Patent ID: 7410212

Claim:
A child restraint system adapted to be mounted within a vehicle, the child restraint system comprising: a child seat configured to receive a child occupant, the child seat having a frame, at least first and second docking stations, and a child seat monitoring device, the first and second docking stations having first and second electrical terminals, respectively, configured to be electrically coupled to the child seat monitoring device, the child seat monitoring device configured to execute a software algorithm to determine whether the child seat has been installed in accordance with a predetermined installation parameter, based on at least one signal received from at least one of the first electrical terminal and the second electrical terminal, the first and second docking stations being disposed at first and second locations on the frame, both of the first and second docking stations configured to receive and hold the child seat monitoring device therein, the first docking station having an outer peripheral wall and a rear wall, the outer peripheral wall defining an interior region for receiving the child seat monitoring device, the outer peripheral wall extending from a first end to a second end, the rear wall enclosing the second end of the outer peripheral wall, the child seat monitoring device having a front surface, a rear surface, a peripheral surface coupled between the front surface and the rear surface, and a plurality of light emitting indicators disposed on the front surface.