Infant car seat anchoring assembly with retractable foot

Inventor: Bruce L. Williams (Narvon, PA)

Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG

B60N2/2887 B60N2/2827 B60N2/2845 B60N2/2863

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Patent No.: US 12679257
App. No.: 18/262,681
Granted: Jul 14, 2026
Kind: B2

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Abstract

In one example, an infant car seat has a car seat body, a first anchor, a second anchor, and a foot. The car seat body defines a seating surface. Each of the first and second anchors releasably locks to an anchor of a vehicle seat, is coupled to the car seat body, and is configured to move relative to the car seat body between a retracted position and an extended position. The foot is coupled to the car seat body such that movement of one or both of the first and second anchors between the retracted position and the extended position causes the foot to move relative to 1) the car seat body and 2) one or both of the first and second anchors between a stowed position and a deployed position, where the foot is positioned to engage a seat pan of the vehicle seat in the deployed position.

Claims (17)

1 . An infant car seat, comprising:

a car seat body that defines a seating surface for a child;

a first car seat anchor and a second car seat anchor, each being configured to releasably lock to an anchor of the vehicle seat, each being coupled to the car seat body, and each being configured to move relative to the car seat body between a retracted position and at least one extended position; and

at least one foot coupled to the car seat body such that movement of one or both of the first and second car seat anchors between the retracted position and the at least one extended position causes the at least one foot to move relative to the car seat body, and causes one or both of the first and second car seat anchors to move between a stowed position and at least one deployed position, wherein the at least one foot is positioned to engage a seat pan of the vehicle seat in the at least one deployed position.

2 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein the infant car seat is configured such that movement of one or both of the first and second car seat anchors causes a movement of the at least one foot that is different from a movement of one or both of the first and second car seat anchors.

3 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein:

the car seat body defines a recess therein that extends into one or both of a lower end and a front end of the car seat body;

the at least one foot is configured to be received in the recess when the at least one foot is in the stowed position; and

each of the first and second car seat anchors are disposed outwardly from the recess when the first and second car seat anchors are in the retracted position.

4 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein the first and second car seat anchors are spaced from one another so as to define a space therebetween, and the at least one foot is configured to translate within the space relative to the first and second car seat anchors.

5 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein the infant car seat is configured such that, when one or both of the first and second car seat anchors moves to a first one of the at least one extended position, the at least one foot moves a first distance, and when the one or both of the first and second car seat anchors moves from the first one of the at least one extended position to a second one of the at least one extended position, the at least one foot moves a second distance, less than the first distance, or does not move at all.

6 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein the infant car seat is configured such that one or both of the first and second car seat anchors moves a first distance from a first position to a second position, thereby causing the at least one foot to move a second distance, less than the first distance.

7 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , wherein the at least one retractable foot is configured to rotate in a direction that is opposite from a direction in which at least one of the first and second car seat anchors rotate.

8 . The infant car seat of claim 1 , further including at least one shaft that couples one or both of the first and the second car seat anchors to the car seat body; and

a pair of gears having a driver gear rotationally fixed to the at least one shaft; and

a driven gear that engages the driver gear and that is rotationally fixed to the at least one foot, wherein movement of one or both of the first and second car seat anchors between the retracted and extended positions causes the driver gear to drive the driven gear so as to move the at least one foot between the stowed position and the at least one deployed position.

9 . The infant car seat of claim 8 , wherein the driven gear has a larger diameter than the driver gear.