Booster Air - Car seat GRACO - Free user manual and instructions

Product Type	Booster Car Seat
Brand	Graco
Model	Booster Air
Weight Range	40-100 lbs (18-45 kg)
Height Range	43-57 inches (109-145 cm)
Dimensions (Assembled)	Approx. 17 x 15 x 26 inches
Weight of Seat	Approx. 8 lbs (3.6 kg)
Seat Type	High-back booster with adjustable headrest
Harness Type	Transition from 5-point harness to belt-positioning booster
Installation Method	Vehicle seat belt or LATCH system
Cup Holders	2 (removable, dishwasher safe)
Fabric Care	Removable and machine washable seat pad
Air Ventilation System	Built-in air vents for comfort
Safety Standards	Exceeds federal safety standards
Expiration	10 years from date of manufacture
Accessories Included	User manual, LATCH connectors
Replacement Parts	Available via Graco customer service

Frequently Asked Questions - Booster Air GRACO

How do I install the Graco Booster Air car seat?

Refer to the user manual for detailed instructions. The seat can be installed using the vehicle's seat belt or the LATCH system. Ensure the seat is tightly secured and the headrest is adjusted to the correct height.

What is the weight and height limit for this booster seat?

The Booster Air is designed for children weighing 40 to 100 lbs (18-45 kg) and standing 43 to 57 inches (109-145 cm) tall.

Can I use this seat in an airplane?

The Booster Air is not certified for aircraft use. It is designed for motor vehicles only.

How do I clean the seat cover?

The seat pad is removable and machine washable. Wash in cold water on gentle cycle and air dry. Do not use bleach or iron.

What is the expiration date of the Graco Booster Air?

Graco car seats typically expire 10 years from the date of manufacture. Check the label on the seat for the exact date.

How do I adjust the headrest?

Squeeze the headrest adjustment lever located at the top rear of the seat and slide the headrest up or down to the desired height. Ensure it clicks into place.

Is the Booster Air suitable for a 3-year-old?

The Booster Air is recommended for children who have outgrown forward-facing harness seats, typically ages 4 and up. However, always follow the weight and height guidelines.

Can I use both the seat belt and LATCH system simultaneously?

No, never use both systems at the same time unless specified by the vehicle and car seat manufacturer. Use one or the other.

Does this seat have a cup holder?

Yes, the Booster Air includes two removable cup holders that are dishwasher safe.

How do I know if the seat is installed correctly?

After installation, check that the seat moves less than 1 inch at the belt path. Use the built-in level indicator if available. For a thorough check, consult a certified child passenger safety technician.

USER MANUAL Booster Air GRACO

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READ THIS MANUAL

Do not install or use this car seat until you read and understand the instructions in this manual.

FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS CAR SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

Table of Contents

Registration Information....3....

Recall Information....3....

If You Need Help/Replacement parts 4.

Parts List 5

Warnings to Parents and Other Users 6-8

Assembling the Back Support 9-13

Weight and Height Limits 14-15

Vehicle Seat Location Requirements 16

Vehicle Seat Belt Requirements..17....

SAFE Vehicle Belt Systems 17

UNSAFE Vehicle Belt Systems....18

Using your Graco Booster Seat 19-21

Booster Seat Positions 22

Securing your Child in Vehicle 23-26

Adjusting the Head Support 27

Removing the Back Support to Use as Backless

Booster (on certain models)....28

Securing Child in Vehicle with

Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip 29-32

Additional Information....33

Airplane Use 33

Cupholders 33

Instruction Sheet Storage 34

Care and Maintenance 34-35

To Clean Seat Mesh....36

Registration Information

Model Number:

Manufactured on:

Purchase Date:

Register Your Booster Seat

Please fill in the above information. The model number and manufactured on (date) can be found on a label underneath your booster seat. Fill out the prepaid registration postcard attached to the seat cover and mail it today. Child restraints could be recalled for safety reasons. You must register this restraint to be reached in a recall.

Send your name, address, model number and manufacturing date to:

Graco Children's Products Inc.

150 Oaklands Blvd.

Exton, PA, 19341

or call 1-800-345-4109

or register online at: www.gracobaby.com

Recall Information

• Call the U.S. Government’s Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153)
  • or go to http://www.NHTSA.gov
  • Graco: 1-800-345-4109 or www.gracobaby.com

If You Need Help

Please contact our Customer Service Department with any questions you may have concerning parts, use, maintenance or warranty information. When you contact us, please have your product's model number and manufactured on (date) ready so that we may help you efficiently. This number can be found on a sticker on the underside of your booster seat.

1-800-345-4109

or www.gracobaby.com

Parts List

Adult assembly required.

