joie Elevate Car Seat Instruction Manual
- June 3, 2024
- Joie
Table of Contents
joie Elevate Car Seat
Welcome to Joie™
Congratulations on becoming part of the Joie family! We are so excited to be part of your journey with your little one. While traveling with Joie elevateTM series booster you are using a high quality, fully certified safety Group 1/2/3 booster. This product is suitable for use with children weighing 9-36kg (approximately 1 – 12 years). Please carefully read this manual and follow each step to ensure a comfortable ride and best pro-tection for your child.
Please confirm
This booster is approved to UN ECE regulation 44, 04 series of amend-ments.
This booster can be installed using a 3 point retractable adult seat belt
approved to UN ECE regulation 16 or other equivalent stan-dards.
Booster
IMPORTANT: KEEP FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. PLEASE READ CAREFULLY.
Please keep the instruction manual in the storage compartment at the bottom of
the booster as right figure.
For warranty information, please visit our website at joiebaby.com
Parts List
Make sure all parts are available before assembly. If any part is missing, please contact local retailer. No tools are required for assembly.
- Head Support
- Lower Back Support
- Armrest
- Adjustment Webbing
- Buckle
- Shoulder Strap Cover
- Head Support Adjustment Lever
- Shoulder Strap
- Cupholder
- Side Impact Shield
WARNING
- Do take care to locate and install the booster so that it is not liable to become trapped by a moveable seat or in a door of the vehicle.
- This booster is designed ONLY for child weighing 9- 36kg (approximately 1 – 12 years or under).
- Any straps of child restraint and vehicle seat should be tightened and not twisted.
- After your child is placed in this booster, the safety belt must be used correctly, and ensure that any lap strap is worn low down, so that the pelvis is firmly engaged.
- Replace the booster after an accident of any kind. An accident can cause unseen damage to the booster.
- NEVER use a booster if it has damaged or missing parts. DO NOT use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.
- The booster can become very hot if left in the sun. Contact with these parts can burn your child’s skin. Always touch the surface of any metal or plastic parts before putting your child in the booster.
- NEVER leave your child unattended with this booster.
- DO NOT face your booster toward the rear of the vehicle.
- Failure to properly use this booster increases the risk of serious injury or death in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash.
- DO NOT use this booster without the soft goods.
- The soft goods should not be replaced with any besides the ones recommended by the manufacturer, because the soft goods constitute an integral part of the booster performance.
- DO NOT use any load-bearing contact points other than those described in the instructions and marked on the booster.
- NEVER leave luggage or other objects unsecured in a vehicle, they are liable to cause injuries in the event of a collision.
- DO NOT use in any configuration not shown in the instructions.
- According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in rear vehicle seating positions, rather than front seating positions. For a vehicle with a front passenger airbag, refer to your vehicle owner’s manual as well as these instructions for a booster installation.
- NEVER give this booster to someone else without also giving them this manual.
- NEVER leave a booster unsecured in your vehicle. An unsecured booster can be thrown around and may injure occupants in a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Remove it or make sure that it is securely belted in the vehicle.
- DO NOT modify your booster or use any accessories or parts supplied by other manufacturers.
- NEVER use a second-hand booster or a booster whose history you do not know.
- To avoid burns, never put hot liquids in your booster’s cupholder.
- DO NOT have your child in swaddled clothes when using this booster in forward-facing mode, because this may prevent your child from being properly and securely fastened by the shoulder harnesses and the harnesses between thighs.
- Please do not use this child restraint if the child restraint has dropped from a significant height, hit the ground at a considerable speed, or has visible signs of damage. We are not responsible to replace if the child restraint has been damaged under these abnormal conditions. A new child restraint will need to be purchased when any of the aforementioned conditions occurs.
Emergency
In case of emergency or accidents, it is most important to have your child taken care of with first aid and medical treatment immediately.
Product Information
Read all the instructions in this manual before using this product. If in doubt, consult either the booster manufacturer or the retailer.
- This booster is a ‘Universal’ child restraint. It is approved to UN ECE regulation 44, 04 series of amendments, for general use in vehicles and it will fit most, but not all, car seats.
