Harmony Optyma Harnessed User manual

®Harmony Juvenile Products HMYOPTHRN-UK1 17/05 UK
OPTYMA CAR SEAT
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
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This child restraint complies with
ECE regulaons for use by children:
• Group I / II / III
• Mass: 9 – 18 kg with built-in harness
• Mass: 15 – 36 kg as high-back booster
READ THIS MANUAL
Do not install or use this child restraint unl you read
and understand the instrucons in this manual and in
your vehicle owner’s manual.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT
INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN
A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE DO
NOT RETURN THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE
OF PURCHASE. PLEASE CONTACT CUSTOMER
SERVICE AT [phone] OR AT
WWW.HARMONYJUVENILE.COM

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Registraon informaon ............................................. 3
If you need help........................................................... 4
Warnings ...................................................................... 4
General warnings ..................................................... 4
Usage warnings ........................................................ 6
Injury warnings ........................................................ 7
Vehicle warnings ...................................................... 8
Cercaons ............................................................ 8
Airbag warnings ....................................................... 9
Damage warnings ................................................... 10
Mass and height limitaons .................................... 11
With built-in harness ............................................... 11
Without built-in harness ........................................ 12
Maximum height .................................................... 12
Parts list ...................................................................... 13
Vehicle seang posions ............................................ 15
Safe vehicle seat belt systems .................................... 16
Unsafe vehicle seat belt systems ................................ 17
Assembling/disassembling backrest ........................... 18
Preparing child restraint for use ............................... 19
Adjusng harness shoulder straps ......................... 19
Headrest height adjustment.................................. 21
Installing with vehicle seat belt .................................. 21
Using child restraint with built-in harness ................ 23
Securing child in child restraint ............................. 23
Removing child from child restraint ....................... 25
Using child restraint in booster mode
(without internal harness) ......................................... 25
Removing/installing harness .................................. 25
Removing the crotch buckle ................................... 27
Preparing booster seat for use ............................... 28
Securing child and booster seat in vehicle ................. 29
Installaon - booster seat ....................................... 30
Entanglement with shoulder belt ............................... 32
Using cup holder (when applicable) ......................... 32
Aircra installaon ..................................................... 33
Instrucon manual storage ........................................ 33
Removing/installing fabric seat cover ...................... 33
Care and maintenance ............................................... 34
Warranty .................................................................... 34
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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REGISTER YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT TODAY! Child
restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must
register this restraint to be reached in a recall, and to
be eligible to receive replacement parts while under
warranty.
The model number, serial number and manufacturing
date can be found on a label on the underside of the
child restraint.
Visit www.harmonyjuvenile.com/register to register
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card or send your name, address, the restraint’s model
number, manufacturing date and date of purchase to:
Harmony Juvenile Products UK
10 Beach Priory Gdns.
Southport, UK
PR8 1RT
or call: [phone]
For recall informaon, any quesons you may have, or
to make a change of address or contact informaon
please call Customer Service at [phone] or
visit us online at www.harmonyjuvenile.com.
PLEASE DO NOT SEND IN YOUR
REGISTRATION CARD IF YOU HAVE
REGISTERED YOUR RESTRAINT ONLINE.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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Our Customer Service Department is standing by to
help you with any quesons or concerns you may have
regarding installaon, use, care and/or parts. Please
have your product’s model number and manufacturing
date available when contacng us.
IF YOU NEED HELP
Model Number: _______________________________
Manufacture Date: _____________________________
Date of Purchase: ______________________________
Please ll in the informaon below for future reference.
The model number and manufacturing date can be
found on a label on the underside of the child restraint.
GENERAL WARNINGS
WARNING!
!
WARNINGS
The safety of your child and the eecveness of this
child restraint depend on:
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your vehicle.
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3. Properly securing both your child and the child
restraint in the vehicle using a seat belt designed to
restrain both the child restraint and your child. Many
seat belts are NOT safe to use with this child restraint.
Please review the secons “Safe/Unsafe vehicle seat
belt systems” carefully. If in doubt about installing this
child restraint, consult the vehicle owner’s manual or
call the Harmony Customer Service Department.