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Base

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Shoulder belt positioning clip

On Certain Models

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Head Support

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Lower Back Support

WARNING

• NO BOOSTER SEAT CAN GUARANTEE PROTECTION FROM INJURY. HOWEVER, PROPER USE OF THIS BOOSTER SEAT REDUCES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOUR CHILD.
• DO NOT INSTALL OR USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT UNTIL YOU READ AND UNDERSTAND THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS MANUAL AND IN YOUR VEHICLE OWNER'S MANUAL. DO NOT let others install or use the booster seat unless they understand how to use it.
• FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH. YOUR CHILD CAN BE INJURED IN A VEHICLE EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT IN A CRASH. Sudden braking and sharp turns can injure your child if the booster seat is not properly installed or if your child is not properly secured in the booster seat.

• NEVER PLACE THIS BOOSTER SEAT IN A VEHICLE SEATING LOCATION THAT

HAS AN AIR BAG. If an air bag inflates, it can hit the child and booster seat with great force and cause serious injury or death to your child. Refer to your vehicle owner's manual for information about air bags and booster seat installation.

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- 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 air bag, refer to your vehicle owner's manual as well as these instructions for booster seat installation.

- NEVER LEAVE A BOOSTER SEAT UNSECURED IN YOUR VEHICLE. An unsecured booster seat 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.

- REPLACE THE BOOSTER SEAT AFTER AN ACCIDENT OF ANY KIND. An accident can cause damage to the booster seat that you cannot see.

• DO NOT MODIFY YOUR BOOSTER SEAT or use any accessories or parts supplied by other manufacturers.
- NEVER USE BOOSTER SEAT IF IT HAS DAMAGED OR MISSING PARTS. DO NOT use a cut, frayed or damaged vehicle seat belt.
- THE BOOSTER SEAT 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 seat.
- THIS CHILD RESTRAINT CONFORMS to all applicable Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards and is certified for use in motor vehicles. This restraint is NOT certified for use in aircraft because there is no shoulder belt available.
- NEVER GIVE THIS BOOSTER SEAT to someone else without also giving them this manual.
- NEVER USE A SECOND-HAND BOOSTER SEAT or a booster seat whose history you do not know.
- NEVER USE THIS BOOSTER SEAT without the armrests attached to the base.

Assembling the Back Support (on certain models)

Step 1.

Flip over head support and lower back support as shown ①.

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Step 2.

Squeeze red adjustment handle and slide two pieces together until they snap into place ②.

CHECK to make sure two pieces are securely snapped together by pulling on them.

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CLICK!

Step 3

Attach elastic strap to the hook on the fabric, on the other side of seat pad ③.

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Step 4.

Flip seat over and insert the fabric from the head support underneath the fabric on the lower back support as shown ④.

To make insertion of fabric easier, slide the upper and lower back pieces apart by squeezing the red adjustment handle.

ent handle. ④

Step 5.

Attach back support to base. “U”-shaped hooks on bottom of back support will interlock with bars on base ⑤. Make sure that no part of the seat covering interferes when attaching back support to the base.

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Step 6

Once backrest is securely attached to the base, push backrest up as shown ⑥.

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Step 7

Your Graco booster seat is now ready to use. See page 19-26, “Using your Graco Booster Seat” and “Securing Your Child in Vehicle”.

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Weight and Height Limits

WARNING

FAILURE TO USE booster seat in a manner appropriate for your child's size may increase the risk of serious injury or death.

To use this Graco booster seat, your child MUST meet ALL of the following requirements:

With back support (approximately 3 to 10 years old):

• weigh between 30 and 100 lbs.
  (mass between 13.6 and 45 kg), and
  • are between 38 and 57 inches (96 and 145 cm) in height, and

- the shoulder belt MUST lay across child's shoulders in red zone as shown in ① and the lap portion is positioned low on the childs hips, and

- the child's ears are below top of booster seat. If tops of ears are above top of seat, your child is too large for the booster seat

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Without back support (approximately 4 to 10 years old) :

- weigh between 40 and 100 lbs. (mass between 18 and 45 ~kg ), and

• are between 40 and 57 inches (101 and 145 cm) in height, and

- the shoulder belt MUST lay across child’s shoulders in red zone as shown in ② and the lap portion is positioned low on the child’s hips, and

- when sitting on the booster seat, your child’s ears are below the top of the vehicle seat cushion / head rest.

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Vehicle Seat Location Requirements

WARNING

IMPROPER PLACEMENT OF THE BOOSTER SEAT INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH. Some seating positions in your vehicle may NOT be safe for this booster seat. Some vehicles do not have any seating positions that can be used safely with the booster seat. If you are not sure where to place the booster seat in your vehicle, consult your vehicle owner's manual or call Graco Children's Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.

- Children are safer when properly restrained in rear vehicle seating positions. Whenever possible secure the Graco booster seat in the center position of the seat directly behind the front seats. However, if this position is equipped with a lap belt only it cannot be used.

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• The vehicle seat MUST face forward.

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WARNING

MANY SEAT BELT SYSTEMS ARE NOT SAFE TO USE WITH THE BOOSTER SEAT.

