Baby car seat
A baby car seat is used in an automobile for a baby under one year of age. Such a child car seat can be detachably attached on a car seat. Many states have laws requiring that children be restrained in a car seat while in an operating vehicle. Car seats are known and widely used to provide safe passage for an infant when riding in an automobile. Car safety seats for children are commercially available in a many configurations corresponding to differences in the age, weight, and size of the child being transported. Parents can choose a car seat that is not only the correct size, but also suits their tastes, budget, and life style. Baby car seat manufacturers have developed two different standard types and sizes of car seats to assure parents that not only are their children safe but that they are compliant with the state laws. Some car seats are stand-alone devices, while others have bases for use in a vehicle and are removable for use as a carrier or in a baby stroller.
Baby car seats are an important part of automotive safety. Designed to secure a baby or small child, these car seats are subject to federal guidelines for proper usage and installation. Car seats are well-known in the related art and are provided with a variety of features that insure a child’s safety in the event of an automobile accident. Generally, a baby car seat is used for holding a baby under the age of one on a passenger car. Such child car seats include those to be fastened to a fastening device incorporated to a seat of a passenger car and those to be fastened to a seat of a passenger car by a seat belt used to fasten a person to a seat of a passenger car. Baby car seats of any type are detachably attached to the seat of a car. Baby car seats may take any of various forms, though usually include some form of rigid structure for the purpose. In some instances, the seat belt is used to retain the car seat, with the car seat in turn hopefully retaining the baby, while in other instances the seat belt is disposed directly to restrain the baby in the event of a crash. In either instance, there is a meaningful possibility that the baby will not be restrained as desired, or that the baby will be injured by the seat belt or other. In order to facilitate the attachment and detachment operations of a baby car seat by means of a detachment lever, a detachment lever has been proposed that is formed such that an unlocked state thereof can be maintained after a user rotates the detachment lever to an unlocked position and removes his/her hands therefrom.
Baby car seats generally include seat belt receiving slots to thereby secure the child’s car seat to the vehicle’s standard seat by means of the seat belt. As any parent well knows who travels in a vehicle with children, keeping the child entertained and calm while restrained in a car seat is often a challenging. Baby car seats are installed in the back seat of an automobile which can make installation difficult, particularly if the automobile is a two-door, rather than a four-door car. Most baby car seats have a restraint system, or harness, having either three or five anchor points. In the three-point system, a strap or post is anchored to the seat, and extends upward between the child’s legs, terminating at the crotch. Two more straps or bars are anchored to the backrest of the car seat and extend over the left and right shoulders of the child. The three harness elements are joined by buckles or clasps in front of the child’s torso. As a child car seat structured such that an orientation with respect to a longitudinal direction of a vehicle can be changed by turning a seat main body, there is known a child car seat provided with a base fixed to a seat of the vehicle via a seat belt, and a seat main body connected to the base via a seat turning mechanism and a reclining mechanism.