A child restraint for a vehicle, the child restraint comprising a body for supporting an occupant and at least one side impact element configured to be removably mounted with respect to the body in two configurations.

A child restraint system includes a juvenile vehicle seat and an infant carrier. The juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be retained in a stationary position on a passenger seat in a vehicle.

A multi-position child safety seat having a base and a separable seat shell supported by the base wherein the base comprises a movable block that alters the angle of the seat shell dependent upon the position of the block and provides for at least two usable positions of the seat shell. The seat shell includes a latching mechanism for securing the seat shell to the base which is operable in any of the at least two positions. The movable block is hingedly connected to the base and preferably movable between two generally opposing positions corresponding to two pre-determined seat shell positions and may include restraint provisions to preclude unintentional movement of the block.

A newborn insert for a child safety seat may include an accommodation region for a child, and an energy-transferring element. The energy-transferring element may include an inherently stable component, and may be arranged laterally at the accommodation region such that the energy-transferring element is positioned at the child's shoulder height when the child is placed in the accommodation region.

According to the application, a limiting device is used for limiting a pivoting of a side impact protection block in respect to a child safety seat, and the limiting device includes: a mounting portion, located on a seat body of the child safety seat and arranged close to the side impact protection block; and a restricting member, has a free end and is arranged on the mounting portion, such that the restricting member is movable between a locked position and a released position. In the locked position, the free end of the restricting member abuts against the side impact protection block to prevent the side impact protection block from moving in an unfolding direction in respect to the child safety seat, and in the released position, the free end of the restricting member is away from the side impact protection block to allow side impact protection block to move in the unfolding direction in respect to the child safety seat. The application also relates to a child safety seat including the limiting device according to the application.

A car seat system for automatically displacing the movable components of the car seat. The car seat including sensors and a computing module to detect the measurements of a child placed in the car seat. The car seat system determines the current position of the movable components and displaces the movable components automatically based on the child's measurements or a desired amount. The car seat system automatically learns child's behaviors when the child is placed in the car seat. The car seat system learns schedules utilized by the child, routes taken by the driver of the car, and other data over a period of time. The behavioral, scheduling, routing, and other data obtained is stored by the car seat system and utilized to enhance the safety and comfortability of the child during a car ride. The car seat system also determines thickness of clothing worn by the child while placed in the car seat and adjusts the shoulder belts to accommodate for the clothing while providing a snug fit of the shoulder belts that fall within safety recommendations. The car seat also auto reclines to a desired angle and also rotates about itself to face the door. The car seat system includes an auto-incident detection mode. In this mode, the system detects an incident, such as an accident, hard braking, or another hazard, and automatically displaces the features in the car seat to make the car seat secure during the crash minimizing the effect of the incident on the child. The car seat also includes pretensioners and motors to release, pull back, and lock the car seat belts.

A child safety seat includes a seat shell having two sidewalls respectively provided at a left and a right side of the seat shell for restricting sideways movement of a child sitting on the seat shell, the two sidewalls including a first and a second sidewall, a buffering part movably connected with the seat shell, the buffering part being movable between a stowed position retracted toward the first sidewall and a deployed position protruding sideways from the first sidewall, a spring for biasing the buffering part toward the stowed position, and a latching mechanism including a latch carried with the buffering part, the latch being movable between a locking state for locking the buffering part in the deployed position and an unlocking state for unlocking the buffering part so that the buffering part is rotatable relative to the seat shell.

A child safety seat includes a seat shell, a headrest and a side protection part. The seat shell has a seat portion, a backrest portion and a sidewall, the sidewall protruding forward from the backrest portion. The headrest is connected with the backrest portion and is movable along the backrest portion, the headrest having a side support portion protruding forward. The side protection part is disposed adjacent to the sidewall at an inner side thereof, the side protection part extending along the inner side of the sidewall from a location adjacent to the seat portion toward a top of the backrest portion, a portion of the side protection part being located between the sidewall and the side support portion of the headrest.

A child safety seat includes a seat portion and a backrest portion connected with each other, a headrest slidably connected with the backrest portion, a first and a second side support connected with the backrest portion and respectively protruding forward from the backrest portion at two sides thereof, the first and second side supports being configured to be movable relative to the backrest portion for modifying a transversal distance between the first side support and the second side support, and a linking mechanism adapted to movably link each of the first and second side supports to the headrest so that the headrest and the first and second side supports are movable concurrently relative to the backrest portion for adjustment.

An actuating pillow includes a pillow body and a plurality of artificial muscles arranged within the pillow body. Each of the artificial muscles includes a housing having an electrode region and an adjacent expandable fluid region, an electrode pair positioned in the electrode region of the housing, and a dielectric fluid housed within the housing. The plurality of artificial muscles are configured to actuate from a non-actuated state to an actuated state, actuation from the non-actuated state to the actuated state directs the dielectric fluid into the expandable fluid region and increases a height of the pillow body.