Patent ID: 6971718

Claim:
A child safety seat, of the type being incorporated in the squab of a vehicle seat and having a part of the squab which can move to an elevated position, the child safety seat comprising at least one latch to maintain two components of the seat in a predetermined relative position, a first of the two components carrying the latch and a second of the components carrying a latch pin to co-operate with the latch, the latch defining a channel between two side walls, the side walls being provided with side wall recesses therein, the channel containing a pivotally mounted latch element, the latch element defining a latch recess therein, the latch element being moveable pivotally between a first release position in which the latch recess can receive the latch pin, to enable the latch pin to be inserted into the latch recess and being moveable to a second retaining position in which the latch pin, retained by the latch recess, is further retained in the side wall recesses, a release mechanism being provided to retain the latch element in the retaining position, wherein the release mechanism incorporates a plunger moveable against a resilient bias transversely of the axis of the channel, the plunger being positioned to engage part of the latch element to prevent rotation of the latch element from the retaining position to the release position.