October 2012 Notable Toys — Infant & Toddler

This belt positioning booster is a top of the line car seat. The Kiddy Cruiserfix Pro protects a 4 to 12 year old child with maximum safety standards in mind. This seat grows with your child upward and outward and connects to any vehicle by use of seatbelt or equipped with LATCH. The seat has three layers of Side Impact Protection foam in the head area and incorporates deep walls all the way through the seat. It houses an integrated LATCH system that easily retracts into the seat when not in use and utilizes a proven 'crumple zone' technology from the automotive industry into the belt path of the car seat. Launch date: January 2012.
Awards: 2012 - Creative Child Magazine Product of the Year; 2012 - AGR Certified and Recommended - Association Forum Healthy Back - Better Living

The Kiddy World Plus is a German engineered and designed car seat that utilizes a Protection Shield in place of a traditional harness. The traditional harness holds the child in such a manner that the energy in a frontal crash is absorbed solely in the neck area.  With the Kiddy Protection Shield the energy is absorbed through the upper portion of the child's body reducing the impacts of whiplash. With a traditional harness the child can unbuckle and get out of their car seat by themselves. With the Protection Shield the location of the buckle is below the child's hip making it almost impossible for them to unbuckle the car seat on their own. Another great feature of the Protection Shield is the application for children with special needs. Austic children and those with Down Syndrome do not find this seat as confining as one with a traditional harness. It is very difficult for them to get out of as well. Launch date: April 2012.
Awards: 2012 - Creative Child Magazine Top Choice of the Year