Patent ID: 7578561

Claim:
A child seat comprising: a seat including a child receiving side and an outer side opposite said child receiving side, said seat including a seating portion and a back rest portion, said seat also including passages through said seat for receiving child restraint straps, said passages passing from said child receiving side to said outer side; a restraint including at least two child restraint straps, each of said child restraint straps including a restraint release fastener disposed on at least a first end of said child restraint straps; and a restraint release mechanism for releasably securing said restraint by securing at least two of said restraint release fasteners of said child restraint straps, said restraint release mechanism being coupled to said outer side of said seat and including a slider for actuating said restraint release mechanism to release all of said restraint release fasteners and child restraint straps with a single actuation of said slider, and wherein said slider includes a compression seat and a biasing member and wherein said compression seat is pressed to move said slider against a force of said biasing member to position said slider to receive or release said restraint release fasteners, and wherein said slider also includes a fastener receiving portion for removeably and securely receiving said restraint release fasteners of said child restraint straps.