US 12,296,726 B2
Child restraint
William P. McHugh, Norfolk, MA (US); and Jason H. Johnson, Brownstown, IN (US)
Assigned to Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed by Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc., Foxboro, MA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,036.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/230,194, filed on Aug. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0043067 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2857 (2013.01) [B60N 2/2821 (2013.01); B60N 2/2827 (2013.01); B60N 2/2869 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A child restraint comprising
a seat base adapted to rest on a vehicle seat, the seat base including a perimeter rim and a seat-base foundation extending downwardly from the perimeter rim, the perimeter rim and the seat-base foundation cooperating to define a pedestal-receiving space,
a juvenile seat configured to mount selectively to the seat base to secure the juvenile seat to the vehicle seat, the juvenile seat including a seat shell formed to include a child-receiving space and a seat-shell pedestal fixed to a bottom end of the seat shell and configured to be received within the pedestal-receiving space of the seat base, and
a juvenile-seat release system including a first juvenile-seat retainer unit coupled to a first side of the seat base and arranged to engage with the seat-shell pedestal to retain the juvenile seat to the seat base, a second juvenile-seat retainer unit coupled to a second side of the seat base and arranged to engage with the seat shell pedestal to retain the juvenile seat to the seat base, and a motion-transfer link coupled to the seat base and arranged to interconnect the first and second juvenile-seat retainer units,
wherein the first and second juvenile-seat retainer units are moveable between a locked configuration, in which each of the first and second juvenile-seat retainer units are arranged to extend into the pedestal-receiving space to at least partially lie between the bottom end of the seat shell and the seat-shell pedestal to block removal of the seat-shell pedestal from the pedestal-receiving space, and an unlocked configuration, in which the first and second juvenile-seat retainer units are at least partially withdrawn from between the bottom end of the seat shell and the seat-shell pedestal so that the seat-shell pedestal is free to be removed from the pedestal receiving space upon actuation of only one of the first and second juvenile seat retainer units,
wherein the first juvenile-seat retainer unit includes a first release handle coupled to the first side of the seat base, a first pedestal-retainer latch coupled with the first release handle and adapted to engage with the seat-shell pedestal, and a first handle extension coupled with and interconnecting the first release handle and the motion-transfer link to move therewith,
wherein second juvenile-seat retainer unit includes a second release handle coupled to the second side of the seat base, a second pedestal-retainer latch coupled with the second release handle and adapted to engage with the seat-shell pedestal, and a second handle extension coupled with and interconnecting the second release handle and the motion-transfer link to move therewith,
wherein the motion-transfer link is configured to rotate about a link pivot axis between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration in response to actuation of one of the first release handle and the second release handle, and
wherein actuation of the first release handle in a first direction radially outward from the link pivot axis causes the first pedestal-retainer latch to retract from the pedestal-receiving space.