Graco EZ manual What is LATCH?

❃WhatisLATCH?

United States Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards have defined a new system for installing car seats in vehicles. The system is called LATCH. LATCH stands for:

Lower Anchorage and Tether for CHildren.

LATCHSYSTEMSFORCARSEATS:

The LATCH on the car seat consists of a top tether strap used (for forward-facing only) and lower anchorage belt (Fig. a).

The LATCH shown below allows you to attach your Graco or Century car seat to a vehicle with LATCH or ISOFIX anchor points.

Connector

Release

Buttons

LATCHSYSTEMSFORVEHICLES:

LATCH in the vehicle consists of a top tether anchor point and two lower anchor points (Fig. a).

Some vehicle owner manuals use the term ISOFIX to identify the new car seat anchorage system. This EZ LATCH™ can also be used in vehicle seating positions equipped with

ISOFIX.

Car Seat	Vehicle
	Top Tether
Top Tether
	Anchor
	Point

Adjustment Belt

EZ LATCH™

and Lower

Vehicle

Lower

Anchor

Points

Adjuster

Anchorage Belt

(Fig. a)

2