Child Car Seats In The 60s

1940s canvas seats on a metal frame attach to a car s front seat so kids can get a better view through the windshield.
Child car seats in the 60s. May 27 2015 explore maria barr s board vintage child car seats on pinterest. Once your child outgrows their car seat they ll still need a booster seat to help them properly fit your car s own seat and safety belt until they re over 57 inches 145 cm tall. Early car seats were designed to help a child see outside the car. Thanks in part to professor aldman s work swedish children began riding rear facing since the mid 1960 s.
1962 finally the first car seats designed for safety is released. Safety wasn t a priority. The swedish professor recognized the protective effects of rear facing car seats the children s hospital of philadelphia research institute reported. The 60s marked the beginning taking car seat safety seriously.
Today sweden maintains an almost 100 percent rate of compliance with child seat laws. Which required all seats be held by safety belts and include a harness to hold the child into the seat though. It s especially dangerous to have a child in a rear facing car seat which is 5x safer than a forward facing car seat in the front seat with an active airbag.