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Vehicle
Top Tether Anchor
Points
Vehicle
Lower Anchor
Points
Vehicle
Seat Crease
Typical seat in a
passenger vehicle.
Other vehicle types
may have different
LATCH
locations.
United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety
Standards have defined a new system for
installing car seats in vehicles. The system
is called
LATCH
.
LATCH
stands for:
L
ower
A
nchorage and
T
ether for
CH
ildren.
LATCH
System for Vehicles:
LATCH
in the vehicle consists of a top tether
anchor point and two lower anchor points.
Some vehicle owner manuals use the term
ISOFIX
to identify the new car seat
anchorage system.
LATCH
can also be
used in vehicle seating positions
equipped with
ISOFIX
.
Newer vehicles may have one or more seating
positions equipped with
LATCH
anchor points.
If vehicle is equipped with
LATCH
, the vehicle
lower anchor points may be visible at the vehicle
seat crease. If not visible, they may be marked
with a symbol
(Fig. a)
or a colored dot.
See your
vehicle owner’s manual for exact locations,
anchor identification, and requirements for use
with a car seat.
Check vehicle owner’s manual for vehicle top
tether anchor locations. They may be identified
using one of the anchor symbols
(Fig. b
or
Fig. c)
.
(Fig. a)
(Fig. b)
(Fig. c)
WHAT IS
LATCH
?
