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Ch-ch-ch-changes
 This is a TEST
• What is the upper weight limit of CRS
to be approved under FMVSS 213?
A. 35
B. 40
C. 65
D. 80
• Never use a carrying handle in the
upright position when using an infant
seat in the vehicle.

A.TRUE
B.FALSE
 True or False

• Fisher Price stopped making safety

seats in 2001.
• Fisher Price is currently making safety
seats.
• Fisher Price is currently selling safety
seats.
• You are required to use the top
harness slots in all convertible seats
when using it forward facing.

A.TRUE
B.FALSE
• Orbit is the name of a car seat
A.TRUE
B.FALSE

• Keyfit is the name of a car seat

A.TRUE
B.FALSE

• CR 56A is the name of a car seat

A.TRUE
B.FALSE
• Which of the following seats has a
harness weight limit of 80 pounds?

A. Sunshine Kids Radian 80

B. Britax Marathon
C. Britax Regent
D. A, B and C
E. A and C
 FMVSS Changes
• Effective August 1, 2005
• Performance standards for CR up to 65
pounds
• New test requirements
– Bench seat with more sloped cushion (15°)
– More reclined seat back (20 °)
– Crash pulse changes to allow test speeds
closer to 30 MPH
 FMVSS Changes
• New test dummies
• 12 month CRABI
• 3 year old Hybrid III (34 pounds)
• Weighted 6 year old for 50-65 pound
restraint testing until new 10 year old
dummy is available.
– Additional weight is added to the 6 yr old
 New seats. New Rules.
• New manufacturers

• Innovative belt paths

• Upper weight limits

• Carrying handle positions

• Harness slots
 Recognize these names?
• Chicco Just because
• Orbit you don’t
• Recaro recognize the
name, doesn’t
• Sunshine Kids
mean they
• Team Tex aren’t safe
• Triple Play seats.
• Safeguard
 IO RF lower weight limits
•From “Birth”
• Combi Connection
• Peg Perego Primo
Viaggio
• Orbit Infant system
• Four pounds up to ….

• Chicco Key Fit

• Britax Companion
• Britax Baby Safe
• Compass 1400 LP
• Fisher Price Safe
Voyage
 ALERT!
Graco SnugRide and Comfort
Sport now rated at 5 pound
minimum weight
 RF Upper weight limits
• Read labels
• Britax:
• Boulevard/Decathlon/
Marathon
• Sunshine Kids
Radian
• Fisher Price Safe
Voyage-EX
 Compass: I400 LP
• 4 – 22 pounds
• Up to 30” in height
• Lock off
• Must use with base
• Shoulder belt positions
adjust without
unthreading and
rethreading the harness
• www.compassbaby.com
 Combi Connection
Unusual belt path
• Starting on side of base where lap belt is
attached to vehicle, route belt up over outside of
blue belt guide, into belt slot, down the outside
of the base and across the bottom of the base to
the opposite side (fig. c).
• On opposite side of car seat, thread vehicle lap
belt up between base and blue belt guide and
place lap belt into belt slot on blue belt guide
and down over outside of blue belt guide (fig. d).
• Buckle belt and check that vehicle lap belt is not
twisted and lays flat across bottom of base.

NOTE: When installing with a lap and shoulder

belt, route only the lap belt through the base,
DO NOT route the shoulder belt through base.
 Combi Connection
When using vehicle lap and
shoulder belts, shoulder belt may
be used for additional support.
Place shoulder belt around back of
Combi Connection™ (fig. e) and
through the vehicle shoulder belt
guide on back of car seat shell (fig.
f).
If shoulder belt is too short to go
around back of Combi
Connection™, position shoulder
belt against vehicle seat
back (fig. g).
Do not route shoulder belt through
lap belt guides on either side of
car seat.
 Orbit Car Seat
Birth to 22 pounds
Up to 29 inches
Ballistic nylon
Base will fit future
convertible seat
 Carrying Handle
Graco: SnugRide and SafeSeat
 Britax: Companion

• Anti-rebound bar
• Built-in lock offs
• RF 4 – 22 pounds
• 30” height limit

• Britax
• www.britaxusa.com
Sunshine Kids: Radian 65/Radian 80
• Folds flat
• Steel alloy frame
• 5 shoulder strap
positions
• 3 buckle slots
• RF 5 – 33 pounds
• FF to 65 or 80 pounds,
depending on seat

