Grammer Automotive's Integrated Child Safety Seats are Becoming Popular
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| Grammar supplies automakers with a slick integrated infant seat. (Photo: Grammer Automotive AG) |
German-based Grammer Automotive AG believes it has some better ideas when it comes to seat components, especially when it comes to protecting children and preventing whiplash injuries, and is aiming at making inroads into the U.S. market.
Grammer recently displayed several pieces of its technology at Comerica Park during the recent 2003 Society of Automotive Engineers Congress in Detroit. Among them was its integrated child booster seat technology that offers a solution to the problem of child safety in crashes, said Conrad Zumhagen, executive director, Business Development, North America.
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| Most who have seen Chevrolet's ultra-hot SS Concept sedan on the auto show circuit this year probably didn't notice that Grammar's child seat system is integrated within its rear seats. (Photo: General Motors) |
A study published in the March issue of Pediatrics, said that about 80 percent of child safety seats are improperly installed or misused, partially due to complicated legalese in the instructions, leading to an increased risk of injury and death to children approximately between five and 12 years old.
Although the study's findings are disputed by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association, which represents car seat makers, Zumhagen said it points out a terrible situation in automotive safety when it comes to protecting small children.