lap belt only booster seats

Unregistered · Feb 28, 2003

I have a 99 Chevy Suburban. The rear bench seat(s) only have lap belts, no shoulder harnesses, in the center position.

My five year old is currently in a car seat in the center position. He needs to move up to a booster as his head is getting too high for the car seat back. All of the boosters I see use a five-point harness, but once the child reaches 40 lbs., they are supposed to use a shoulder belt, which my car does not have in the middle position (I have two older children in the outboard positions).

My question is, does anyone make a booster or large car seat with it's own harness, or is a booster with a lap belt only OK?

Thanks,

J. Gaines
big5150@earthlink.net

Unregistered · Feb 28, 2003

I forgot.

Is there any type of aftermarket shoulder harness set-up that can be installed in the center seat position?

Thanks again

J. Gaines
big5150@earthlink.net

joolsplus3 · Feb 28, 2003

A booster with a lapbelt only is not allowed, and lapbelts have the potential to be quite dangerous for children. I don't know whether you can have shoulderbelts retrofitted (might want to call your dealer?) There are a couple seats that harness higher than 40 pounds: the Britax Husky is quite large, but can be used harnessed to 80 pounds (will work the longest, and be best if the children outboard are old enough to be out of boosters, because it is 22 inches wide), the Safety Baby Airway, looks like a regular harnessed booster, but holds up to 50 pounds, at burlington coat factory, the fisher price trayshield futura goes to 60 pounds at dmart2000.com, or the Britax Marathon, harnessing to 65 pounds (it's up on a high base, which is handier if the other children are in boosters so they can buckle up easier). good luck, Julie

Unregistered · Mar 15, 2003

E-Z-On Products belts

Trying to solve this problem I ran across this company that makes aftermarket seat belts for school buses. It looks like either their 86-Y Universal Harness would work (if tethered to the floor behind the rear seat, or their Cam Harness, which actually belts around the rear seatback in order to anchor two shoulder straps (it looks like the simplest sloution).

Does anyone here have experience with these belts or know if they would solve my problem?

See them here:

http://www.ezonpro.com/uny/index.html

Thanks again,
Joe Gaines

SafeDad · Mar 16, 2003

Not much experience, sorry-

I have heard that their customer service deparment is very good at helping consumers select an appropriate product. Also, they have recently introduced some updated models, including the 86-Y harness. Here is their flyer:

http://www.pbase.com/image/14224806/original

Good luck!

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