Patent ID: 7850234

Claim:
A child restraint comprising a juvenile vehicle seat and an energy-dissipation system coupled to the juvenile vehicle seat, the energy-dissipation system comprising a first force dissipater including a first bag formed to include a first air chamber and a first air-discharge port opening into the first air chamber and a first support frame located in the first air chamber and made of a deformable material and configured to support the first bag to maintain at least a predetermined volume of air in the first air chamber until the first bag and the first support frame are deformed when exposed to an external impact force, wherein the first air-discharge port is configured to provide means for discharging air from the first air chamber to the surroundings at a metered rate when the first bag is exposed to the external impact force so that the first force dissipater absorbs external energy associated with the external impact force to minimize g-loads experienced by a child seated in the juvenile vehicle seat.