Graco 8491 User manual

Booster Seat
Owner’s Manual
Model 8491, 8493, 8495, 8496, 8497, 8498
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.
© 2002 Graco ISB001BA 7/02

Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Recall Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
If You Need Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Warnings to Parents and Other Users . . . .6-8
Assembling the Booster Seat . . . . . . . . .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 . . . . . .25-27
Adjusting the Head Support . . . . . . . . . . .28
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip . . . . . .29-31
Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Airplane Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Instruction Sheet Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . .34-35
Replacement Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36-37
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Table of Contents

Model Number:
Manufactured on:
Purchase Date:
Registration Information
Register Your Booster Seat
Please fill in the above information. The model
number can be found on a label underneath your
booster seat. Fill out the prepaid registration
postcard attached to the seat cover and mail it today.
Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons.
You must register this restraint to be reached in a
recall.
Send your name, address and model number to:
Graco Children’s Products Inc.
150 Oaklands Blvd.
Exton, PA, 19341
or call 1-888-224-6549
• Call the U.S. Government’s Auto Safety Hotline at
1-800-424-9393 (202-366-0123 in D.C. area)
• www.nhtsa.dot.gov
• Graco: 1-888-224-6549 or www.gracobaby.com
Recall Information
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If You Need Help
Please contact our Customer Service Department
with any questions you may have concerning parts,
use, or maintenance. When you contact us, please
have your product’s model number ready so that
we may help you efficiently. This number can be
found on a sticker on the underside of your booster
seat. 1-888-224-6549 or www.gracobaby.com

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Parts List
Adult assembly required.
Tool required: Philips screwdriver
Left / right armrests
Base
Shoulder belt
positioning clip
Head support
Lower back support
Armrest covers
On certain models
Height adjustment screw (2)

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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 INSTALL OR USE THIS
BOOSTER SEAT UNTILYOU 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.
•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.

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• 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.
•NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER 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.
•REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER AN
ACCIDENT OFANY KIND. An accident can
cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot
see.
•DO NOT MODIFYYOUR 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.

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•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.
•THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and is certified for use in motor vehicles. This
restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft
because there is no shoulder belt available.
•NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to
someone else without also giving them this
manual.
•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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Assembling the Booster Seat
Step 1.
Insert armrest into base
as shown until buttons
snap into slots on side of
base .
Step 2.
Select the desired
armrest height for your
child, then insert the
height adjustment
screw and tighten.
Repeat for other
armrest.
Step 3.
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.
SNAP!
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Step 4.
Slip armrest covers
(on certain models)
onto armrests as shown.
Step 5.
Your Graco booster seat
is now ready to use. See
page 29, “Securing
Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt
Positioning Clip”.
FOR MODELS with a
back support continue
on to Step 6.