The seat gives you an extra height that will aid you in making
the seat belt fit securely and most importantly, safely.
They may interfere with proper
seat belt fit by causing the lap belt to ride too high on the stomach or making the shoulder belt too loose.
Both KeyFit car seats have earned a Recommended mark from Consumer Reports and both are rated # 1 in each class for crash protection, ease of use, and for both LATCH and
seat belt fit.
They may actually interfere with proper
seat belt fit by causing the lap belt to ride too high on the stomach or making the shoulder belt too loose.
Once your toddler is at least four years old and weighs at least 40 pounds, a belt - positioning booster seat will help the vehicle
seat belt fit better.
A booster seat can elevate the child to the height of an adult, thus making
the seat belt fit him / her perfectly.
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.
Or you can take the back off once they hit 40 pounds and have them only elevated so that the vehicle
seat belt fits properly across their shoulder and waist.
A child should only move to this last phase when
a seat belt fits him or her properly.
However, their purpose is to lift the child so that
the seat belt fits a smaller body properly.
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.
Remember that kids should stay in a booster seat until they are 4» 9» tall (about 8 to 12 years old) and
seat belts fit correctly
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.
Their main function is to boost the child's height so
the seat belt fits 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.»
Eventually, kids move on to a booster seat, which lifts them so that the vehicle's
seat belt fits 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 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).
These seats help raise children so that
their seat belt fits them correctly.
High - back booster seats help boost a child up in your vehicle's seats so that
the seat belt fits them properly.
But your child should keep using a booster seat until adult
seat belts fit properly.
Car seats are meant to protect the child in the event of an accident as some provide a protective shell and others raise the child up so
the seat belt fits them properly.
The EvenFlo Maestro has an auto adjusting belt path to ensure your vehicle's
seat belts fit your child properly.
It is required by law to use a booster seat until the adult
seat belt fits properly.
The seat provides two shoulder belt guide options to ensure
the seat belt fits your child properly.
Try the booster in your vehicle to insure it fits well, and
the seat belt fits well over your child: lapbelt should fit low over the hips or upper thighs, and never over the belly, and the shoulder belt should sit flat in the center of the shoulder, not falling off the shoulder edge, or cutting into the neck.
Children are usually between 8 and 12 years old when
the seat belt fits them properly.
Either the Isofix or
seat belt fittings can be used.
These seats help raise a child up so that
the seat belt fits properly.
That's why at Consumer Reports, we evaluate the structural integrity of booster car seats in our simulated crash tests and how
the seat belt fits on a test dummy representing an average - sized 6 - year - old.
«The key is to make sure
the seat belt fits your child securely at the right places,» says NHTSA administrator David Strickland.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention («CDC») recommends using age - and size - appropriate child restraints (including child safety seats and booster seats) in the back seat until adult
seat belts fit properly (i.e., when the lap belt lays across the upper thighs, not the stomach; and the shoulder belt lays across the shoulder and chest, not the neck or face), which normally occurs after a child is at least age 8 years or ≥ 57 inches (145 cm) tall.
Tweens: Children should use boosters until adult
seat belts fit properly.
In addition, the extensive standard safety equipment including front and side airbags, side head airbags for both the front and the rear passengers, three - point automatic
seat belts fitted to all seats, belt force limiters and belt tensioners in the front and ISOFIX child seat mountings in the rear provides both the driver and his passengers with extensive protection from injury, no matter what size they may be, or their seating position.
Not exact matches
The cabs are new and
fitted with proper rear
belts to install the car
seat — no anchor for the tether strap, though.
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.
With a
seat belt, you can use the built - in lock - offs to maintain a tight
fit.
One problem is that
seat belts designed to
fit adult bodies don't hold children securely.
This reduces the risk of an incorrectly
fitted car
seat with the car's own
seat belt.
Kids should use a booster
seat until the car's lap - and - shoulder
belt fits properly, which is typically when they've reached 4 feet 9 inches in height and are between 8 and 12 years old.
You will need to pull tightly on the
seat belt to remove any slack and so that the car
seat has a snug
fit against the
seat of the car.
The simplicity is easy to
fit using vehicle
seat belts.
Booster
seats boost your child up, providing a higher sitting height, which allows the adult lap and shoulder
belt to
fit properly.
The Joie Bold car
seat comes with 9 position ISOSAFE connectors, a top tether and a
belt fit design which helps to
fit this Joie car
seat is firmly into place.
The base of one of the most popular infant car
seats, the Chicco Key
Fit 30, has built - in lock - offs that are just plastic clips under the upper frame of the
belt path.
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.
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.
The Emeibaby Teething Pads should also comfortably
fit most car
seat belts or stroller
seat belts too.