Patent ID: 8087725

Claim:
A car seat for transporting a child in an automobile, comprising: a seat member including a seat back having a front surface and a rear surface, said seat back including a control rack formed with a plurality of generally vertically spaced engagement portions located on said rear surface to define a plurality of selected vertical positions; a head rest movably mounted on said seat back for vertical movement relative thereto; a locking mechanism mounted on said head rest for vertical movement therewith to engage said control rack to secure said head rest into one of the plurality of selected vertical positions, said locking mechanism including a lock bar that can be moved into engagement with a selected one of said engagement portions to fix said head rest in the corresponding selected vertical position; and harness belts extending vertically under said head rest from a position at an upper portion of said seat back and passing through at least one opening in said seat back below said head rest for positioning in front of said seat back, said harness belts being connected to said lock bar so that said harness belts will move vertically in response to a corresponding vertical movement of said head rest.