CA1224449A - Safety belt system for child chair - Google Patents

Safety belt system for child chair

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CA1224449A
CA1224449A CA000454838A CA454838A CA1224449A CA 1224449 A CA1224449 A CA 1224449A CA 000454838 A CA000454838 A CA 000454838A CA 454838 A CA454838 A CA 454838A CA 1224449 A CA1224449 A CA 1224449A
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chair
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anchor plate
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Rudy V. Thomas
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Breed Automotive Technology Inc
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Allied Corp
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60NSEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/24Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles
    • B60N2/26Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles for particular purposes or particular vehicles for children
    • B60N2/28Seats readily mountable on, and dismountable from, existing seats or other parts of the vehicle
    • B60N2/2803Adaptations for seat belts
    • B60N2/2812Adaptations for seat belts for securing the child to the child seat
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40Buckles
    • Y10T24/4088One-piece
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/40Buckles
    • Y10T24/4088One-piece
    • Y10T24/4091Hook attached
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10TTECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T24/00Buckles, buttons, clasps, etc.
    • Y10T24/45Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock]
    • Y10T24/45225Separable-fastener or required component thereof [e.g., projection and cavity to complete interlock] including member having distinct formations and mating member selectively interlocking therewith
    • Y10T24/45602Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity
    • Y10T24/45623Receiving member includes either movable connection between interlocking components or variable configuration cavity and operator therefor

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE

A child chair adapted to be secured by conven-tional vehicle seat belt systems. The chair is provided with a safety belt system including a belt which is attached to the chair and a combined tongue and anchor plate to form a lap belt portion and A pair of shoulder belt portions. The safety belt system also includes a tongue latch which is connected to the chair by means of a crotch belt and releasably connects to the tongue.

Description

SAFETY BELT SYSTEM FOR CHILD CHAIR

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
-This invention relates generally to a child chair adapted to be secured by conventional vehicle seat belt systems, and more particularly to a safety belt system for use with such a chair~
Safety belt systems which are intended to restrain children frequently incorporate a pair of shoulder belts as well as a lap belt and a crotch b~i~. Examples of such systems are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 3,992,056 issued on November 16, 1976, in the name of J. P. Koæiatek et al., U.S.
Patent No~ 4,033,622 issued on July 5, 1977, in the name of R. J. Boudreau and U.S. Patent No.
4,186,961 issued on February 5, 1980, in the name of C. S. Farrell~ Jr. et al.
All of the safety belt systems of which I am aware have three to five components in addi~ion to the main belt or pair of belts and the crotch belt~ Due to the large number of components such systems tend to be relatively expensive.

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Accordlng to the present invention there is provided a safety belt system for a chair having a seat and a back, the system including a latch with an entrance slot for receiving an anchor plate and a first length of seat belt webbing having one end attached to the chair seat and the other end attached to the latch. An anchor plate is provided which has a tongue adapted to be received in the latch and locked therein, the anchor plate having a w~bbing slot provided along one edge thereof. The webbing slot has an open end adjacent to the tongue, the open end being closed by the latch when the tongue is inserted into the entrance slot. The second length of seat belt webbing is slidably supported from opposite sides of the chair, the ends of the second length of seat belt webbing being connected to the anchor plate and a portion of the second length of seat belt webbing intermediate the chair's seat and back receivable in the webbing slot.

More specifically, the invention includes a child chair adapted to be secured by any conventional vehicle seat belt system and provided with a safety belt system.

It is a principal object of this invention to provide a less expensive safety belt system for child chairs which also is easy to use and light-weight.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of my invention will become apparent upon consideration of the specification and the appended drawing.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a front quarter perspective of a child chair provided with a safety belt system of my invention.

