Patent ID: 7300113

Claim:
A booster seat, comprising: (a) a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat; (b) first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a vehicle seat belt, each of the first and second latches comprising: (I) a bottom latch member; (ii) a top latch member; (iii) an upwardly-facing surface and a downwardly-facing surface for clamping the vehicle seat belt therebetween; (c) the bottom latch member and the top latch member being movable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position for receiving and clamping a seat belt extended laterally across the seat bottom and the lap of the seat occupant, thereby securing the booster seat and the seat occupant to the upper surface of the vehicle seat; (d) a lock for locking the bottom latch member and the top latch member together in the closed position, the lock comprising a locking extension carried by the top latch member and a locking extension receiving opening in the seat bottom for receiving and releasably retaining the locking extension therein; (e) wherein the locking extension includes a detent thereon positioned for providing an interference locking engagement with an edge of the seat bottom defining the extension receiving opening in the seat bottom when the bottom latch member and the top latch member are locked together in the closed position.