Patent ID: 8393678

Claim:
A child restraint assembly, comprising: a base adapted to be mounted to a vehicle seat, having a hook located in a foot end of said base, projecting upward and adapted to engage with an unlocking mechanism; a car seat removably couplable to said base; and said unlocking mechanism carried by said car seat and operatively disposed to detach said car seat from said base, said unlocking mechanism comprising a tab biased to a first position in which said tab engages with said hook in said base, and actuatable to a second position in which said tab is rotated so as to disengage from said hook and release said car seat from said base, and wherein said unlocking mechanism further comprises a first member biased to a first position in which radially outwardly extending members engage corresponding recesses in said base, and actuatable to a second position in which said radially outwardly extending members are moved radially inwardly to disengage from said recesses and release said car seat from said base.