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Energy absorbing tether for child safety seatEnergy absorbing tether for child safety seat description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080012401, Energy absorbing tether for child safety seat. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates to child safety seats, and more particularly to an apparatus for mounting child safety seats in vehicles. [0002] Child safety seats typically include a tether which is used to anchor the upper portion of the seat to a motor vehicle. During a crash, this tether is placed under tension loads as the vehicle decelerates. These tethers are usually constructed of a material which exhibits stretch, and therefore provides some energy absorption. However, their mounting is typically rigid and therefore absorption is limited to the stretch available in the free length of the tether. Accordingly, there is a need for a tether which offers increased energy absorption in the event of a crash. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0003] This need is met by the present invention, which provides, it is an object to provide a child safety seat tether that is adapted to slip through its mountings under crash loads. [0004] It is another object of the invention to provide a child safety seat tether that increases the length of tether material available to stretch under crash loads. [0005] It is another object of the invention to provide a child safety seat tether that increases the length of tether material available to stretch under crash loads. [0006] It is another object of the invention to provide a child safety seat tether that includes a convenient carrying handle. [0007] These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in the preferred embodiments disclosed below by providing a tether assembly for use with a child safety seat in a vehicle. The seat is of the type having a pair of spaced apart slots in a shell. The tether assembly includes a length of webbing for routing through the spaced apart slots in the shell and a first and second slides for disposition along the length of webbing to retain webbing in one of the spaced apart slots. An adjuster is connected to the length of webbing and a hook is for securing the seat in the vehicle. [0008] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the first and second slides are three bar slides. [0009] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the length of webbing is flexible. [0010] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the webbing is routed through the slides to permit slippage. [0011] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the portion of the length of webbing forming the handle is folded over and stitched together. [0012] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, movement of the slides is limited by the shell. [0013] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, stitching is included for frangibly connecting the length of webbing to itself on the back side of the shell. [0014] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the slides are larger than the slots. [0015] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, a tether assembly for use with a child safety seat of the type having a pair of spaced apart slots in a shell includes a first length of webbing for routing through an adjuster and a second length of webbing fixed to the adjuster. A first slide is for disposition along the first length of webbing to retain webbing of the first length in one of the spaced apart slots and a second slide for disposition along the second length of webbing to retain webbing of the second length in the other of the spaced apart slots. [0016] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the assembly includes a hook having an opening for receiving one of the lengths of webbing. [0017] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the seat is for use in a vehicle and the hook is for securing the seat to the vehicle. [0018] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the first and second slides are three bar slides. [0019] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the lengths of webbing are routed through the slides to permit slippage. [0020] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the slides are larger than the slots. [0021] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, the assembly includes stitching for frangibly coupling portions of the length of webbing together on a back side of the shell. [0022] According to another preferred embodiment of the invention, a tether assembly for use with a child safety seat of the type having a pair of spaced apart slots in a shell includes a first length of webbing for routing through an adjuster and a second length of webbing fixed to the adjuster. A first slide is for disposition along the first length of webbing on a front side of the shell to retain webbing of the first length in one of the spaced apart slots and a second slide is for disposition along the second length of webbing on a front side of the shell to retain webbing of the second length in the other of the spaced apart slots. The assembly further includes stitching for permanently coupling portions of the first length together to retain the first slide on the front side of the shell and stitching for permanently coupling portions of the second length together to retain the second slide on the front side of the shell. 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