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Follow all labels on this child restraint and in these
wrien instrucons. DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS
CHILDRESTRAINTUNTIL YOU READAND UNDERSTAND
THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR
VEHICLE OWNER’S MANUAL.
NO CHILD RESTRAINT CAN GUARANTEE PROTECTION
WHEN THE VEHICLE IS SERIOUSLY IMPACTED.
However, when correctly installed, a child restraint
will substanally improve the chances for survival and
reduce the risk of serious injury in most crashes.
Carefully follow the instrucons in this manual and in
your vehicle owner’s manual. If there is a discrepancy
between the two, the vehicle owner’s manual must take
precedence with regards to seat belts and/or airbags.
!USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT FORWARD-FACING ONLY.
! DO NOT allow children to play with this child restraint.
!NEVER leave children alone in a vehicle under any
circumstance.
!It is recommended that children are not le in their
child restraint system unaended.
! Set a good example by ALWAYS wearing your seat
belt. Make it a rm rule that the vehicle does not move
unl everyone is buckled up. MAKE NO EXCEPTIONS.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY READ, FOLLOW AND USE
THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND THE CHILD RESTRAINT
LABELS INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY
OR DEATH IN A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR
CRASH. Your child’s safety depends on the proper
installaon and use of this child restraint. Even if
this child restraint seems easy to install and use, it
is VERY IMPORTANT to read and understand these
instrucons and the vehicle owner’s manual.
WARNING!
!

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! Harmony Juvenile Products advises against loaning
or passing along a child restraint. DO NOT USE A
SECOND-HAND CHILD RESTRAINT or a child restraint
whose history you do not know.
! When disposing a child restraint system, ensure to
dispose of the unit in a way others cannot reuse it (e.g.
use a dark trash bag, do not sell to a thri shop or in a
garage sale, etc.).
! Store the child restraint in a safe place when not in
use. DO NOT place heavy objects on top of the child
restraint while in storage.
! DO NOT remove any sckers or warnings as they
contain important informaon.
USAGE WARNINGS
WARNING!
!
According to accident stascs, CHILDREN ARE SAFER
WHEN PROPERLY RESTRAINED IN THE REAR SEATING
POSITIONS THAN IN THE FRONT SEATING POSITION.
Please study the secon “Vehicle seang posions”.
! DO NOT use any load bearing contact points other
!ALWAYS ASSIST YOUR CHILD WHEN
GETTING INTO AND OUT OF THE
CHILD RESTRAINT.
!NEVER LET YOUR CHILD LEAN ON
THE ARMREST WHEN GETTING INTO
OR EXITING THE BOOSTER SEAT TO
PREVENT THE SEAT FROM TIPPING.
! ENSURE THAT THE CHILD RESTRAINT IS LEVEL,
STABLE AND DOES NOT ROCK SIDE-TO-SIDE. IF THE
CHILD RESTRAINT IS NOT STABLE, TRY ANOTHER
SEATING LOCATION.
! DO NOT ADD ANYTHING BEHIND OR UNDER THE
CHILD RESTRAINT.

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than those described in the instrucons and marked in
the child restraint.
! DO NOT allow others to install or use this child restraint
unless they read and understand all the instrucons
and labels.
! DO NOT GIVE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT to someone
else without also giving them this instrucon manual.
Addional instrucon manuals can be downloaded
directly from www.harmonyjuvenile.com.
! To ensure proper child restraint use, keep and store
this instrucon manual and refer to it when necessary.
! DO NOT LEAVE A CHILD RESTRAINT UNSECURED IN
YOUR VEHICLE. In a collision, sharp turn or sudden
stop, an unsecured child restraint can injure other
occupants. Remove it or make sure that it is securely
aached with the vehicle seat belt, even when not in
use.
INJURY WARNINGS
! INJURIES MAY OCCUR EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN A
CRASH if the child restraint is not properly installed
or if your child is not properly secured in the child
restraint.
! The rigid items and plasc parts of a child restraint
shall be so located and installed that they are not
liable, during everyday use of the vehicle, to become
trapped by a movable seat or in a door of the vehicle.
! DO NOT leave folding vehicle seats unlatched. In the
event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash, a loose
seat back could prevent the child restraint from
protecng the child as well as it should.
! It is recommended that any luggage or other objects
liable to cause injuries in the event of a collision shall
be properly secured. In the event of a sharp turn,
sudden stop or crash, loose objects will keep moving,
potenally causing serious injuries.

