Patent ID: 7083237

Claim:
A juvenile restraint system comprising a juvenile seat, a tether including a first end coupled to the juvenile seat and a second end adapted to be coupled to an anchor in a vehicle, the tether being arranged normally to have a predetermined length between the first and second ends, and an energy absorber coupled to the tether and made of an elastic material and arranged to be deformed by the tether to vary from an initial state cooperating with the tether to establish the predetermined length of the tether to a deformed state cooperating with the tether to allow extension of the tether to an extended length greater than the predetermined length in response to application of a pulling force applied to the first end of the extensible tether owing to movement of the juvenile seat relative to the energy absorber, wherein the juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom and the energy absorber is retained between a loop formed in the tether and a portion of the seat back.