A child seat is constructed such that when the child seat is set facing the rear of the car on a car seat, the child seat is securely fixed on the seat. A handle surrounding the front of a sitting occupant is provided in a seat back portion of the child seat, and a tether extends from the handle. When the child seat is set on a car seat so that it faces the rear of the car, the tether is pulled toward the rear of the car. A hook on the tip portion of the tether is latched onto a tether anchor of the car behind the car seat, and the rear panel and the handle are joined.
1. A child seat comprising:
a seat section including a seat base portion for an occupant placed thereon, and a seat back portion rising from the seat base portion,
a handle attached to the seat section for surrounding a front of the occupant sitting on the seat section, and having at least one tether connection portion, and
a tether having at least one first portion attached to the at least one tether connection portion of the handle, a second portion adapted to be attached to a car member for joining the handle to the car member, and an adjuster for changing a length of the tether between the at least one first portion and the second portion so that when the seat section is set on the car seat to face rearwardly of a car, the tether joins the seat section and the car member.
2. A child seat according to claim 1 , wherein said handle includes two tether connection portions at two sides of the seat section, and said tether includes two first portions at longitudinal ends thereof, said two first portions being detachably attached to the tether connection portions of the handle.
3. A child seat according to claim 2 , wherein said first portion includes a hook portion for connecting the tether to the handle.
4. A child seat according to claim 3 , wherein said second portion includes a hook located on the tether between the two first portions.
5. A child seat according to claim 4 , wherein said at least one tether connection portion is a tether anchor attached to the handle.
6. A child seat according to claim 1 , wherein a latch member to be latched onto an anchor in the car is provided in a lower portion of the child seat.
7. A child seat according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one tether connection portion is located in a middle of the handle, and said first portion is a hook detachably attached to the at least one tether connection portion in the middle of the handle.
8. A child seat according to claim 7 , wherein said at least one tether connection portion is a tether anchor attached to the handle.
9. A child seat comprising:
a seat section including a seat base portion for an occupant placed thereon, and a seat back portion rising from the seat base portion,
a handle attached to the seat section for surrounding a front of the occupant sitting on the seat section, and
a tether attached to the handle for joining the handle to a car member formed at a rear of a car seat so that when the seat section is set on the car seat to face rearwardly of a car, the tether joins the seat section and the car member,
wherein said handle includes a tether connection portion for connecting the tether to the handle, said tether connection portion being attached to each of two sides of the seat section, together with the handle, and
wherein said tether connection portion includes a support axis to which the handle and the tether are attached, and a cover for partly covering the handle so that the tether extends between the handle and the cover.
10. A child seat comprising:
a seat section including a seat base portion for an occupant placed thereon, and a seat back portion rising from the seat base portion,
a handle attached to the seat section for surrounding a front of the occupant sitting on the seat section, and
a tether attached to the handle for joining the handle to a car member formed at a rear of a car seat so that when the seat section is set on the car seat to face rearwardly of a car, the tether joins the seat section and the car member,
wherein said handle includes a tether connection portion for connecting the tether to the handle, said tether connection portion being attached to each of two sides of the seat section, together with the handle, and
wherein said tether includes two anchor portions attached to the two sides of the seat section, respectively, and one anchor portion adapted to be attached to the car member.