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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 18, 1998
Peter E. Miller, Noblesville, IN (US);
Indiana Mills & Manufacturing, Inc., Westfield, IN (US);
Abstract
A modular system that allows a child seat manufacturer to combine the installation of the crotch belt assembly and the shoulder belt adjuster assembly in one step, and which allows the child seat manufacturer to vary the type of components without having to alter the design of the child seat. A module for use with a child seat that has a shoulder harness, an interengageable combination of a tongue and seat belt buckle, and has a seat portion that has been adapted to receive the module. The module, itself, has a pan that is mountable within the seat portion of the child seat, a belt retractor fixedly attached to the bottom of the pan, and a crotch assembly that is designed to attach either to the buckle or the tongue of the seat belt harness.