Baby Car Seats Safety - Frequently Asked Questions

2011年9月8日 星期四

Baby car seat glossary Guide


A seat for your child can buy the uninitiated parent technical appear at best. Is there a dozen terms designer and retail use, to describe car seats, their various accessories and features. Below you will find some useful tips for sorting through the riff raff and decide which functions and accessories that you really need for your car.

Important terms

Here are some important terms you familiar with should make before shopping for your child the first car.

LATCH - this stands for lower anchors ' and tethers for children. Now what the hell is, that you questions? Most of the vehicles built after 2002 have standard hardware in the seats, which contribute to car more easily associate the car. A safety harness to attach the car replaced a LATCH System in your car. The latch system is beneficial, because it makes not only a car easy to install, but it prevents slipping out of place in the course of time also. Do not worry you, if your car has a LATCH System. Almost every car seat with the strap you can install only. Some modern car seats, built after 2002 are specially designed for locking systems, but still can you with a standard belt as well as.

Convertible Car Seat - This is a seat that can include a child back in a position or an older child in an overlooking position. Some convertible seats also serve as a booster, when your child is almost old enough to drive with standard safety belt.

With a view to the rear - rear facing to only car seats that the back instead of the front points, your vehicle to face. A car seat must go to the rear all children of less than one year old and under 20 pounds. All children are back in, that is, they want to sit on the back of your car. Convertible car seats can rear facing or forward facing.

With a view to the future - us only car seats for children over 1 year up to about 3 or 4 years old. Convertible car seats provide an option for forward run, if your child is old enough, get out of the back before the position is.

High chairs - most children are not large enough, to a standard seat belt use, until about 80 pounds. Your child may be 5 or more before they can sit safely in a car with an adult seat. Helps a child seat to sit your child in the car and a standard safe to use seat belts until they are large enough, do without one. You can buy a separate seat or a convertible car seat that changes on a booster seat.

5-Point harness - a 5-point harness is a seatbelt restraint, which touches the base of the car in five places. The belt has two points located on your child's shoulders, one on each of your child's hips and between your child's legs. This belt is one of the safest.

3-Point harness - a 3-point harness contains safety belts that come over the head of the child and then snap into position.

T shield - This is the wiring harness, a form that looks like a "T" that drive snapshot of your babies in position. Hence the name looks a little like a shield.

Base - This is the part of a baby carrier that attaches to your car. You can align the infant carrier or car in position when the base is safe, and separate your infant carriers, baby out of the car to your destination to transport you. Some parents prefer to buy several bases for two or more cars, so they have the whole car seat to take out, when to switch cars.

Angle or level indicator - This is a feature at the most rear connected or convertible car seats, with the, you know whether it is the seat properly aligned.

Harness - this points only on the strap or belt used, attached to your baby safe in the car seat. Some dishes are to prevent with covers, chaffing of your baby's sensitive skin.

Leveler - This is a device, such as a noodle which help sweeping or leaning too far in one direction or the other can prevent a car seat.

Belt line -these are the anchors to hold securely in place on your car and the car seat for your child seat.




Ant Arthur is a successful freelance writer with 10 years experience for consumers with informative articles on topics such as Baby Carriers, baby slings , and car seats




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