Graco Car Booster Seat User manual

© 2007 Graco ISPB035BA 2/07 US
Booster Seat
Owner’s 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.

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Table of Contents
Registration Information 3
Recall Information 3
If You Need Help/Replacement parts 4
Parts List 5
Warnings to Parents and Other Users 6-8
Assembling the Back Support 9-13
Weight and Height Limits 14-15
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements 16
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements 17
SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems 17
UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems 18
Using your Graco Booster Seat 19-21
Booster Seat Positions 22
Securing your Child in Vehicle 23-26
Adjusting the Head Support 27
Removing the Back Support to Use as Backless
Booster (on certain models) 28
Securing Child in Vehicle with
Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip 29-32
Additional Information 33
Airplane Use 33
Cupholders 33
Instruction Sheet Storage 34
Care and Maintenance 34-35
To Clean Seat Mesh 36

Registration Information
Model Number:
Manufactured on:
Purchase Date:
Register Your Booster Seat
Please ll in the above information. The model
number and manufactured on (date) 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, model number and
manufacturing date to:
Graco Children’s Products Inc.
150 Oaklands Blvd.
Exton, PA, 19341
or call 1-800-345-4109
or register online at: www.gracobaby.com
• Call the U.S. Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at
1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)
• or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov
• Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com
Recall Information
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Please contact our Customer Service Department with
any questions you may have concerning parts, use,
maintenance or warranty information. When you contact us,
please have your product’s model number and manufactured
on (date) ready so that we may help you efciently. This
number can be found on a sticker on the underside of your
booster seat.
1-800-345-4109
or
www.gracobaby.com
If You Need Help

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Parts List
Adult assembly required.
Base
Shoulder belt
positioning clip
On Certain Models
Head Support
Lower Back
Support

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• 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 UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND
THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND
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.
Warnings to Parents and Other Users

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•NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN
A VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT
HAS AN AIR BAG. If an air bag
inates, it can hit the child and
booster seat with great force and
cause serious injury or death to
your child. Refer to your vehicle
owner’s manual for information
about air bags and booster seat
installation.
• 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 OF ANY KIND. An accident can cause
damage to the booster seat that you cannot see.

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• 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.
• THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all
applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
and is certied for use in motor vehicles. This
restraint is NOT certied 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 Back Support
(on certain models)
Step 1.
Flip over head support and lower back support as
shown .
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Step 2.
Squeeze red adjustment handle and slide two pieces
together until they snap into place .
CHECK to make sure two pieces are securely
snapped together by pulling on them.
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CLICK!

Step 3
Attach elastic strap to the hook on the fabric, on the
other side of seat pad .
Step 4.
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 handle.
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Step 5.
Attach back support to base. “U”-shaped hooks on
bottom of back support will interlock with bars on
base . Make sure that no part of the seat covering
interferes when attaching back support to the base.
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Step 6
Once backrest is securely attached to the base, push
backrest up as shown .
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Step 7
Your Graco booster seat is now ready to use.
See page 19-26, “Using your Graco Booster Seat”
and “Securing Your Child in Vehicle”.

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FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner
appropriate for your child’s size may increase
the risk of serious injury or death.
Weight and Height Limits
To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST
meet ALL of the following requirements:
With back support
(approximately 3 to 10 years old):
• weigh between 30 and 100 lbs.
(mass between 13.6 and 45 kg), and
• are between 38 and 57 inches (96 and 145 cm) in
height, and
• the shoulder belt MUST lay
across child’s shoulders in red
zone as shown in and the lap
portion is positioned low on the
childs hips, and
• the child’s ears are below top of
booster seat. If tops of ears are
above top of seat, your child is
too large for the booster seat
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Without back support
(approximately 4 to 10 years old) :
• weigh between 40 and 100 lbs.
(mass between 18 and 45 kg), and
• are between 40 and 57 inches
(101 and 145 cm) in height, and
• the shoulder belt MUST
lay across child’s shoulders
in red zone as shown in and
the lap portion is positioned
low on the childs hips, and
• when sitting on the booster
seat, your child’s ears are below
the top of the vehicle seat
cushion / head rest.

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IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER
SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS
INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in
your vehicle may NOT be safe for this booster seat.
Some vehicles do not have any seating positions that
can be used safely with the booster seat. If you are not
sure where to place the booster seat in your vehicle,
consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call Graco
Children’s Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.
Vehicle Seat Location Requirements
• Children are safer when properly restrained in
rear vehicle seating positions. Whenever possible
secure the Graco booster seat in the center position
of the seat directly behind the front seats. However, if
this position is equipped with a lap belt only it cannot
be used.
• The vehicle seat MUST face forward.

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MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE
TO USE WITH THE BOOSTER SEAT.
Pay careful attention to these systems; some of the
seat belts that are NOT safe to use look very much
like seat belts that are safe to use. If you are unsure,
consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call
Graco Children’s Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.
Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements
SAFE VEHICLE SEAT BELT SYSTEM
ONLY A LAP/SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM CAN
BE USED WITH THIS BOOSTER SEAT.

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DO NOT USE ANY
OF THE FOLLOWING
VEHICLE BELT
SYSTEMS.
• NEVER use a
lap-only belt.
• NEVER use a
Passive Restraint -
Lap or Shoulder Belt
Mounted on Door
• NEVER use a
Passive Restraint -
Lap Belt with
Motorized Shoulder
Belt
NEVER use vehicle
belts that are attached to
the door in any way or
that move along a track
to automatically surround
the passenger when the
door is closed.
UNSAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems

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FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE YOUR
CHILD AND THE BOOSTER SEAT IN YOUR
VEHICLE INCREASES THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT
OF A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
Using Your Graco Booster Seat
Use only the vehicle’s
lap and shoulder belt
system when restraining
the child in this booster
seat .
NEVER use a vehicle
lap-only belt across front
of child .
DO NOT place vehicle
shoulder belt behind
child’s back .
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

Vehicle belts MUST lay at
against child and MUST not
be twisted.
DO NOT use shoulder belt
loose or positioned under
child’s arm .
DO NOT position vehicle belt
over top of the armrests .
It must pass underneath the
armrests.
Make sure vehicle belt
is NOT twisted.
Lap portion of lap/shoulder
belt MUST be low and snug
on hips, just touching thighs.
DO NOT allow child to slide
down in booster seat .
If child will not keep
vehicle restraint properly
positioned, DO NOT use this
booster seat. Use a different
child restraint system.
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