Using A Locking Clip - Safety 1st Summit Deluxe Instruction Manual

Using A Locking Clip

You will rarely need to use a locking clip except for 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. Check your vehicle owner's
manual to learn how to use the systems in your vehicle. If
you need a locking clip, please go back to the store where
you purchased this child restraint and purchase one or call
us at 1-800-544-1108 to order one. Locking clips from any
child restraint manufacturer are okay to use.
NOTE: You do not need a locking clip when using this seat as a
belt-positioning booster, even with older vehicles.
Remove the locking clip when the vehicle seat belt is not being
used with the child restraint. A locking clip will not fix all types of
seat belt problems.
Before you put your child restraint in the vehicle, buckle the lap/
shoulder belt. Pull on the lap belt portion. If it loosens or slips, you
must either use a locking clip to hold the seat belt tight or move the
child restraint to another seating location.
1. Place Child Restraint in
Vehicle Forward-Facing
Thread vehicle lap belt
through the belt path as
shown. Buckle.
2. Tighten Vehicle Belt
Push down firmly on the
child restraint and pull on
the shoulder belt to tighten.
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3. Locate Locking Clip
Location
Grasp both vehicle belts
together just behind the
latch plate and unbuckle.
NOTE:
ends up just at the belt
path opening so you cannot
grasp the vehicle belt at
the latch plate, grasp the
vehicle belts on the opposite
side of the child restraint, as close to the latch plate as
possible. Install the locking clip on the latch plate end, as
close as possible.
Attach Locking Clip
4.
Thread both portions of the
vehicle belt onto the locking
clip, as close to the latch
plate as possible.
5. Rebuckle Belt
Attach the top anchorage
strap (tether) if available.
Check Vehicle Belt
6.
Tightness
Grasp the base at the
vehicle belt path with
one hand. Push and pull
the base from side to side,
forward and back. The base
should not move more than
1 inch.
NOTE: If base moves more than 1 inch, redo all of the steps or
try another seating location.
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If the latch plate