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How to Lock Your Lap and Shoulder Vehicle Seat Belt
Note: With the vehicle seat belt in this locking mode, all the tension is upwards in the
shoulder belt. This may start to tilt your car seat sideways. If this happens, use a locking
clip instead of this switching the retractor. See Sliding Latch Plate and ELR Retractor.
Sliding Latch Plate and Switchable
Retractor
A latch plate that slides freely on the belt
webbing and cannot, by itself, hold the belt
snug around a car seat.
When installing the car seat, route the vehicle
seat belt through the proper belt path and
buckle it in. Slowly pull the shoulder belt
all the way out to switch it to locking
mode. Then, as you pull the vehicle seat belt
tight, feed all the slack back into the retractor.
Grab the sides of the seat at the belt path and
slide the seat side-to-side and front-to-back.
The seat should not move more than 2.5 cm
(1 inch).
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