Patent ID: 8210610

Claim:
A child seat for a juvenile product, the child seat comprising: a seating surface with a first end, a second end, a seat bight, a first section between the first end and the seat bight, and a second section between the second end and the seat bight; a lap belt extendable from the seating surface; a first crotch strap extendable from the seating surface and connectable to the lap belt in a first harness configuration positioned between the first end and the seat bight; and a removable pad insert with a second crotch strap extending therefrom whereby, with the pad insert installed on the seating surface, the second crotch strap is connectable to the lap belt in a second harness configuration positioned between the second end and the lap belt, wherein the first harness configuration can secure a child in the child seat with the first section as a seat bottom and the second section as a seat back and wherein, with the pad insert installed on the child seat, the second harness configuration can secure a child with the second section as the seat bottom and the first section as the seat back, and wherein the lap belt has two separate belt straps, two slots are formed through the pad insert, and one of the belt straps is threaded through each of the slots when the pad insert is installed on the seating surface.