anchor member in such a way that radial movement of the child seat relative to the anchor member or cross member of an anchor bracket is impossible and axial movement is possible only within narrow limits; wherein said fixing device and said at least one anchoring device are disposed on and/or in first and second tubes which can be fitted together for normal use in such a way that relative motion between the two tubes is limited to the play of a fitted connection, the connection being adapted to come apart under a force overload, the tubes being connected inseparably to each other by a flexible but not stretchable connecting part, such that when the fitted connection releases, the tubes are capable of relative motion within a different perimeter than in the fitted-together state, this relative motion being limited by a free length of the flexible connecting part;
wherein the flexible connecting part has an elongate shape in the form of a wire;
wherein said flexible connecting part is provided at each end with a thickened end region that is secured to said first tube of said fixing device, and/or to said second tube, of said anchoring device.
2. The device as in claim 1, wherein said flexible connecting part extends within said connection between said tubes.
3. The device as in claim 2, wherein said anchoring device comprises a movable, pivotable, hook-shaped part operative to engage behind the anchor member or cross member of said anchor bracket affixed to the vehicle body, which part extends transversely to a direction of travel.
4. The device as in claim 3, wherein said movable, pivotable, hook-shaped part of said anchoring device has two stable states, a first state in which said part is snapped onto a bracket and a second state in which said part is pivoted backward and detached from the anchor member.
5. The device as in claim 4, wherein at least one spring element is operative to keep said movable, pivotable, hook-shaped part stable.
6. The device as in claim 5, wherein disposed on said anchoring device is an actuating element whose actuation renders the state of being snapped onto a bracket unstable, such that said movable, pivotable, hook-shaped part pivots backward and detaches from an anchor member.
7. The device as in claim 6, wherein said actuating element comprises a sliding element.
8. The device as in claim 3, wherein anchoring devices are connected to each other by at least one member extending transversely to the direction of travel.
9. The device as in claim 8, wherein the at least one transversely extending member is configured as a selected one of a bar, a tube, and a sleeve in a region between said two tubes that can be mated together with said anchoring devices.
10. The device as in claim 9, wherein at least one tube or bar extending transversely to the direction of travel is provided with two fastening elements extending radially therefrom.
11. The device as in claim 10, wherein at least one fastening element is configured as a toothed rack.
12. The device as in claim 11, wherein a bracket is disposed on said child seat and can be pivoted or slid into a tooth region of said toothed rack.
13. A device for releasably attaching a child seat to at least one anchor member or cross member of an anchor bracket, the anchor member or cross member being connected to a body of a vehicle and extending transversely to a direction of travel, the device comprising:
a fixing device for connection to and/or integration with the child seat;
at least one anchoring device for embracing the anchor member or cross member in such a way that radial movement of the child seat relative to the anchor member or cross member is impossible and axial movement is possible only within narrow limits;
at least a first tube and a second tube,
wherein said fixing device is disposed on and/or in said first tube and said at least one anchoring device is disposed on and/or in said second tube,
wherein said fixing device and said at least one anchoring device can be fitted together to form a fitted connection for normal use in such a way that a relative motion between said first tube and said second tube is limited to a play of said fitted connection,
said fitted connection being adapted to come apart in a case of sudden deceleration;
at least one body member disposed inside of, and held in place in, said first tube;
at least a flexible but not stretchable connecting part twined about said at least one body member;
wherein said first tube and said second tube are connected inseparably to each other by said flexible but not stretchable connecting part such that when the fitted connection releases in the case of sudden deceleration, said first tube and said second tube are capable of a relative motion within a different perimeter than in the state of forming said fitted connection, the relative motion being limited by a free length of said flexible but not stretchable connecting part.
14. The device as in claim 13, wherein said flexible connecting part has an elongate shape in the form of a wire.
15. The device as in claim 14, wherein said flexible connecting part is provided at each end with a thickened end region that is secured to said first tube of said fixing device, and/or to said second tube, of said anchoring device.
16. The device as in claim 15, wherein said flexible connecting part extends within said connection between said tubes.
FIG. 5A is a sectional view showing portions of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5.
The two toothed racks 18 are connected to each other by a bar 20, tube or the like; see FIG. 5. In the illustrated embodiment, each of the toothed racks 18 is, by its back end, fixed flush to the cladding of the bar 20 and is there preferably permanently welded, soldered and/or glued thereto.
A respective tube 22, preferably of quadrangular cross section, is attached to each of the two end faces 21 of the bar 20, preferably by means of a screw 24 that passes through the back end of the tube 22 between its two side cheeks 23 and is screwed into an internally threaded bore in a respective bar end face 21.
Disposed inside and at the back end of each tube 22 having a quadrangular cross section is a respective cylindrical and/or prismatic body 26 (FIGS. 5 and 5A) that is penetrated by the respective screw 24 and/or by the second bar 25 and is thereby held in place, specifically in such a way that it is not located close to either the top side 27 or the bottom side 28 of tube 22.
Twined around each of the two bodies 26 is a respective flexible, elongate connecting part 29 (FIG. 5A) or tensioning means, particularly in the form of a metal wire. Each end of the tensioning means or connecting part 29 is provided with a respective thickened end region 30, 31, particularly in the form of a pressed-on or molded-on, preferably metallic body, preferably of cylindrical shape with an axis of symmetry or rotation that extends transversely to the longitudinal direction of the tensioning means or connecting part 29. Whereas the tensioning means or connecting part 29 itself is able to pass through the narrow slot between the retaining body 26 and the adjacent top or bottom side 27, 28 of the tube 22, one or preferably both thickenings 30, 31 is/are too thick to get through this slot. Hence, the tensioning means or connecting part 29 can be tightened only until one of the thickened end regions 30, 31 butts against the aforementioned slot and prevents further movement.
One thickened end region 30 is preferably disposed inside the tube 22; from there, the tensioning means or connecting part 29 extends through the aforementioned slot to reach the rear, preferably open end of tube 22, is there looped halfway around the retaining body 26, thus reaching around it for about 180°, and then extends back into the tube 22 and on through it. Its opposite thickening 31 is . . . to1 a second tube 32, also preferably of quadrangular cross section, that houses the anchoring device 33 per se.
Seating surfaces/bottom section
ISOFIX anchoring unit
Quadrangular tube
Thickened end region
Recess2 40
2Translator's Note:
In the body of a patent, element 39 is identified as a through-hole (Durchbrechung).
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