SAFETY INDICATOR AND CHILD SAFETY SEAT HAVING THE SAME
20260008388 ยท 2026-01-08
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
B60N2/2821
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
B60N2/2869
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
International classification
Abstract
A safety indicator is adapted for a child safety seat having a base, a seat body latched to the base, and a support leg pivotally connected to the base. The safety indicator includes a display mechanism disposed at a front end of the base and having an indicating window, and a first indicating mechanism provided on the base and having different indicating areas selectively corresponding to the indicating window. The different indicating areas indicate different use positions of the base.
Claims
1. A safety indicator, adapted for a child safety seat having a base, a seat body latched to the base, and a support leg connected to the base, the base having a front end and a rear end, the safety indicator comprising: a first indicator comprising a first indication area corresponding to a use position of the base; a second indicator comprising a second indication area corresponding to an engagement state between the base and the seat body; and a third indicator comprising a third indication area corresponding to a use state of the support leg; wherein the first indicator, the second indicator, and the third indicator provided at the front end of the base; and the first indicator and the second indicator are slidably connected to the base, and the third indicator is rotatably connected to the base.
2. The safety indicator of claim 1, further comprising a display provided at the front end of the base, the display comprising a first indicating window to display the first indication area, a second indicating window to display the second indication area, and a third indicating window to display the third indication area.
3. The safety indicator of claim 2, wherein: the first indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the first indication area is selectively aligned with the first indicating window; the second indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the second indication area is selectively aligned with the second indicating window; and the third indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the third indication area is selectively aligned with the third indicating window.
4. The safety indicator of claim 3, wherein: the first indication portion of the first indication area corresponds with an incorrect use state of the base, and the second indication portion of the first indication area corresponds with a correct use position of the base; the first indication portion of the second indication area corresponds with disengaged state between the base and the seat body, and the second indication portion of the second indication area corresponds with an engaged state between the base and the seat body; and the first indication portion of the third indication area corresponds with an incorrect use position of the support leg, and the second indication portion of the third indication area corresponds with a correct use position of the support leg.
5. The safety indicator of claim 3, wherein the first indicator is connected to an actuator, when the actuator is subjected to a force, the actuator drives the first indicator to slide such that the first indication portion or the second indication portion of the first indication area is aligned with the first indicating window.
6. The safety indicator of claim 3, wherein the second indicator is connected to an engagement mechanism located between the base and the seat body, the engagement mechanism drives the second indicator to slide such that the first indication portion or the second indication portion of the second indication area is aligned with the second indicating window.
7. The safety indicator of claim 3, wherein the third indicator is connected to the support leg, when the support leg is not supported on a vehicle floor, the first indication portion of the third indication area is aligned with the third indicating window, and when the support leg is supported on a vehicle floor, the second indication portion of the third indication area is aligned with the third indicating window.
8. The safety indicator of claim 2, wherein the display is located along a top surface of the base adjacent to the support leg.
9. The safety indicator of claim 1, wherein the first indication area comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, the first indication portion corresponds with an incorrect use state of the base, and the second indication portion corresponds with a correct use position of the base.
10. The safety indicator of claim 1, wherein the second indication area comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, the first indication portion corresponds with disengaged state between the base and the seat body, and the second indication portion corresponds with an engaged state between the base and the seat body.
11. The safety indicator of claim 1, wherein the third indication area comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, the first indication portion corresponds with an incorrect use state of the support leg, and the second indication portion corresponds with a correct use position of the support leg.
12. A child safety seat, comprising: a base comprising a front end and a rear end; a seat body latched to the base; a support leg connected to the base; and a safety indicator comprising: a first indicator slidably connected to the base and comprising a first indication area corresponding to a use position of the base; a second indicator slidably connected to the base and comprising a second indication area corresponding to an engagement state between the base and the seat body; and a third indicator rotatably connected to the base and comprising a third indication area corresponding to a use state of the support leg; wherein the first indicator, the second indicator, and the third indicator provided at the front end of the base; and the first indicator and the second indicator are slidably connected to the base, and the third indicator is rotatably connected to the base.
13. The child safety seat of claim 12, further comprising a display provided at the front end of the base, the display comprising a first indicating window to display the first indication area, a second indicating window to display the second indication area, and a third indicating window to display the third indication area.
14. The child safety seat of claim 13, wherein: the first indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the first indication area is selectively aligned with the first indicating window; the second indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the second indication area is selectively aligned with the second indicating window; and the third indication area further comprises a first indication portion and a second indication portion, one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the third indication area is selectively aligned with the third indicating window.
