An apparatus and method are provided for securing an item for transport in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a tether anchor bezel, having a housing and a displaceable cover, a tether anchor held within the tether anchor bezel, and a hook carried on the displaceable cover.

A foldable restraint for a seat of a vehicle is disclosed and includes a body. The body includes a bottom side, a back side, and a spine connecting the bottom side and the back side to one another. The bottom side and the back side are configured to rotate towards one another to fold the foldable restraint into a stowed position and the bottom side and the back side rotate away from one another and into a deployed position. The foldable restraint also includes one or more upper engagement mechanisms connected to the back side of the foldable restraint and configured to releasably attach to a support structure of the seat of the vehicle. The foldable restraint also includes one or more lower engagement mechanisms connected to the seat side of the foldable restraint and configured to releasably attach to a support structure of the seat of the vehicle.

A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a tether assembly. The seat body is movably, detachably, or fixedly disposed on the base. The tether assembly is for securing the base on a vehicle. The tether assembly includes a tether driving component, a tether anchor and a tether strap. The tether driving component is movably disposed on the base. The tether driving component is extendable relative to the base to a used position and retractable relative to the base to a stored position. The used position is higher than the stored position along a vertical direction. The tether anchor is for engaging with the vehicle. The tether strap is connected to the tether anchor and one of the base and the tether driving component. The present invention allows an aesthetic design of the base and maintains a lower profile and a lower center of gravity.

A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a spin lock mechanism. The seat body is movably disposed on the base and switchable relative to the base between a forward facing position and a rearward facing position. The spin lock mechanism is for allowing and restraining switching movement of the seat body relative to the base and includes a pivoting component and a locking component. The pivoting component is pivotally connected to one of the base and the seat body. The locking component is movably connected to the pivoting component for engaging with and disengaging from the other of the base and the seat body. The locking component can be driven by a pivoting movement of the pivoting component to disengage from the other of the base and the seat body to allow the switching movement of the seat body relative to the base.

A fastening apparatus for a child seat on a vehicle seat in a motor vehicle has a fastening element for fastening a child seat holding belt, in particular a top-tether fastening element, and a deflecting element for the child's seat holding belt. The fastening element is arranged in a region of a seating position of the vehicle seat. The fastening element is fastened in front of a front side of a backrest of the vehicle seat.

A child safety seat includes a seat shell having a backrest portion and a sidewall protruding forward from the backrest portion and having a first rod inside the seat shell, an adjustable headrest movable along the backrest portion, the headrest being fixedly connected with a second rod and a spacer that are located adjacent to each other, and a child restraining harness having a harness strap, the harness strap wrapping around the first rod and forming two folded strap portions that extend downward from the first rod, one of the two folded strap portions wrapping around the second rod, and the spacer being disposed between the two folded strap portions for preventing a contact between the two folded strap portions.

Embodiments of a car seat include an outer protective shell, an inner seat, a suspension system connecting and permitting relative movement between the inner seat and the outer protective shell. The suspension system may include a plurality of deformable metal straps. Also, embodiments of a car seat system include a frame constructed to couple to a vehicle seat. The frame has a vertical portion that extends upwardly substantially along a vehicle seatback. The vertical portion extends at least half of the height of vehicle seatback. Also, the system includes a car seat constructed to couple to the frame.

An apparatus and method are provided for securing an item for transport in a vehicle. The apparatus includes a tether anchor bezel, having a housing and a displaceable cover, a tether anchor held within the tether anchor bezel, and a hook carried on the displaceable cover.

A support base for a child safety seat includes a shell, a belt clamp, a latching mechanism and a belt retaining structure. The shell is adapted to receive a child seat thereon, and has a panel at an end thereof. The belt clamp is pivotally connected with the shell and is disposed adjacent to the panel, the panel rising above the belt clamp, the belt clamp being operable to clamp a lap belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to a surface of the shell. The latching mechanism is operable to lock the belt clamp in a clamping state. The belt retaining structure is provided on the panel, and is configured to hold a shoulder belt portion of a vehicle safety belt adjacent to the panel.

Energy absorbing restraint systems for use with child seats and other devices are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an energy absorbing restraint system includes a web slide and a web. The web slide can include first and second web apertures extending therethrough. The web can be threaded (a) through the first web aperture from a first side to a second side of the web slide and (b) back through the second web aperture from the second side to the first side of the web slide. The web is attached to itself with, for example, rip stitching to form a joined portion adjacent the second side of the web slide. When a shock load above a preset level is quickly applied to the web, the web is pulled against the web slide to rupture the rip stitching and absorb the shock load transmitted by the web.