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CERTIFICATIONS
! The child restraint shall not be used without the cover.
It MUST always be used with the fabric cover provided
by the manufacturer.
! The seat cover should not be replaced with any other
than the one recommended by the manufacturer,
because the cover constutes an integral part of the
restraint performance.
! PARTS OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT COULD BECOME
HOT ENOUGH TO BURN THE CHILD IF LEFT IN THE
SUN. Contact with these parts can injure your child.
ALWAYS touch the surface of any metal or plasc parts
before pung your child in the child restraint. Cover
the child restraint with a towel or blanket when the
vehicle is parked in direct sunlight. KEEP AWAY FROM
SUNLIGHT, OTHERWISE IT MAY BE TOO HOT FOR
THE CHILD’S SKIN.
This is a “Universal” child restraint when installed using
the 3-point vehicle seat belt only. It is approved to the
! Use ONLY the vehicle’s 3-point lap-and-shoulder belt
system when restraining a child in this child restraint.
DO NOT use this child restraint with 2-point vehicle
belts (lap-belt only or shoulder-belt only). Your child
would be seriously injured in the event of a crash.
! DO NOT use this child restraint with unsafe vehicle
seat belts listed in secon “Unsafe vehicle seat belt
systems” of this manual.
! DO NOT use this child restraint if it can’t be properly
installed. It is possible that your vehicle has no suitable
seang posion for this child restraint due to seat belt
type, airbag system and/or lack of locaon of a tether
strap anchor. Read and follow these instrucons, and
your vehicle owner’s manual carefully.
VEHICLE WARNINGS

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requirements of the European Standard for Child Safety
Seat Equipment under Regulaon No. 44, 04 series of
amendments, for general use in vehicles and it will t
most, but not all, car seats.
A correct t is likely if the vehicle manufacturer has
declared in the vehicle handbook that the vehicle is
capable of accepng a “Universal” child restraint for this
age group.
This child restraint has been classied as “Universal”
under more stringent condions than those which
applied to earlier designs which do not carry this noce.
If in doubt, consult either the child restraint
manufacturer or the retailer.
! Only suitable for use in the listed vehicles ed with
3-point with retractor safety-belts, approved to ECE
Regulaon No. 16 or other equivalent standards.
This restraint is NOT CERTIFIED for aircra use.
This child restraint must NOT be used in homes, boats,
buses, motorcycles, motor homes, or any other vehicles
that have non-forward-facing seats, missing seat belts,
or whose seat belts do not meet the requirements of
this child restraint.
AIRBAG WARNINGS
! NEVER PLACE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT IN A VEHICLE
SEATING LOCATION THAT HAS AN ACTIVE FRONTAL
AIRBAG. An inang airbag may cause serious injury
or death. Refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for
informaon about airbags and child restraint installaon.
This child restraint may be used in a rear seang posion
equipped with side impact airbags providing they are:
• Roof mounted;
• “Curtain” type deployment;
• Will NOT interfere with, impact or in any way reposion
the child restraint when inated.

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DAMAGE WARNINGS
! It is recommended that the device should be changed
when it has been subject to violent stresses in an
accident.
! DO NOT USE A CHILD RESTRAINT THAT HAS BEEN
IN AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident can cause
damage to the child restraint that you cannot see.
! DO NOT use this child restraint if it is damaged in any
way or has missing parts.
! NEVER use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt
or harness.
! DO NOT tamper with or modify the child restraint,
for any reason. Any unauthorised or addions to the
device without the approval of the Type Approval
Authority can cause serious injury or death in a sharp
turn, sudden stop, or crash.
!DO NOT use anything to raise the child restraint o the
vehicle seat. Untested modicaons, such as adding
extra padding, could aect the safety of the child
restraint and result in serious injury or death in a crash.
! DO NOT, EXCEPT AS DESCRIBED IN THESE
INSTRUCTIONS, MODIFY YOUR CHILD RESTRAINT,
DISASSEMBLE ANY PART OR CHANGE THE WAY
THE VEHICLE SEAT BELTS ARE USED. This includes
any accessories or parts by other manufacturers as
non-tested accessories can aect the safety of the
child restraint.
! If a vehicle’s front seat locaon must be used, ALWAYS
disable the airbag. Failure to disable the airbag system
can result in serious injury or death. Follow the vehicle
owner’s manual for instrucons on disabling the front
airbag system.
Please refer to your vehicle owner’s manual for airbag
type, and for appropriate use with child restraints.

