Seat Protector Survey "*" indicates required fields Thank you for assisting us in collecting this information about various ways to protect vehicle seats when using car seats. Our purpose for gathering this information is research for a Safe Ride News article that will report responses on the aggregate. However, if SRN were to wish to use any information you provide in a way that singles out your company, SRN will first contact you to provide confirmation and review of the draft text.As you provide answers, please assume that CR means car seats (or boosters, if appropriate), that we are asking about devices added for vehicle seat protection only (not rolled towels for positioning), and all of the following criteria: • Any vehicle seat protection device (i.e. mat or towel) placed under the CR must not be thick or stiff. It must allow the seat belt/LATCH strap to fully tighten for a secure installation, just as it would without something under the CR. • Any added vehicle seat protection device (i.e. mat or towel) placed between the vehicle seat back and a CR must not keep the CR from being able to be positioned on the vehicle seat like it normally would. • Any vehicle seat protection device (i.e. mat or towel) must not interfere with the vehicle’s car seat anchors (seat belts or lower anchors). The webbing must be able to run as straight and flat as it would with no mat or towel. • When hanging a vehicle seat protection device (i.e. kick mat) to cover the back of the front seat, the vehicle instructions must also be followed (i.e.: consideration for its effect on the air bag). • When hanging a vehicle seat protection device (i.e. mat or towel) on the rear seatback (for protection from RF children’s shoes), instructions are followed regarding positioning of the vehicle head restraint. • If the vehicle seat protection device in use has built-in pockets for storage of loose items, consideration will be given to the dangers of these items as potential projectiles or hard contact points.Name* First Last Email* Company Name / Brand(s)* Does your company agree with all the proper usage assumptions given above?Do you have edits or additional points to note about the use of add-on vehicle seat protection devices with your CRs? Yes, the assumptions look accurate and complete. No, we’d like to amend the assumptions. No, our company never allows towels or mats to be placed under our CRs under any circumstance. Please provide any additional or amended assumptions.Does your company allow a mat to be under an installed CR?We are specifically asking about a mat (not a towel), while also considering all the assumptions stated above. Yes Yes, but only if it is made by our company No Yes, in some situations. Please provide more details.Does your company allow a towel to be under an installed CR?We are specifically asking about a towel (not a mat), while also considering all the assumptions stated above. Yes No Yes, in some situations. Please provide more details.Does your company have any comments regarding mats that cover the back of a front seat?This type of mat (commonly called a kick mat) hangs from the front seat’s head restraint, providing protection from a child’s feet and, often, storage pockets. Yes No Please provide your comments.Does your company provide suggestions for how a CR owner can protect a vehicle seatback from wear caused by a child in a rear-facing CR (for instance, from their muddy shoes)?Please consider commercial solutions (made by your company or others) and homemade solutions, like towels or mats hung from rear head restraints. Yes, in owner’s manuals Yes, on our website Yes, in owner’s manuals and on our website Yes, in some other situations. No If you gave a "yes" answer, please describe the suggestions you give consumers.
