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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2009
Slavko Stojanovic, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael Robinson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Slavko Stojanovic, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Michael Robinson, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Nissan North America, Inc., Franklin, TN (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a check fixture for measuring the accessibility of a lower car seat anchor to a user installing a car seat, and methods thereof. One embodiment of a check fixture comprises a body having a rear end and a front end, the body defining a longitudinal axis. The front end comprises an anchor-engaging structure and the rear end comprises a force gauge interface. The fixture also comprises a flange at least partially circumferentially positioned around the body at a longitudinal position a distance from the front end. The flange includes a bearing surface substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the bearing surface sized and configured so that when the front end is moved into engagement with the anchor, the bearing surface engages the seating material adjacent the access aperture. The engagement of the flange with the seating material generates a reactive force.