Device for Mounting a Child Seat in a Car and a Child Seat

Abstract

The invention concerns a device for mounting a child seat in a car comprising a frame with two frame tubes having at their ends attachment devices for connecting the frame to car mounted brackets and a slide movable along the frame tubes. The slide has a support surface for supporting the child seat and two or more hooks of which at least one is movable for coupling the child seat on the slide. According to the invention the support surface can support a first circular flange of the child seat and the hooks have a circular shape and/or are placed in a circle for gripping the first circular flange.

1 . A device for mounting a child seat in a car comprising a frame with two frame tubes having at their ends attachment devices for connecting the frame to car mounted brackets and a slide movable along the frame tubes, the slide having a support surface for supporting the child seat and two or more hooks of which at least one is movable for coupling the child seat on the slide characterized in that the support surface can support a first circular flange of the child seat and the hooks have a circular shape and/or are placed in a circle for gripping the first circular flange. 
   
   
       2 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the upper surface is parallel to the frame tubes and preferably immediately above their upper surface. 
   
   
       3 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the movable hooks have a first position whereby the child seat can be positioned on or removed from the support surface and a second position whereby the hooks can hold the first circular flange against the support surface, and a mechanism for positioning the movable hooks in the first position and the second position. 
   
   
       4 . The device in accordance with  claim 1 , whereby the hooks can grip the first circular flange with their outside circumference. 
   
   
       5 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby there are three or more hooks. 
   
   
       6 . The device in accordance with  claim 5  whereby the movable hooks can move in three or more radial directions. 
   
   
       7 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the movable hooks can slide along a linear guide between the first position and the second position. 
   
   
       8 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the slide has at the locations of the hooks one or more second flange parts so that in the second position the hooks grip both the first circular flange and a second flange part. 
   
   
       9 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the movable hooks have spring means for moving it to the first position and holding means for holding it in the second position. 
   
   
       10 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby a cam disc rotatable around a first axis and preferably placed in the centre of the hooks can move the movable hooks, the cam disc having cam surfaces, each of which presses against a side plane of the movable hook. 
   
   
       11 . The device in accordance with  claim 10  whereby the cam surfaces are shaped such that the spring means prevent rotation of the cam disc when the movable hooks are in the second position. 
   
   
       12 . The device in accordance with  claim 10  whereby the cam disc is rotated by a handle rotatable around a second axis and provided with means for coupling the rotation of the cam disc and the handle. 
   
   
       13 . The device in accordance with  claim 1  whereby the slide has a mounting position whereby it is located away from the attachment devices and is provided with blocking means for preventing the slide to move from the mounting position towards the attachment devices. 
   
   
       14 . The device in accordance with  claim 13  whereby the blocking means comprise pins that can extend from each frame tube. 
   
   
       15 . The device in accordance with  claim 14  whereby each pin is connected to a first sensor determining whether the attachment device is connected to the car mounted anchorage. 
   
   
       16 . The device in accordance with  claim 13 , whereby by the frame tubes are provided with notches and the slide with a catch for preventing the slide to move in the direction away from the attachment devices. 
   
   
       17 . The device in accordance with  claim 16  whereby the catch is connected to a second sensor for determining whether a child seat is placed on the support surface and/or the circular flange is fully positioned on the support surface. 
   
   
       18 . The device in accordance with  claim 13  whereby the frame tubes each have a button for disconnecting the attachment device from the car mounted bracket, which button is covered and/or deactivated by the slide when the slide is not in the mounting position. 
   
   
       19 . The device of  claim 1  further including a child seat mounted on said device whereby the child seat has a circular flange that can rest on the support surface and that can be gripped by the hooks. 
   
   
       20 . The device of  claim 19  whereby the circular flange has on its inner diameter a cylindrical surface that can rotate around the hooks.