Patent ID: 7216932

Claim:
A child safety seat for securing to a vehicle's adult seat by its adult seat belt, the child safety seat comprising: (a) a generally L shaped base member having a squab portion for resting on a squab of the adult seat, a back portion for abutting against a back of the adult seat, and guide means defining a strap path for the adult seat belt to secure the base member to the adult seat; (b) a child support having a child support squab for resting on said squab portion and a child support back for abutting against said back portion, wherein one of said child support squab or child support back is attached to be fixed to the base member while the other of said child support squab or child support back is pivotable, relative to the fixed one, between a folded position facilitating fitting of the adult seat belt into said strap path and a latched tightening position; and (c) latch means to latch the pivotable one of said child support squab or said child support back in said latched tightening position; the child support further comprising a strap deflector assembly provided on the pivotable one of said child support squab or said child support back whereby in the latched tightening position the strap deflector assembly deflects the adult seat belt from said strap path to tighten it.