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To use this child restraint, your child MUST MEET ALL of
the following requirements:
• GROUP I
Forward-facing with built-in harness:
between 9 - 18 kg
(20 - 39.6 lbs.)
• Shoulders are BELOW top harness
slots ❶.
• Child’s ears MUST BE BELOW top
of the headrest. If tops of ears are
above the top of the headrest at its
maximum height, the child is too
large for the child restraint ❷.
MASS AND HEIGHT LIMITATIONS
THIS CHILD RESTRAINT HAS DIFFERENCES IN
INSTALLATION AND USAGE DEPENDING ON
THE WEIGHT AND HEIGHT OF YOUR CHILD.
FAILURE TO USE THIS CHILD RESTRAINT WITHIN
THESE GUIDELINES MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF
SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
WARNING!
!
! WARNING: Verify your child’s height and weight
frequently. DO NOT guess before choosing the proper
setup for your child.
Harmony Juvenile Products recommends that you
ALWAYS conrm country laws with local authories.
Laws vary from country to country regarding
minimum/maximum child restraint requirements for
age, mass and height.
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To use this child restraint, your child
MUST MEET ALL of the following
requirements:
• GROUP II / III
Forward-facing
with backrest:
between 15 - 36 kg
(33 - 79 lbs.)
• Shoulder belt MUST lie across the
MIDDLE of the child’s shoulder and
chest, and lap poron MUST be
posioned low across child’s hips ❶.
• Child’s ears MUST BE BELOW top
of booster seat headrest at its
maximum height. If tops of ears are above the top of
the headrest at its maximum height, the child is too
large for the booster seat ❷.
❶
❷
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❶
❷
MAXIMUM HEIGHT
Child is too tall when top of
ears (mid-point of child’s head)
are above the top of the child
restraint/booster seat headrest at
its maximum height.
WARNING!
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PARTS LIST
TO PURCHASE REPLACEMENT PARTS:
In the United Kingdom, please contact us at
www.harmonyjuvenile.com
or by calling [phone].
A. Headrest fabric cover (pre-installed)
B. Backrest fabric cover (pre-installed)
C. Base fabric cover (pre-installed)
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E. Harness straps, buckle and clips
F. Shoulder pads
G. Crotch strap and pad
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(under fabric seat pad)
I. Up-front harness adjustment strap
(under fabric seat pad)
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(under fabric, when applicable)
K. Cup holder (when applicable)
L. Head insert cushion (when applicable)
M. Body insert cushion (when applicable)
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IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT
INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH.
Some seang posions in your vehicle may NOT be
safe for this child restraint. Some vehicles have NO
seang posions which are compable with this
child restraint due to seang surface, seat belt type
and/or airbag system. Read and follow these
instrucons, and your vehicle owner’s manual carefully.
Children aged 13 and under MUST ride in the rear seats,
away from front airbags. The only excepon is if the airbags
are turned o. When using a child restraint in a vehicle
with acve airbags, refer to the vehicle owner’s manual
for addional installaon instrucons and precauons.
For rear seat installaon, adjust the front seat forward
enough to ensure the child’s feet do
not hit the backrest of the front seat.
FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE YOUR CHILD AND
THE CHILD RESTRAINT IN YOUR VEHICLE INCREASES
THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE
EVENT OF A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.
WARNING!
!
WARNING!
!
WARNING!
!
VEHICLE SEATING POSITIONS
Only use this child restraint in forward-facing vehicle
seats. Side-facing or rear-facing seats in vans, staon
wagons or trucks CANNOT be used.
WARNING!
!

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THE VEHICLE SEAT MUST FACE FORWARD. DO NOT
use the child restraint with the following vehicle seats:
• Seats which face sides of vehicle.
• Seats which face rear of vehicle.
• Rear seats of small extended cab pickup trucks.
• The front of the child restraint
MUST NOT hang over the edge
of the vehicle seat by more than
5 cm (2 inches).
Refer to the vehicle owner’s manual
for child restraint installaon
instrucons for your specic vehicle.
! DO NOT use this child restraint in a seang posion
where the vehicle seat belt or seat belt buckle is not
easily accessible with the child restraint secured in place.
5 cm
SAFE VEHICLE SEAT BELT SYSTEMS
SEAT BELTS DIFFER FROM VEHICLE TO VEHICLE AND
FROM SEATING LOCATION TO SEATING LOCATION
WITHIN THE SAME VEHICLE. NOT ALL VEHICLE SEAT
BELTS CAN BE USED WITH THIS CHILD RESTRAINT.
You must determine if your vehicle’s seat belts are
compable for use with this child restraint. If you are
unsure, consult your vehicle owner’s manual or call
Harmony Juvenile Products.
WARNING!
!
! This child restraint is suitable for use in the listed
vehicles ed with 3-point with retractor safety-belts
(lap-and-shoulder), approved to ECE Regulaon No. 16
or other equivalent standards.

