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CHILD SEAT SYSTEM, COMPRISING A SEAT ELEMENT AND A BASIS MOUNTABLE ON A MOTOR VEHICLE

Publication No. EP4242056

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App No. EP23182309

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Filed by CYBEX GmbH

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Filed on 2018-09-13

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Issued/Published on 2026-03-18

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Publication No. EP4242056 A2

Application No. EP23182309 Filed: 2018-09-13

Grant Date 2026-03-18 Mention of grant

Active Oppositions 1 Active EPO Oppositions

Patent Abstract / Summary

Kindersitzsystem, umfassend zumindest ein erstes Sitzelement (11a) und eine, auf einem Fahrzeugsitz anbringbare, Basis (10),wobei die Basis (10) ein Sockelelement (13) sowie ein Drehelement (14) aufweist, wobei zumindest das Drehelement (14) mindestens eine Befestigungseinrichtung (18a-18d) zur Befestigung des ersten Sitzelementes (11a) aufweist, wobei das Drehelement (14) auf dem Sockelelement (13) rotierbar angeordnet ist derart, dass das Drehelement (14) zusammen mit dem Sitzelement (11) gegenüber dem Sockelelement (13) zur Änderung einer Ausrichtung des Sitzelementes (11a) rotierbar ist,wobei das Sitzelement (11a) von der Basis (10) entfernbar ist.

IPC Classifications

B60N2/28

Priority Claims

DE 201720105584U Date: 2017-09-14

Designated Contracting States (38 EPC States)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Applicants

CYBEX GmbH

Riedinger Strasse 18, 95448 Bayreuth

Inventors (3)

Resch, Manfred

95448 Bayreuth

Aschinger, Stefan

95448 Bayreuth

Peleska, Franz

95448 Bayreuth

Representatives / Agents

Meissner Bolte Partnerschaft mbB

Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte, Postfach 86 06 24

Pfenning, Meinig & Partner mbB

Patent- und Rechtsanwälte, Joachimsthaler Straße 10-12

Key Procedural Dates

Request-For-Examination 2024-04-29

Mention Of Grant Published 2026-03-18

First-Examination-Report-Despatched 2025-10-10

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CHILD SEAT SYSTEM, COMPRISING A SEAT ELEMENT AND A BASIS MOUNTABLE ON A MOTOR VEHICLE

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