Child Safety-Design Criteria and Performance of Booster Cushions

Based upon the given state of art, general requirements and additional safety criteria for booster cushion systems are established. Applying the safety criteria, the performance and its limitations of a typical booster cushion is investigated by means of an extensive test program. For this purpose a variety of different shoulder point positions is considered.

The results obtained from this study lead to design criteria. Systems designed to these criteria should be capable of fulfilling all the requirements established.