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Locking Clip
Locking Latch Plate
Emergency Locking
Retractor with a
Sliding Latch Plate
4.
Check the Latch Plates
Latch plates are the part of
the seat belt that goes into the
buckle.
Hold the lap belt with one hand
and with your other hand grasp the
tongue of the latch plate (the part
that goes inside the buckle). Pull
the latch plate straight out in line
with the lap belt.
If the latch plate does not slide up
and down the vehicle belt, it is a
locking latch plate
.
If the latch plate slides up and
down the vehicle belt, it is a
sliding
latch plate
.
Sliding latch plates easily slip
between the lap and shoulder
portions of the belt.
If you have an Emergency Lock-
ing Retractor with a Sliding Latch
Plate, you
MUST
use a locking clip
to install the child restraint. See
pages 20-21.
Emergency Locking Retractor Lap Only Belt
Infl atable Seat Belts
Never Use With This Child Restraint
You will rarely need to use a locking clip except in some older
vehicles. Built-in child restraint locking systems have been
required in vehicles since 1996, and many vehicles had these
features even earlier.
Review pages 17-19 and your vehicle owner’s manual to
determine if your vehicle belts require a locking clip.
If you need a locking clip immediately, they are likely available at
an auto dealership, an auto store, or where you purchased this
child restraint. You can also call us at 1-800-544-1108 for one.
A locking clip will not fix all types of seat belt problems. You
MUST have a lap and shoulder belt to use a locking clip.
You
do not need a locking clip when using this seat as a belt-
positioning booster.
For Forward Facing installation, follow pages 24-25 Warnings and
Steps 1-4 before starting locking clip installation.
1
Grasp both vehicle belts
together just behind the buckle
plate and unbuckle.
NOTE:
If the buckle plate ends
up behind the child restraint,
grasp the belts to the outside
of the child restraint, as close
to the buckle plate as possible.
2
Thread both portions of the
vehicle belt onto the locking
clip, as close to the buckle
plate as possible.