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UNSAFE VEHICLE SEAT BELT SYSTEMS
This child restraint can be installed properly using MOST
vehicle 3-point lap-and-shoulder seat belts. However,
some vehicle seat belts are not safe to use as their
anchoring points for the lap belt may
not allow for a secure installaon.
NEVER use any unsafe vehicle seat
belt systems.
DO NOT USE ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING VEHICLE SEAT BELT
SYSTEMS WITH THIS CHILD
RESTRAINT:
! NEVER use a lap-only belt.
! NEVER use a non-locking vehicle
seat belt (ELR). This seat belt
type locks only when the vehicle
slows, changes direcon or stops
suddenly.
! NEVER use motor driven automac
seat belts.
! NEVER use a vehicle seat belt
system where the lap and shoulder
belts have independent retractors.
! NEVER use a vehicle seat belt
system with top or boom
anchorage points aached to the
door in any way.
! NEVER use lap belts whose anchor
points are forward of the seat
crease.
Review your vehicle owner’s manual for vehicle seat
belt use with child restraints.

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1. Insert ‘U-Shape’ plasc
hooks on boom
of backrest into the
corresponding bars on
seat base ❶.
2. Apply a small amount of
force to gently lock the
hooks onto the base ❷.
3. Slowly swing the backrest
upwards, whereby locking
the backrest into place ❸.
4. To remove backrest,
repeat previous steps in
reverse order.
ASSEMBLING/DISASSEMBLING BACKREST
❶
❸
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1. Loosen harness system
by pushing the up-
front metal harness
adjuster at the front
of the seat just above
the adjustment strap
(under the fabric) ❶ and by
simultaneously pulling the chest strap
towards you ❷.
! WARNING: The shoulder harness
must be EVEN OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE
the child’s shoulders. If the upper
most harness posion is below the
child’s shoulders, DO NOT use this
child restraint with harness.
! ENSURE the harness height is correct
for your child’s size. VERIFY OFTEN.
! WARNING: DO NOT use this child
restraint if the midpoint of your
child’s head is above the top of
the child restraint’s headrest at its
maximum height.
ADJUSTING HARNESS SHOULDER STRAPS
❷
❶
PREPARING CHILD RESTRAINT FOR USE
WARNING!
!
INCORRECT USE OF THE HARNESS SYSTEM IS THE
MOST COMMON MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE. IT IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO READ, UNDERSTAND AND
FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS.
DO NOT MISTAKE COMFORT FOR SAFETY. THE
HARNESS SYSTEM MUST BE SNUGLY ADJUSTED
AT ALL TIMES.

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WARNING!
!
FAILURE TO REINSTALL THE HARNESS STRAPS
CORRECTLY COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR
DEATH.
TIP: PULL ON THE HARNESS
STRAPS. DO NOT PULL
ON THE HARNESS PADS
AS THEY ARE LOCKED IN
PLACE.
2. Face the rear of the
child restraint and
remove the harness
straps and shoulder
straps from the
splier plates (see
“Removing/installing harness”) ❸.
3. Gently pull the straps out from the front harness slots.
4. Select the proper harness slot height and feed
the straps (harness and shoulder pads) back
through. ENSURE THAT THE HARNESS STRAPS
ARE THREADED AT THE SAME LEVEL, ARE NOT
TWISTED AND ARE IN THE CORRECT SLOTS.
5. Reaach the harness straps and shoulder straps to
the metal splier plates.
! ENSURE BOTH HARNESS STRAPS ARE PROPERLY
SECURED ON THE SPLITTER PLATE.
REMEMBER to check the shoulder
straps posion frequently and move
them to the next posion when
necessary. The harness straps MUST
be in the height posion EVEN WITH
or just ABOVE the shoulders. The
harness pads and crotch pads are
oponal and are not a safety feature.
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