Graco ISPB004HB User Manual

READ THIS MANUAL.

Do not install or use this car seat until you read

and understand the instructions in this manual.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CAR

SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF

SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A

SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

©2004 Graco ISPB004HB 5/04 ENGLISH

15-36

Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual

03.44.164

LAPB0014A

15-36

03.44.165

LAPB0034A

Important Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

European Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Warnings to Parents and Other Users . . . .6-9

Adjusting the Armrests . . . . . . . . . . . . .9-10

Assembling the Back Support . . . . . . .11-15

Weight and Height Limits . . . . . . . . . .16-17

Vehicle Seat Location Requirements . . . . .18

Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements . . . . . .19-20

SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . . . .19

UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems . . . . . . . . .20

Using your Graco Booster Seat . . . . . . . .21-23

Booster Seat Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Securing your Child in Vehicle . . . . . .25-28

Adjusting the Head Support . . . . . . . . . . .29

Securing Child in Vehicle with

Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip . . . . . .30-33

Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Airplane Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Instruction Sheet Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37

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Table of Contents

Important Information

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Read this Owner’s Manual completely BEFORE first
use of your booster seat!

Always keep this Owner’s Manual with the booster
seat. Provisions are made on the bottom of the seat
shell. Plan to spend some time getting to know your
booster seat — time well spent when you consider that
your baby’s safety depends on it. Pay special attention
to the warnings.

Before continuing, please locate your vehicle owner’s
manual. You may need to refer to it as part of these
instructions.

Booster seats are designed to give protection to your
child in the event of a sudden stop or crash. No booster
seat can guarantee absolute protection from injury in
the event of a crash, but their use reduces the risks.

Countries differ in their laws and recommendations for
safe child restraint use. For further advise contact your
local law enforcement officers or your vehicle supplier.

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European Standard

European Safety Standards specify the construction
and performance of your booster seat as well as its
components, requirements for fitting and use,
instructions and markings.

Your booster seat has been approved to

European Standard

ECE R44.03

Universal Group 2,3 15-36 kg
An approval number is attached to the seat shell and
must not be removed.
Only suitable for use in a vehicle fitted with
3-point with retractor safety belts, approved to ECE
Regulation No. 16 or other equivalent standards.

Graco Children’s Products

Consumer Services Department

First Floor

900 Pavilion Drive

Northampton NN4 OYR

UK

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

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Parts List

Adult assembly required.

Base

Shoulder belt

positioning clip

Head support

Lower back support

Armrest covers

On certain models

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Warnings to Parents and

Other Users

• NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE

PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER,
PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT
REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.

• DO NOT INSTALLOR USE THIS

BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN
THIS MANUALAND IN YOUR VEHICLE
OWNER’S MANUAL. DO NOT let others

install or use the booster seat unless they
understand how to use it.

• IT IS MOST IMPORTANT that the booster seat

is correctly routed with the lap portion of the belt
across the red belt guides under the armrests and
the diagonal belt through the red shoulder belt
guides when used with a back support or through
the red shoulder belt positioning clip when used as
a back-less booster. Ensure the belt webbing is not
twisted.

• DO TAKE CARE to locate and install the

booster seat so that it is not liable to become
trapped by a moveable seat or in a door of the
vehicle.

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• FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS

BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP
TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. Your

child can be injured in a vehicle even if you are
not in a crash. Sudden braking and sharp turns can
injure your child if the booster seat is not properly
installed or if your child is not properly secured in
the booster seat.

• DO NOT use another manufacturers seat cover

with this booster seat. See your retailer for Graco
replacment parts only.

• DO NOT USE in any configuration not shown in

the instructions.

• DO NOT use alternative load-bearing points not

shown in these instructions.

• According to accident statistics, CHILDREN

ARE SAFER WHEN PROPERLY
RESTRAINED IN REAR VEHICLE
SEATING POSITIONS, RATHER THAN
FRONT SEATING POSITIONS. For a vehicle

with a front passenger air bag, refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual as well as these
instructions for booster seat installation.

• NEVER LEAVE YOUR CHILD

UNATTENDED.

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• NEVER LEAVE ABOOSTER SEAT

UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE.An

unsecured booster seat can be thrown around and
may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden
stop or crash. Remove it or make sure that it is
securely belted in the vehicle.

• NEVER LEAVE LUGGAGE or other objects

unsecured in a vehicle, they are liable to cause
injuries in the event of a collision.

• REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEATAFTER AN

ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident can
cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot
see.

• DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT

or use any accessories or parts supplied by other
manufacturers.

• NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS

DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT
use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.

• THE BOOSTER SEAT CAN BECOME VERY

HOT IF LEFT IN THE SUN. Contact with these
parts can burn your child’s skin. Always touch the
surface of any metal or plastic parts before
putting your child in the booster seat.

• NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to

someone else without also giving them this
manual.

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Adjusting the Armrests

Step 1.

To adjust armrests,
remove screw and press
in button on side of
base as shown to raise
or lower / .
Reinsert screw and
tighten.

CHECK to make sure
armrests are securely
attached by pulling up
on them.

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• NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER

SEAT or a booster seat whose history you do not

know.

• NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without

the armrests attached to the base.

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Step 2.

Slip armrest covers
(on certain models)
onto armrests as shown.

Step 3.

Your Graco booster seat
is now ready to use. See
page 30, “Securing
Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip”.

FOR MODELS with a
back support continue
on to Step 4.

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Assembling the Back Support

(on certain models)

Step 4.

Flip head support and lower back support over
as shown .

Step 5.

Squeeze red adjustment button and slide two pieces
together until they snap into place .

CHECK to make sure two pieces are securely snapped
together by pulling on them.

CLIK!

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Step 7.

Flip seat over and insert the fabric from the head
support underneath the fabric on the lower back support
as shown .

To make insertion of fabric easier, slide the upper and
lower back pieces apart by squeezing the red adjustment
button.

Step 6.

Attach elastic strap as shown 3 .

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