Juvenile vehicle seat with adjustable base

摘要

A child restraint includes an adjustable base for installation on a passenger seat of a vehicle. The child restraint also includes an infant carrier associated with the adjustable base. The adjustable base is configured to be adjusted to tilt the infant carrier relative to the passenger seat.

主权项

1. A child restraint comprising
an infant carrier adapted to restrain an infant and an adjustable base configured to support the infant carrier on a seat bench included in a passenger seat, the adjustable base including a carrier cradle formed to include an upwardly-facing carrier-receiving cavity sized to receive the infant carrier, and a downwardly-facing foot-receiving cavity at a foot end of the carrier cradle, a movable foot mounted to the carrier cradle for up-and-down linearly slideable movement into and out of the downwardly-facing foot-receiving cavity relative to the carrier cradle to elevate the foot end of the carrier cradle and change a tilt angle of the carrier cradle relative to the seat bench, and a foot-position latch coupled to the movable foot for movement therewith, wherein the foot position latch mates with the carrier cradle to block movement of the movable foot into the foot-receiving cavity to provide lock means for retaining the carrier cradle in the tilted position so that the infant carrier received in the carrier cradle is maintained in a selected position relative to the passenger seat, and wherein the carrier cradle includes a carrier receiver that forms the upwardly-facing carrier-receiving cavity and a shell-support flange coupled to the carrier receiver along the foot end of the adjustable base to move with the carrier receiver, the shell-support flange is formed to include a downwardly-facing tab-engagement surface forming a bottom side of the carrier cradle, and the foot-position latch is arranged to engage the downwardly-facing tab-engagement surface of the shell-support flange to block the movable foot from moving into the foot-receiving cavity when the movable foot is moved out of the downwardly-facing foot-receiving cavity.