US Patent Issued to HTS Hans Torgersen & Sons on Nov. 23 for "Children's Safety Seat with Guide and Tension Device" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 7,837,264, issued on Nov. 23, was assigned to HTS Hans Torgersen & Sons AS (Kroderen, Norway).

"Children's Safety Seat with Guide and Tension Device" was invented by Willem Mees van der Bijl (Enschede, Netherlands), Rob Heinemeijer (Hengelo, Netherlands), Johannes Hendrikus Rikhof (Beuningen, Netherlands), Okke van Mourik (Utrecht, Netherlands), Henk Vertegaal (Hengelo, Netherlands) and Sander Weernink (Enschede, Netherlands).

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Children's safety seat comprises-a seat body comprising a sitting section and a back section, wherein the back section and the sitting section has an inner surface for the support of a child and an outer surface whereto a seat belt, is to be arranged, a base onto which the seat body is arranged, a carrying handle pivotally connected to the safety seat wherein the outer surface of the back section is provided with a guide for the seat belt, wherein the guide comprises at least a first guide portion providing for the seat belt to essentially follow the curvature of the outer surface of the back section, at least a second guide portion providing for the seat belt to be arranged angular to the outer surface of the back section.

The carrying handle is provided with at least one tension device preferably for the first portion of a seat belt wherein the carrying handle in a first position places the tension device in a position wherein access is provided for the seat belt to be attached to or released from the tension device, and wherein the carrying handle in a second position places the tension device in a position wherein the seat belt is tensioned by the tension devices a belt receiving structure for a seat belt which belt receiving structure is arranged between the base and the seat body and comprises a belt twisting portion, which seat belt is twisted by the belt twisting portion and arranged to be passing between the belt receiving structure and the seat body and between the belt receiving structure and the base."

The patent was filed on Oct. 11, 2005, under Application No. 11/246,161.

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