Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2006L03063:body:0:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2006L03063
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Character Range: 11203–14476

of 'Child Restraint' 'Attaching Clips' shall be specified in the vehicle handbook or otherwise supplied with the vehicle. The information shall include:
34.2.2.1.                    WARNING: child restraint anchorages are designed to withstand only those loads imposed by correctly fitted child restraints. Under no circumstances are they to be used for adult seat belts, harnesses or for attaching other items or equipment to the vehicle."
34.2.2.2.                    details on the thickness (and number) of 'Spacers' required at each 'Child Restraint Anchorage' (as applicable), location and correct method of installation and orientation of 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting(s)' (as applicable), and method of attachment and orientation of 'Attaching Clip(s)'. Orientation shall be shown relative to the front of the vehicle.
34.2.2.3.                    Details of the dedicated anchor fitting package in accordance with clause 34.2.1.2.1 and its location in the vehicle.
34.2.3.                          The 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' shall be designed to avoid the possibility of inadvertent disengagement from a typical 'Attaching Clip' (see Figures 1 and 5) when the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' is mounted as shown in Figure 5.
34.2.3.1.                    To test for this requirement bolt the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' to a flat, steel surface as in Figure 5, but without any spacers and with the 'Attaching Clip' fully engaged into the anchor fitting. The 'Attaching Clip' shall not be capable of being disengaged from the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' without deliberate action by depressing the retention device on the 'Attaching Clip' with the fingers.
34.2.3.2.                    To determine compliance with this requirement the following referenced 'Attaching Clips' shall be used:
            (1)  a 10025 attaching clip manufactured by Nexus USA (Fastex Australia);
            (2)  14585 clip, manufactured by Indiana Mills Manufacturing Inc. USA; and
            (3)  an FO 8954, attaching clip, manufactured by Indiana Mills Manufacturing Inc. USA.
34.2.4.                          The 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' must be designed so that the 'Attaching Clip' described in clause 34.2.3.2 shall be capable of engaging the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' 'Interface Profile' with the main body of the 'Attaching Clip' aligned with the longitudinal centreline of the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' and parallel to the 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting' mounting surface.
34.3.                                NOMINATED SEATING POSITIONS
34.3.1.                          For LEP and MA vehicles:
34.3.1.1.                    Each seating position in the 'Second Row Seats' equipped with an adult 'Seatbelt Assembly', except for 'Folding Seats' where a 'Child Restraint' would bar access to the rear 'Seats' and the middle seating position where the 'Seat' back is divided into two or more sections which may be folded independently of each other, and the division between two sections lies substantially along the 'Seating Reference Plane' of the middle seating position.
34.3.1.2.                    'Child Restraint Anchorages' or 'Child Restraint Anchor Fitting(s)' may be installed in front seating positions other than the