US 11,951,886 B2
Vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly
Bernd Häußler, Ulm (DE); Nabil Kzaiz, Günzburg (DE); and Marcel Brenner, Leipheim (DE)
Assigned to BRITAX RÖMER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBH, Leipheim (DE)
Filed by Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH, Leipheim (DE)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/678,468.
Claims priority of application No. 2021201385 (AU), filed on Mar. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0281364 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01); B60Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2842 (2013.01) [B60Q 9/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle-mountable child safety seat assembly, the seat assembly including a safety seat, and a prop assembly mounted with respect to the safety seat, the prop assembly having a stowed position and a safely deployed position, the prop assembly including:
a leg assembly;
a foot assembly mounted to the leg assembly; and
a first sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the stowed position;
a second sensor for sensing when the prop assembly is not in the safely deployed position;
a visual warning indicator, the visual warning indicator visually obscured when the prop assembly is in the safely deployed position; and
a warning system having a standby state, a timing state and a warning state,
wherein the warning system changes from the standby state to the timing state when the first sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its stowed position, and
wherein the warning system changes from the timing state to the warning state, if the second sensor senses that the prop assembly is not in its safely deployed position by a pre-determined time after the change from the standby state to the timing state.