15. The child safety seat of claim 14, wherein: the first indication portion of the first indication area corresponds with an incorrect use state of the base, and the second indication portion of the first indication area corresponds with a correct use position of the base; the first indication portion of the second indication area corresponds with disengaged state between the base and the seat body, and the second indication portion of the second indication area corresponds with an engaged state between the base and the seat body; and the first indication portion of the third indication area corresponds with an incorrect use position of the support leg, and the second indication portion of the third indication area corresponds with a correct use position of the support leg.
16. The child safety seat of claim 14, wherein the first indicator is connected to an actuator, when the actuator is subjected to a force, the actuator drives the first indicator to slide such that the first indication portion or the second indication portion of the first indication area is aligned with the first indicating window.
17. The child safety seat of claim 14, wherein the second indicator is connected to an engagement mechanism located between the base and the seat body, the engagement mechanism drives the second indicator to slide such that the first indication portion or the second indication portion of the second indication area is aligned with the second indicating window.
18. The child safety seat of claim 14, wherein the third indicator is connected to the support leg, when the support leg is not supported on a vehicle floor, the first indication portion of the third indication area is aligned with the third indicating window, and when the support leg is supported on a vehicle floor, the second indication portion of the third indication area is aligned with the third indicating window.
19. A method of using a child safety seat comprising a base having a front end, a rear end, and a rotatable base body, a seat body installed on the rotatable base body, a support leg connected to the base and a safety indicator, comprising: providing: a first indicator slidably connected to the base and comprising a first indication area to indicate a use position of the rotatable base body; a second indicator slidably connected to the base and comprising a second indication area to indicate an engagement state between the base and the seat body; and a third indicator rotatably connected to the base and comprising a third indication area to indicate a use position of the support leg; sliding the first indicator along the base in response to rotation of the rotatable base body to indicate a use position of the rotatable base body in the first indication area; sliding the second indicator along the base in response to an engagement or a disengagement of the base with the seat body to indicate the engagement state between the base and the seat body in the second indication area; rotating the third indicator relative to the base in response to rotation of the support leg to indicate a use position of the support leg in the third indication area; and displaying the first indication area, the second indication area, and the third indication area in a first indicating window, a second indicating window, and a third indicating window, respectively, provided at a front end of the base.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein: the first indication area further comprises a first indication portion corresponding with an incorrect use position of the base and a second indication portion corresponding with a correct use position of the base; the second indication area further comprises a first indication portion corresponding with an disengaged state between the base and the seat body and a second indication portion corresponding with an engaged state between the base and the seat body; and the third indication area comprises a first indication portion corresponding with an incorrect use position of the support leg and a second indication portion corresponding with a correct use position of the support leg; and the method further comprising: displaying one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the first indication area in the first indicating window to display a correct or incorrect use position of the rotatable base body; displaying one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the second indication area in the second indicating window to display the engaged state or disengaged state between the base and the seat body; and displaying one of the first indication portion and the second indication portion of the third indication area in the third indicating window to display a correct or incorrect use position of the support leg.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] To illustrate the technical solutions according to the embodiments of the present invention or in the prior art more clearly, the accompanying drawings for describing the embodiments or the prior art are introduced briefly in the following. Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and persons of ordinary skill in the art can derive other drawings from the accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
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[0023] Embodiments of the invention are described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. The various embodiments of the invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Elements that are identified using the same or similar reference characters refer to the same or similar elements.
[0024] Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.
[0025] The above and other objects and features of the present invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments with reference to the following figures, wherein like reference numerals refer to like parts throughout the various figures unless otherwise specified. As shown in
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[0027] The base 10 includes a seat body support 11, and a rotatable base body 12 rotatably connected to the seat body support 11. The seat body 20 is installed on the rotatable base body 12. The rotation of the rotatable base body 12 allows the seat body 20 to be in a forward, a reverse, or any other use positions. As shown in
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[0031] More specifically, each of the indicating members 411, 421, 431 has a first indicating area and a second indicating area that can be selectively aligned with the indicating window 441, 442, 443, respectively. By displaying the first indicating area or the second indicating area in the indicating window 441, 442, 443, different states of the first indicating mechanism 41, the second indicating mechanism 42, and the third indicating mechanism 43 may be shown.
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[0034] The first indicating member 411 has a first position and a second position. When the first indicating member 411 is in the first position, the first indicating area 4111 (red) of the first indicating member 411 is aligned with the first indicating window 441. Meanwhile, the seat body 20 is in an incorrect use position, that is, the base 10 is in an incorrect use position. When the seat body 20 rotates to the correct use position, the rotatable base body 12 may activate the trigger 412, which drives the first indicating member 411 to slide from the first position to the second position. Meanwhile, the second indicating area 4112 (green) on the first indicating member 411 is aligned with the first indicating window 441.
