Patent ID: 8123294

Claim:
A car seat for transporting a child in an automobile, comprising: seat member having a first portion of a rigid shell; a back rest projecting upwardly from a rear portion of said seat member and having a second portion of said rigid shell; a harness including a pair of laterally spaced shoulder straps supported at one end from said rigid shell and terminating at an opposing end as belt straps supported from said rigid shell, said harness also including a crotch strap connected to said first portion of said rigid shell, said harness further including a pair of latch members, each said latch member being connected to one of said shoulder straps, said latch members being engagable with a harness buckle connected to said crotch strap; and a harness storage cavity formed in said rigid shell and including a cover forming a smooth support over said harness storage cavity, said harness storage cavity being sized to receive said latch members and said harness buckle below said cover, said harness cavity further being formed with slots to permit said shoulder straps and said belt straps to project from said harness storage cavity when said cover is closed and said harness buckle and said latch members are positioned within said harness storage cavity.