Patent ID: 7478877

Claim:
A child car seat, comprising: a base positionable within a vehicle on a vehicle seat; a seat having a backrest, wherein the seat is pivotally disposed on the base such that the seat may pivot between at least a utilization position, where the seat faces a road, and an installation position, where the seat is turned toward a door of the vehicle; a first locking element disposed on the backrest at a portion of the backrest adapted to abut against a backrest of the vehicle seat; and a second locking element disposed on a vertical part of the base; wherein the first locking element comprises a mobile hook that is moveable between a hook locked position and a hook unlocked position, and at least one latch that is moveable between a rest position where the at least one latch holds the mobile hook in the hook unlocked position and a release position where the at least one latch holds mobile hook in the hook locked position; wherein the second locking element comprises a fixed hooking element disposed on the vertical part of the base; wherein the mobile hook and the at least one latch are locked together in a locked position as the seat is moved to the utilization position; wherein the mobile hook and the at least one latch are disengaged in an unlocked position as the seat is moved to the installation position.