Belt tensioning mechanism

摘要

A car seat including a seat body having a seat back and a seat pan for supporting an occupant thereon, and at least one belt coupled to the seat body for retaining an occupant on the seat body. The car seat further includes a belt tensioning mechanism, the belt tensioning mechanism including a pawl coupled to the seat body and a rotatable spool coupled to the belt. The spool can be rotated to wind the belt upon the spool, and the spool includes a gear that can interact with the pawl such that the pawl can selectively block rotation of the spool and thereby block unwinding of the belt off of the spool.