Patent ID: 7370912

Claim:
A child seat comprising: a backrest having a top portion and a bottom portion, each of the top portion and the bottom portion having a central support surface to engage and support a portion of an occupant's body, wherein the central support surface of the top portion and the central support surface of the bottom portion are substantially co-planar to form a substantially continuous support surface when the top portion is in a lowermost position, the bottom portion having a lower surface for connection to a seat base and an upper surface opposite the lower surface, the upper surface extending substantially horizontally across the bottom portion, the top portion having a belt guide located above the upper surface of the bottom portion providing a path for a vehicle seat belt over a shoulder of the occupant's body, the top portion being movably connected to and vertically adjustable relative to the bottom portion so that the belt guide moves toward and away from the upper surface of the bottom portion for proper orientation of the shoulder belt relative to the occupant's body, a flexible latch on one of the top and bottom portions; notches located in the other of the top and bottom portions, wherein the latch is positioned to engage a selected one of the notches to fix the relative vertical position of the top portion to the bottom portion; and a separate and independently movable release mechanism located at a position spaced from the latch and configured to move substantially vertically to contact the latch to selectively disengage the latch from the notch.