- A correct fit is likely if the vehicle manufacturer has declared in the vehicle handbook that the vehicle is capable of accepting a ‘Universal’ for this age group.
- This booster has been classified as ‘Universal’ under
more stringent conditions than those which applied to earlier designs which do not carry this notice.
Product Booster
Suitable for Child weighing 9-36kg (approximately 1 – 12 years)
Mass Group Group 1/2/3
Materials Plastics, metal, fabrics
Patent No. Patents pending
Booster Assembly
see images 1 – 10
Must open the side impact shield plastic to protect the child more safely.
Make sure that no part of the seat covering interferes when attaching backrest
to the base.
Height Adjustment – for Head Support
- Please adjust the head support to proper height according tothe child’s height.
- Squeeze the head support adjustment lever, meanwhile pull up or push down the head support until it snaps into one of the 10 positions.
Before adjusting the head support height have your child lean forward slightly.
Adjust the Crotch Belts
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According to different requirements, there are 2 positions to which the crotch harness can be adjusted.
Position 1: Smaller babies use this position 12 -1
Position 2: Larger babies use this position 12 -2 -
Pull the crotch harness out and place it to be level.
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Rotate the crotch harness anchor to make the short side forwards, then thread it through the crotch harness slot.
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Rethread it through the slot that is closest to child’s crotch from the front of the crotch harness.
Concerns on Installation
Installation with 3-point belt
Use Buckle
(Forward Facing Mode/ for Child between 9-18kg /1 – 4 years old)
DO not use the booster with the harness if the child’s shoulders are above the highest slots in the backrest or if the child’s weight exceeds 18 kg.
- While pressing the harness adjustment button, pull the two shoulder harnesses of the booster as far as they can go. 20
- Unlock the buckle of the harnesses by pressing the red button. 21
- Shoulder belt passes through Lock-off device, confirm the Lock-off Device is pushed down. 23
- The child restraint can not be used if the vehicle safety belt buckle (female buckle end) is too long to anchor the booster securely. 24 -2
- To ensure the correct head support height is obtained, the bottom of the headrest MUST be even with the top of child’s shoulders as shown in 24 -3
- Pull down the adjustment webbing and adjust it to the proper length so that your child is snugly secured. Make sure the space between the child and the shoulder harness is about the thickness of one hand. 24 -4
With back support
(Forward Facing Mode/ for Child between 15-36kg /3 – 12 years old)
Store the shoulder strap cover, buckle/crotch strap cover and harness straps in a safe place.
- Pull the vehicle safety belt and pass through the belt path 35 , and then buckle it up. 35 -3
- Position shoulder belt through the shoulder belt guide shown in 35 -1
- DO NOT position vehicle belt over top of the armrests. It must pass underneath the armrests. 35 -2
- The booster can not be used if the vehicle safety belt buckle (female buckle end) is too long to anchor the booster securely. 35 -4
- It is very important to ensure that any lap strap is worn low down, so that the pelvis is firmly engaged. The booster is shown as 35
- To ensure the correct head support height is obtained, the bottom of the headrest MUST be even with the top of child’s shoulders as shown in 36 and the shoulder belt must be positioned in the red zone as shown in 37
- Place the booster firmly against the back of a forward-facing vehicle seat equipped with a lap/shoulder belt.
- Have your child sit in the booster with their back flat against the back of the booster.
- If the belt lays across the child’s neck, head or face, readjust head support height.
- Belt must not be twisted.
Detach Soft Goods
- Please refer 25 – 34 to remove shoulder strap cover, buckle/ crotch strap cover and harness straps, and keep them properly.
- To refit the seat pad simply reverse the steps above.
Care and Maintenance
- Please wash the soft goods and inner padding with cold water under 30°C.
- Do not iron the soft goods.
- Do not bleach or dry clean the soft goods.
- Do not use undiluted neutral detergent﹐ gasoline or other organic solvent to wash the booster. It may cause damage to the booster.
- Do not twist the soft goods and inner padding to dry with great force. It may leave the soft goods and inner padding with wrinkles.
- Please hang dry the soft goods and inner padding in the shade.
- Please remove the booster from the vehicle seat if not in use for a long period of time. Put the booster in a cool, dry place and somewhere your child cannot access it.