The EvenFlo Maestro has an auto adjusting belt path to ensure your vehicle's seat
belts fit your child properly.
The seat provides two shoulder belt guide options to ensure the seat
belt fits your child properly.
«The key is to make sure the seat
belt fits your child securely at the right places,» says NHTSA administrator David Strickland.
Boosters earn a rating of BEST BET, GOOD BET, Check Fit or Not Recommended, based on a protocol that involves measuring how three - point lap and shoulder
belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture.
Boosters are supposed to make adult
belts fit children better and are for kids who have outgrown their forward - facing restraints.
Boosters earn a rating of BEST BET, GOOD BET, Check Fit or Not Recommended, based on a protocol that involves measuring how three - point lap and shoulder
belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture under four conditions that span the range of safety belt configurations in passenger vehicles.
The ratings are based on evaluations of how three - point lap and shoulder
belts fit a child - size test dummy seated in the booster on a stationary test fixture.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, young and small
children will probably have absolutely no benefit from using a regular seat
belt rather than a car seat, and might even be exposing themselves to further injury due to an ill -
fitting seat
belt.
Rosemary Mason: So once
children out - grow their forward - facing seats, usually around 4 years or 40 pounds, they should ride in the booster seats in the back seats until the vehicle seat
belts fit properly.
All
children whose weight or height exceeds the forward - facing limit for their car seat should use a
belt - positioning booster seat until the vehicle seat
belt fits properly, typically when they have reached 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 through 12 years of age.
One problem is that seat
belts designed to
fit adult bodies don't hold
children securely.
Baby Carrier One is equipped with a sturdy waist
belt and padded, form -
fitting shoulder straps to make it comfortable for carrying a growing
child from newborn up to the age of three years.
Booster seats boost your
child up, providing a higher sitting height, which allows the adult lap and shoulder
belt to
fit properly.
Provides the
child a higher sitting height, which allows the adult lap and shoulder
belt to
fit properly.
A
child should only move to this last phase when a seat
belt fits him or her properly.
A properly
fitted booster seat will lift your
child up so that the shoulder and lap
belts fit properly.
If you are ever in an accident — or even just stop extremely quickly, an improperly
fitting seat
belt can injure your
child more than the injury they would have prevented.
However, their purpose is to lift the
child so that the seat
belt fits a smaller body properly.
Thus, to avoid chances of injuries, keep the
child in a booster seat until he / she becomes 8 years old and can
fit properly into the car's safety
belts.
A booster seat can elevate the
child to the height of an adult, thus making the seat
belt fit him / her perfectly.
When your
child does become too big for the car seat, then you must buy a booster seat for him / her because even though he / she has outgrown the car seat, he / she is still too small to properly
fit into the safety
belts of the car.
The reason given is that
child safety car seats do not
fit into all aeroplane seats and that they may in most case only be fastened with a lap
belt.
The magnetic
belt system, keeps the harness to the side of the seat, allowing you to easily put your
child in the seat and
fit the harness in place.
If you answered «no» to any of these questions, your
child needs a booster seat to make both the shoulder
belt and the lap
belt fit right for the best crash protection.
Once your
child meets the height and weight limits of the seat, you can then use your combination seat as a booster seat until your older
child is 57 inches tall seat
belts fit well.
Keep your
child who has outgrown his forward - facing car seat in a
belt - positioning booster seat until they are big enough to
fit in regular seat
belts.
To make it even easier, remember that seat
belts don't
fit properly until the lap
belt lays across your
child's upper thighs (not his stomach) and the shoulder
belt fits across his chest (not his neck).
Unlike a car seat, which actually straps your
child in with harness straps, a booster seat simply raises or «boosts» your
child up so that the car's regular seat
belts fit better.
If a lap / shoulder
belt is not available for a
child who weighs more than 40 pounds, a properly
fitted lap
belt may be used, since booster seats should not be used with lap - only seat
belts.
2 Nevada law states that
children must ride in appropriate
child restraints until 6 years of age and 60 lbs.; however,
children won't
fit the vehicle seat
belt correctly to not suffer injury in a crash until the above 5 - step test is passed, which happens around ages 9 - 11.
seat
belt should
fit child properly in booster: shoulder
belt squarely over shoulder or slightly closer to neck, lap
belt low and touching top of thighs
Booster seats help you lift the
child higher to
fit in the car's seat
belts as opposed to the safety seat straps.
The Tour Exclusive will always have the right
fit for your
child because of the patented safety
belt system and foot rests that easily adjust in length.
Their main function is to boost the
child's height so the seat
belt fits properly.
These seats lift your
child so that the vehicle lap and shoulder
belts fit properly.
For larger
children, a forward - facing seat with a harness is safer than a booster, and a
belt - positioning booster seat provides better protection than a seat
belt alone until the seat
belt fits correctly.»
This portable seat can
fit any size shopping card and also has a safety
belt attached inside to make sure that your
children are secure.
Designed for an ergonomic
fit that distributes weight to the shoulders, waist and back, these carriers combine a shaped body panel with straps,
belts and buckles to simplify the process of putting this carrier on and adjusting it to
fit you and your
child.
For younger or small - framed
children, many backless models don't come with seat -
belt positioning guides, so it may be difficult to get a proper
fit with a backless model.
For small - framed
children, this may ensure a better
fit for the seat
belt than a backless booster would.
Keep your
child in a booster seat until he or she is big enough to
fit in a seat
belt properly.
Children should stay in a booster seat until adult seat belts fit correctly, typically when children reach about 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 through 12 years
Children should stay in a booster seat until adult seat
belts fit correctly, typically when
children reach about 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 through 12 years
children reach about 4 feet 9 inches in height and are 8 through 12 years of age.
A
child who has outgrown her car safety seat with a harness (she has reached the top weight or height allowed for her seat, her shoulders are above the top harness slots, or her ears have reached the top of the seat) should ride in a
belt - positioning booster seat until the vehicle's seat
belt fits properly (usually when the
child reaches about 4» 9» in height and is between 8 to 12 years of age).
Most
children will not
fit in a seat
belt alone until 10 to 11 years of age.
CR recommends boosters with a highback mode for everyday use because they typically provide better shoulder
belt fit, some side - impact protection, and a more comfortable place for
children to rest their head.
Each person will be fined as from April 2015 if your
child is not
fitted and
belted into a car seat that is suitable for him / her, The amount of the fine has not yet been disclosed.
These seats help raise
children so that their seat
belt fits them correctly.
The
child can stop using the booster seat once he reaches the required height and can
fit into a seat
belt without needing a booster seat.
The key to any booster car seat working effectively is
belt fit: making sure the lap
belt fits across the
child's hip... and the shoulder
belt fits across the center of the shoulder (not too low or high on the neck).
-- Learn when to transition your
child out of the booster seat to a seat
belt and find out how it should properly
fit.