• Sunshine Kids
• www.skjp.com
 Tripleplay: Sit-n-Stroll
• RF to 30 pounds

• FF 20 - 40 pounds
 Dorel-Apex 65/Alpha Elite
• 2 position recline
• FF harness 22-65
pounds
• BPB 40-100 pounds
• 57” height limit
• 4 harness slots

• Safety First
• www.safety1st.com
 Britax Regent
• Forward-facing
only
• 22 – 80 pounds
• 53 inches or less
• Tether use
required over 50
pounds
• Lower anchors
cannot be used
over 48 pounds
 Graco: Toddler SafeSeat
• 20 to 40 lbs
• 43” height limit
• Reclines while
installed in vehicle

• Graco
• www.gracobaby.com
Recaro: Young Sport
 Belt Path: Recaro Young Sport
• Innovative belt path
• 20 - 40 pounds with
harness
• 30 - 80 pounds as belt
positioning booster seat

• Recaro
• www.recaro-nao.com
Shoulder belt path

Lap belt path

Forward Facing Weight Limits
• Carefully read labels
• Parents often mistake total weight for harness weight
• Some examples:
– Britax Boulevard: 5-33 pounds RF, 20-65 pounds FF
– Britax Decathlon: 5-33 pounds RF, 20-65 pounds FF
– Britax Marathon: 5-33 pounds RF, 20-65 pounds FF
– Britax Regent: 22-80 pounds, tethered
– E-Z-On 86Y Harness: 66-168 pounds, tethered
– E-Z-On Kid Y Harness (with Ride Ryte): 30-80 pounds, tethered
– E-Z-On Vest: 20-168 pounds, tethered
– Fisher Price Safe Voyage Deluxe: 5-33 pounds RF; 20-55 pounds FF
– RideSafer Travel Vest (small): 35-60 pounds, tethered
– RideSafer Travel Vest (large): 50-60/80 pounds (dep on model)
– SafeGuard Child Seat: 22-65 pounds
– SafeGuard Go: 30-60 pounds, tethered, 40-60 pounds as BPB
– Safety 1st Apex 65: 20-65 pounds, 40-100 pounds as BPB
– Sunshine Kids Radian 65 5-33 pounds RF, 22-65 pounds FF
– Sunshine Kids Radian 80 5-33 pounds RF, 22-80 pounds FF
 Bases Loaded
• Dream ride may now only be
used as a car bed (May 2005)

• Evenflo Embrace 5 infant

seat
– Must be used with a base

• Orbit Infant Seat

– Rotating base with
rebound plate and front-
knob for adjustment

• Peg Perego Primo Viaggio

infant seat
– Now can be installed with
or without base

• Compass I400LP
– Must be used with base
 Special needs
• The Britax HIPPO
Car Seat is
specifically
designed for
transporting
children in Hip Spica
Casts, Broomstick
Casts and Ilfeld
splints
 Special needs
• Traveler Plus from Britax.
 SafeGuard: Go
• Must use tether
• With harness • As BPB
– 30 - 60 pounds – 40 - 100 pounds
– 34 - 52” height limit – 43 - 57” height limits
 Ride Safer Travel Vest
• Use with lap belt and tether
• Use with lap-shoulder belt
• 35 – 60 pounds (sm)
• 50 – 80 pounds (lg)
• Force absorbing clips
 Integrated Seats

SafeGuard School Bus Seat

Diamler Chrysler
Ford Integrated Seat
 EZ On Vests
• Heavy duty tether
• Good for lap-only belts
• Behavioral or health-related needs for
additional upper body protection
• Adjustable 103Z Vest
– 20 - 168 pounds

• 86Y Harness
• 66 – 168 pounds Vest

Y-Harness
IMMI SafeGuard Seat

• Forward
Facing Only
• 22 - 65 pounds
• 57 inches
Aftermarket products
 Aftermarket Products

• By Graco

• For Graco seats

 Aftermarket products
• Baby Quiet Sounds
Back Seat Monitor
 Resources
• Field trip! Check out the latest models in
person

• Manufacturer web sites

• Manufacturer customer service

– Many have techs on staff who speak your
language
Resources, continued
• LATCH Manual
– www.SafeRideNews.com
– 2007 version due this Spring

• Child Restraint Manufacturers

Instructions (CRMI)
– www.carseat.org

• Fellow techs  think critically

When in doubt, check it out!
What’s down the road?
Ford Reflex
Concept Car