FIG. 2 is a view of my safety belt system removed from the associated child chair and --~ mab/
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showing the tongue latch and combined tongue and anchor plate in the unlatched condition.
FIG. 3 is similar to FIG. 2, but with the tongue latch connected to the combined tongue and anchor plate.
FIG. 4 is a detailed view on an enlarged scale of the combined tongue and anchor plate.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged cros~ section taken along A-A of FIG. 4.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION
_ OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
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Referring to FIG. l, the reference numeral 10 denotes a child chair which includes a back 12 and a seat 14. Attached to seat 14 is a pair of U-shaped legs or supports lG connected by a crossbrace 18.
Chair 10 is adapted to be secured or held in place by passing a-conventional seat belt through supports 16 as is commonly done to secure such chairs~ Chair 10 also is provided with a pair of slots 20 in back 12 and a pair of slots 22 ~only one of which can be seen) in seat 14.
Referring now also to FIGS. 2 and 3, it will be seen that chair 10 is provided with a safety belt system 24. System 24 includes a belt 26 which passes through slots 20 and 22 as shown in FIG. 1 so that belt 26 is slidably attached to back 12 and seat 14 of chair 10. Belt 26 is adjustably connected adjacent its ends to a com-~v Dined tongue and anchor plate 28.
Combined tongue and anchor plate 28, as canbest be seen from FIG. 4, is provided with a tongue 30 and 2 slot 32 with an opening 34 in the perimeter of plate 28 adjacent tongue 30. Plate 28 also includes a set of three parallel slots 36 and a set of three parallel slots 38. Slots 36 and 38 serve as means to adjustably connect the ends of belt 26 to anchor plate 28 by training belt 26 through the slots in the arrangement shown in FIG. 5.
By disposing a portion of belt 26 in slot 32, as shown in FIGS. 1-3, belt 26 is, in effect, divided into a pair of shoulder belt portions 40 and 42 and a lap belt portion 44.
Safety belt system 24 also includes a tongue latch 46 to which tongue 30 can be releasably con-nected. Tongue latch 46 is connected to a crotchbelt 48 which in turn is anchored to seat 14. As will be noted from FIG. 3, when combined tongue and anchor plate 28 is connected to tongue latch 46, the opening 34 of slot 32 is blocked so that elt 26 cannot be displaced from slot 32.

OPERATION

It will be assumed that chair 10 is secured in place by the vehicle safety belt system. If it is desired to place a child in seat 10 and restrain the child in the seat by means of safety belt system 24, the tongue latch 46 is released from combined tonyue and anchor plate 28 and belt 26 is removed from slot 32. The belt is then brought around each side of the child and belt 26 is ~n d~s~_sed in slot 32 so that belt 26 is arranged as shown in FIG. 2. Tongue latch 46 then is con-nected to tongue 30, as shown in FIG. 3, so that displacement of kelt 26 from slot 32 is prevented.
The points of connection of belt 26 to plate 28 can then be adjusted to properly accommodate the size of the child in chair 10.
S To take a child out of the chair it simply is necessary to release tongue latch 46 and then remove belt 2b rom slot 320 While only a single embodiment of my invention has been described, it will be understood that various modifications can be made to it without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

Claims (6)

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A safety belt system for a chair having a seat and a back comprising:
a latch having an entrance slot for receiving an anchor plate;
a first length of seat belt webbing having one end attached to the chair's seat and the other end attached to said latch;
an anchor plate having a tongue adapted to be received in said latch and locked therein, said anchor plate having a webbing slot provided along one edge thereof, said webbing slot having an open end adjacent to said tongue, said open end being closed by said latch when said tongue is inserted into said entrance slot; and a second length of seat belt webbing slidably supported from opposite sides of the chair, the ends of said second length of seat belt webbing connected to said anchor plate and the portion of said second length of seat belt webbing intermediate said chair's seat and back receivable in said webbing slot.
2. The safety belt system of Claim 1 wherein said second length of seat belt webbing is entrained through a first pair of slots provided on opposite transverse sides of the chair's back and a second pair of slots provided on opposite transverse sides of the chair's seat and wherein the end portions of said second length of seat belt webbing connected to said anchor plate are entrained through one slot each of said first and second pairs of slots on the same side of the seat.
3. The safety belt system of Claim 2 wherein the portion of said second length of seat belt webbing receivable in the webbing slot extends between the other slot of said first and second pair of slots on the other side of said seat.
4. The safety belt system of Claim 1 wherein at least one end of said second length of seat belt webbing is adjustably attached to said anchor plate.
5. An anchor plate for a safety belt system for a chair provided with a latch attached to the chair's seat and a length of seat belt webbing entrained through slots in opposite sides of the chair's seat and back, the anchor plate comprising:
a tongue adapted to be received into the latch and locked therein;
means for attaching the opposite ends of the length of seat belt webbing, extending from one side of the chair, to the anchor plate;
a web hook provided along one edge of the anchor plate forming a web slot having an open end adjacent to said tongue, the end of said web hook adjacent to said open end of said web slot extending into said latch when said tongue is inserted therein, said latch closing the open end of said web slot and captivating the portion of said seat belt webbing extending between the slots provided on the other side of the chair.
6. The anchor plate of Claim 5, wherein said means for attaching the ends of the length of the seat belt webbing to the anchor plate adjustably attaches the ends of the seat belt webbing to the anchor plate permitting the seat belt webbing to be adjusted according to the size of the chair's occupant.
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