Color Pictorial Guide to Safety Seats

The Color Pictorial is now available only as a PDF document (order form). You can purchase the file for $30, upload it to your laptop or notebook computer, and/or print one copy for your own use (group rates available).

Color Pictorial Guide: How to View the Online Sample
(Rear-Facing-Only Seats and Detachable Bases)

The photographs are organized by type of safety seat, then alphabetically by manufacturer (in bold), then by appearance. If the manufacturer is known, scroll down to those models. If not, scroll to view all of the safety seats of that type. To help with identification, each photo has a caption with the manufacturer, model name, and dates when the product was first made and discontinued.

After you have identified the safety seat, check the List of Recalls and Replacement Parts to find out if it has been recalled.

Note to Certified Technicians:

It is essential to identify the model name of a child restraint before inspecting it or installing it. The model name is needed to determine two things: (1) which instruction booklet to use, if not provided by the parent, and (2) whether or not there is a recall. Unfortunately, many manufacturers do not show the model name on their products and/or on the instruction booklets. If the model name was originally shown on a sticker, it may have been peeled off or washed off.

 

Seat Type

Sample Photos

Notes

Rear-Facing-Only Seats and Detachable Bases

Appearance may vary (with or without canopy, with or without base, carry handle up or down).

Side-Facing
Car Beds

Position the child lying flat and sideways in the vehicle.

Safety Seats with 5-Point Harness

Convertible, forward-facing-only, and combination (used as booster when harness is removed) seats. If seat is used as booster but strap slots are present, photo is included in this section.

Boosters and Other Seats with No Harness

Belt-positioning boosters and other seats with no harness straps.

Safety Seats
with Harness
and Shield

Seats with a tray-shield or T-shield connected to a harness.

 

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