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A child safety seat, sometimes called an infant safety seat, child restraint system, child seat, baby seat, car seat, or a booster seat, is a seat designed specifically to protect children from injury or death during vehicle collisions. Most commonly these seats are purchased and installed by car owners, but car manufacturers may integrate them ...
An older child can ride his own bike, or ride a one-wheel trailer bike with an integrated seat and handle bars. A "travel system" includes a car seat base, an infant car seat, and a baby stroller. The car seat base is installed in a car. The infant car seat snaps into the car seat base when traveling with a baby.
A "car seat" is just that. It is not ambiguous, it is incorrect if used to mean a child's car seat. The same goes for "restraint car seat" - odd that the editor didn't see that as ambiguous. And "infant safety seat" and "child safety seat" are not the same, as babies, infants, toddlers and children imply different age groups.
[6] An anti-submarine seat is a kind of seat that incorporates specially shaped panels in the forward edge of the seat cushion, reducing the tendency for the occupant to slide beneath the seatbelt in a severe frontal collision. [7] Anti-submarine seating is a safety feature that may be more important for the front seats than the rear seats. [8]
Car seat, a seat in an automobile; Cathedra, a seat for a bishop located in a cathedral; Chair, a seat with a back; Chaise longue, a soft chair with leg support; Couch, a long soft seat; Ejection seat, rescue seat in an aircraft; Folding seat; Hard seat; Infant car seat, for a small child in a car; Jump seat, auxiliary seat in a vehicle
Normal head circumference for a full-term infant is 33–36 cm at birth. [6] At birth, many regions of the newborn's skull have not yet been converted to bone, leaving "soft spots" known as fontanels. The two largest are the diamond-shaped anterior fontanel, located at the top front portion of the head, and the smaller triangular-shaped ...
A seat belt applies an opposing force to the driver and passengers to prevent them from falling out or making contact with the interior of the car (especially preventing contact with, or going through, the windshield). Seat belts are considered primary restraint systems (PRSs), because of their vital role in occupant safety.
The most common childbirth method worldwide is vaginal delivery. [6] It involves four stages of labour : the shortening and opening of the cervix during the first stage, descent and birth of the baby during the second, the delivery of the placenta during the third, and the recovery of the mother and infant during the fourth stage, which is ...