[0035] Furthermore, the first indicating mechanism 41 also includes a reset member 413. The reset member 413 abuts against the first indicating member 411, such that the first indicating member 411 always has a tendency to move towards the first position.
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[0039] More specifically, the pivot end 411c further has a positioning portion 411d, and one end of the reset member 413 abuts against the positioning portion 411d so as to position the positioning portion 411d. The positioning portion 411d may be a protrusion, a groove, or any other structure, which is not specifically limited. As shown in
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[0042] Correspondingly, the third indicating mechanism 43 has a third indicating member 431. The third indicating member 431 is connected to the support leg 30 and has a first indicating area and a second indicating area that may be aligned with the third indicating window 443 selectively. The arrangement of the indicating areas on the third indicating member 431 is the same as that of the first indicating member 411, and will not be described repeatedly herein. When the support leg 30 is not supported on the floor of the vehicle, the first indicating area (i.e. the red area) of the third indicating member 431 is aligned with the third indicating window 443. When the support leg 30 is supported on the floor of the vehicle, the support leg 30 acts on the third indicating member 431, such that the second indicating area (i.e. the green area) is aligned with the third indicating window 443, indicating that the support leg 30 is supported in place.
[0043] The work principle of the safety indicator 40 of the child safety seat 1 will be described with reference to
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[0045] During use, the seat body 20 may be used in a forward or reverse direction, that is, the rotation of the rotatable base body 12 drives the seat body 20 to rotate, thus adjusting the position of the seat body 20. When the seat body 20 rotates to the forward or the reverse use position, the protrusion 121 on the rotatable base body 12 presses the abutting end 4121 of the trigger 412, and forces the trigger 412 to rotate, thus driving the first indicating member 411 to slide along the direction indicated by the arrow F shown in
[0046] Correspondingly, when the support leg 30 rotates to be supported on the floor of the vehicle, the support leg 30 abuts against the floor and drives the third indicating member 431 to move, such that the second indicating area (green area) of the third indicating member 431 is aligned with the third indicating window 443, as shown in
[0047] According to the above description, since the first indicating window 441, the second indicating window 442, and the third indicating window 443 are concentratedly provided on the top of the pivot seat 13 arranged at the front end of base 10, it is convenient for users to monitor various states of the child safety seat 1 during installing or use of the child safety seat 1.
[0048] In summary, according to the safety indicator 40 of this embodiment, since the first indicating mechanism 41 and the display mechanism 44 are provided, the use position of the base 10 may be indicated by the indicating area of the first indicating mechanism 41, thus making it convenient for the user to monitor whether the seat body 20 is in the correct use position during installing and use, thereby ensuring a correct use of the child safety seat 1, and improving safety of driving. The safety indicator 40 further has the second indicating mechanism 42 and the third indicating mechanism 43. The display mechanism 44 is located at the front end of the base 10, and the display mechanism 44 has a plurality of indicating windows, which are configured to display different indicating areas of the first indicating mechanism 41, the second indicating mechanism 42, and the third indicating mechanism 43, therefore the use position of the base 10, the engagement state between the base 10 and the seat body 20, and the use state of the support leg 30 are concentratedly displayed, thereby making it convenient to monitor all states during the installing and use of the child safety seat 1, helping to find problems and ensuring the safety of the child safety seat 1, and further improving the safety of driving. Moreover, the safety indicator 40 has a simple structure.
[0049] Correspondingly, the child safety seat 1 provided with the above safety indicator 40 also has the same benefits.
[0050] The structures of other parts of the child safety seat 1 are all well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, and will not be described in detail herein.
[0051] Although the respective embodiments have been described one by one, it shall be appreciated that the respective embodiments will not be isolated. Those skilled in the art can apparently appreciate upon reading the disclosure of this application that the respective technical features involved in the respective embodiments can be combined arbitrarily between the respective embodiments as long as they have no collision with each other. Of course, the respective technical features mentioned in the same embodiment can also be combined arbitrarily as long as they have no collision with each other.
[0052] While the disclosed subject matter has been described with reference to illustrative embodiments, this description is not intended to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the illustrative embodiments, as well as other embodiments of the subject matter, which are apparent to persons skilled in the art to which the disclosed subject matter pertains are deemed to lie within the scope of the disclosed subject matter.