Defrost
Moderator - CPSTI Emeritus
This was in use until last night. It belonged to a co-worker, and I traded her for one of my extra backless TBs. (We're going to do a full seat-check next week and hopefully get her son into something better than the TB, but I just HAD to get her child out of this one ASAP, and the TB was what I had available.)
Picture me walking into work past other parked vehicles, stopping dead in my tracks, and backing up to get a second look at this. It's a Century Safe-T-Rider, DOM is 6/84. It's actually hand-written on the manufacturer sticker! There's a typed "DATE MFG" and then a line for them to write it in. I showed the mom and she said "OMG it's older than ME!" She said her dad picked it up for a quarter at a yard sale, but it's also got a "$1.00" price sticker like that our local thrift store uses, so I suspect there's quite a bit of local history and use to this seat.
It's in surprisingly good shape - a bit dirty, one of the "buttons" that holds the cover is missing, a few tears in the vinyl. What I found most interesting is the resemblance to current boosters, and the fact that it was also sold with a harness very similar to the 86Y! The plastic is different than what is used in current seats, though - it's cheap, a bit flexible, and reminds me of plastic toys, not sturdy boosters.
Picture me walking into work past other parked vehicles, stopping dead in my tracks, and backing up to get a second look at this. It's a Century Safe-T-Rider, DOM is 6/84. It's actually hand-written on the manufacturer sticker! There's a typed "DATE MFG" and then a line for them to write it in. I showed the mom and she said "OMG it's older than ME!" She said her dad picked it up for a quarter at a yard sale, but it's also got a "$1.00" price sticker like that our local thrift store uses, so I suspect there's quite a bit of local history and use to this seat.
It's in surprisingly good shape - a bit dirty, one of the "buttons" that holds the cover is missing, a few tears in the vinyl. What I found most interesting is the resemblance to current boosters, and the fact that it was also sold with a harness very similar to the 86Y! The plastic is different than what is used in current seats, though - it's cheap, a bit flexible, and reminds me of plastic toys, not sturdy boosters.