Patent ID: 8590967

Claim:
A child car safety seat for placement on a vehicle seat for use by a child, the child car safety seat having a back, front, sides, a rear side, a seat and a frame, and further comprising: a) two chest restraining straps, each chest restraining strap having a first end having a loop and a second end and having a strap holding mechanism to adjustably hold the second end of the chest restraining strap to that chest restraining strap between the first end and the second end of that chest restraining strap; b) a lower restraining strap having a first end and a second end, an attachment means for attachment to the seat, and strap holding mechanism to adjustably hold the second end of the lower restraining strap to the lower restraining strap between the first end and the second end of the lower restraining strap; c) a safety bar that is pivotably attached to the sides between a down position for use of the child car safety seat and an up position; wherein the back has a plurality of pairs of strap holes extending through the back and has a strap retainer adjacent each strap hole on the rear side; wherein to safely place a child in the child car safety seat, the loop at the first end of each of the two chest restraining straps is placed through a strap hole, the safety bar is placed around the front of the child; the chest restraining strap is crossed over the front of the child and around the safety bar, and the lower restraining strap is placed around the safety bar and is attached to the seat.