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Top Tethers: A Crucial Piece Of Your Child's Car Seat

Top Tethers: A Crucial Piece Of Your Child's Car Seat

The tether is a strap attached to the top back of a convertible or combination seat, and it attaches to a tether anchor in the vehicle (sometimes older vehicle manuals will call it a “top strap”). We refer to it as the top tether since that's a clear way to think of it.Apr 28, 2016

LATCH 101: The Basics You Need to Know

LATCH 101: The Basics You Need to Know

NOTE: Lower anchors are used INSTEAD of the vehicle’s safety belt to secure the child safety seat to the vehicle. Tethers are used IN ADDITION to the lower …

What Is A Tether? – CarseatBlog

What Is A Tether? – CarseatBlog

When the carseat is used forward-facing, the tether is attached to a vehicle tether anchor and the tether secures the top of the carseat to …

Car Seat Tethers – Safe Kids Worldwide

Car Seat Tethers – Safe Kids Worldwide

When attached and tightened to one of the vehicle’s tether anchors, a tether helps keep a forward-facing car seat from tipping forward. Find the tether anchor …

Trucks’ Tether Anchors Are Often Tricky to Find, Use | News

Trucks’ Tether Anchors Are Often Tricky to Find, Use | News

These tether anchors are small loops that are found under or behind the rear-seat head restraints. After installing a forward-facing car seat using the lower …

The Tether Strap and Universal Anchorage System (UAS)

The Tether Strap and Universal Anchorage System (UAS)

The tether strap is on the back of the car seat. It must be hooked to a tether anchor in the vehicle. If a tether strap isn’t used, your child is more likely to …

Tethers: Crucial for Car Seat Safety but Often Ignored

Tethers: Crucial for Car Seat Safety but Often Ignored

Top tethers can be used with either a seat belt installation or a LATCH installation. The point is, they must be used on a forward-facing …

Proper Top-Tether Installation Helps Keep Kids Safer in Child …

Proper Top-Tether Installation Helps Keep Kids Safer in Child …

The top-tether symbol identifies where top-tether anchors are in your vehicle. · Unfortunately, many people think the top tether should be used …

Tether straps and forward-facing car seats: what you need …

Tether straps and forward-facing car seats: what you need …

In addition to the universal anchorage system (UAS) or seatbelt, a tether strap is required to be used with all forward-facing car seats to help …