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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2001
John Alexander Galbreath, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
A device is utilized which connects a child safety seat, such as that used in an automobile, to an anchor bar installed in the automobile. The connector includes an anchor end adapted to engage the anchor bar, and a child seat end adapted for connecting to either flexible webbing or a solid connection point on a child safety seat. The anchor end has an inwardly beveled surface which forms a docking guide. The docking guide surrounds a rectangular area in the center of the anchor end, wherein a latch plate is located. In operation, the anchor end of the connector is positioned over and urged toward the anchor bar. The beveled front surface of the latch plate allows the anchor bar to urge the latch plate upward, against the resistance provided by a biasing spring. The connector is further urged onto the anchor bar until the anchor bar passes under the latch plate and into an anchor bar cavity, which retains the anchor bar within the connector. To release the connector from the anchor bar, the user depresses a release button located on the outer surface of the connector.