US 12,109,922 B2
Multi-functional energy absorber
Adam Mark Will, Indian Land, SC (US); Quentin Walsh, Fort Mill, SC (US); and Julien Santini, Fort Mill, SC (US)
Assigned to BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed by BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC., Fort Mill, SC (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/577,874.
Application 17/577,874 is a continuation of application No. 16/451,486, filed on Jun. 25, 2019, granted, now 11,235,687.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/694,113, filed on Jul. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0134917 A1, May 5, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60N 2/28 (2006.01)
CPC B60N 2/2884 (2013.01) [B60N 2/2875 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A child safety seat comprising:
a base configured to be operably coupled to a vehicle seat;
a seat shell configured to receive and secure a child therein, the seat shell coupled to the base such that the seat shell is alternately movable between a plurality of positions relative to the base;
an energy absorber disposed between the base and the seat shell, the energy absorber configured to deform in response to an impact and thereby absorb impact energy, the energy absorber further including a plurality of protrusions; and
a locking slide configured to be translated into a protrusion of the energy absorber thereby engaging the locking slide with the protrusion and to be translated away from the protrusion thereby disengaging the locking slide from the protrusion,
wherein when the locking slide is engaged, the seat shell is locked in a discrete position of the plurality of positions.