	US 7,461,893 B2
	Latching means for a safety seat
Wieslaw Maciejczyk, Victoria (Australia)
Assigned to Britax Childcare Pty Ltd, Victoria (Australia)
Appl. No. 11/569,724 PCT Filed Jun. 08, 2005, PCT No. PCT/AU2005/000811 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 28, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/120886, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 22, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2004903093 (AU), filed on Jun. 09, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0210632 A1, Sep. 13, 2007
Int. Cl. B60N 2/42 (2006.01); A47D 1/10 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 297—216.11 [297/256.16]

9 Claims

1. An infant restraint for a motor vehicle comprising;

(a) a base adapted to be located on and secured to a seat of the motor vehicle;

(b) an infant seat releasably attachable to the base;

(c) a hook secured between the base and the infant seat that operatively engages the infant seat, the hook having at least one upstanding L-shaped post having a planar flange extending towards the rear of the motor vehicle when the infant restraint is mounted therein; and

(d) an aperture in the infant seat adapted to locate over the hook, the aperture having an edge adapted to be engaged by the hook to hold the infant seat in its attached condition with respect to the base when the vehicle is abruptly slowed or stopped.