Pay careful attention to these systems; some of the seat belts that are NOT safe to use look very much like seat belts that are safe to use. If you are unsure, consult your vehicle owner's manual or call Graco Children's Products Inc., at 1-800-345-4109.

SAFE VEHICLE SEAT BELT SYSTEM

ONLY A LAP/SHOULDER BELT SYSTEM CAN BE USED WITH THIS BOOSTER SEAT.

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UNSAFE Vehicle Seat Belt Systems

DO NOT USE ANY OF THE FOLLOWING VEHICLE BELT SYSTEMS.

• NEVER use a lap-only belt.

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• NEVER use a Passive Restraint - Lap or Shoulder Belt Mounted on Door

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• NEVER use a Passive Restraint - Lap Belt with Motorized Shoulder Belt

NEVER use vehicle belts that are attached to the door in any way or that move along a track to automatically surround the passenger when the door is closed.

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Using Your Graco Booster Seat

WARNING

FAILURE TO PROPERLY SECURE YOUR CHILD AND THE BOOSTER SEAT IN YOUR VEHICLE INCREASES THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH IN THE EVENT OF A SHARP TURN, SUDDEN STOP OR CRASH.

Use only the vehicle's lap and shoulder belt system when restraining the child in this booster seat ①.

NEVER use a vehicle lap-only belt across front of child ②.

DO NOT place vehicle shoulder belt behind child's back ③.

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Vehicle belts MUST lay flat against child and MUST not be twisted.

DO NOT use shoulder belt loose or positioned under child's arm ④.

DO NOT position vehicle belt over top of the armrests ⑤. It must pass underneath the armrests.

Make sure vehicle belt is NOT twisted.

Lap portion of lap/shoulder belt MUST be low and snug on hips, just touching thighs.

DO NOT allow child to slide down in booster seat ⑥.

If child will not keep vehicle restraint properly positioned, DO NOT use this booster seat. Use a different child restraint system.

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Vehicle seat headrest must not interfere with booster seat head support ⑦. The front of booster seat MUST NOT hang over front of vehicle seat ⑧.

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The back of the booster seat MUST fit flat against the vehicle seat back as shown ⑨.

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Booster Seat Positions

Your booster has two positions as shown.

① Upright ② Reclined

The back of the booster seat MUST fit flat against the vehicle seat back as shown in ③ in either the first or second position.

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DO NOT USE booster seat beyond reclined position ②.

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Securing Your Child in Vehicle

1. Place booster seat firmly against the back of a forward-facing vehicle seat equipped with a lap/shoulder belt only ①.

2. Have your child sit in booster seat with their back flat against back of booster seat.

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1. Position shoulder belt through the shoulder belt guide shown in ②, NOT as shown in ③. Fasten buckle and pull up on the shoulder belt to tighten.

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CORRECT

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INCORRECT

1. 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 ④ and the shoulder belt must be positioned in the red zone as shown in ⑤.

The lap belt portion MUST pass under the armrests and be positioned low on the hips.

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1. If the belt lays across child's neck, head or face ⑥, readjust head support height.

Follow instructions on page 27, “Adjusting the Head Support”.

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INCORRECT

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INCORRECT

Adjusting the Head Support

BEFORE adjusting the head support height, have your child lean forward slightly.

Squeeze the red adjustment handle on top of seat and pull back support up until it snaps into one of the 6 height positions.

To lower, squeeze red adjustment handle and push down.

CHECK to make sure it is securely snapped into one of the 6 height positions by pulling up on head support.

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Back of seat

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Removing the Back Support (on certain models) to Use as Backless Booster

To use booster seat without back support:

Remove back support as shown.

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“U” shaped hooks on bottom of back support are interlocked with bars on base. Lift back support off base.

Soft ack

Securing Child in Vehicle with Shoulder Belt Positioning Clip

The shoulder belt MUST lay across child's shoulders in red zone as shown.

If shoulder belt lays outside this zone, the shoulder belt positioning clip MUST be used.

To attach clip to booster seat:

1. Insert the loop end of strap around vertical bar on rear of seat as shown in ①. The shoulder belt positioning clip MUST be attached onto the vertical bar of the base closest to where the vehicle shoulder belt lays across the child.

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1. Pass the clip and strap through the loop end as shown in ② and pull strap up ③.

NOTE: Free end of strap should face front of seat.

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1. Slide the vehicle shoulder belt onto the clip as shown and pull strap down to tighten clip against child's shoulder.

The lap belt portion MUST pass under the armrests and be positioned low on the hips. The belt MUST NOT be twisted.

Shoulder belt positioning clip

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Shoulder belt positioning clip

1. For warnings on vehicle belt positions, see pages 19-21, “Using your Graco Booster Seat”.

Additional Information

Airplane Use

This restraint is NOT certified for use in an aircraft because aircraft seats do not have a shoulder belt.

Cupholders

Cupholders are included on both sides of the seat.

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Instruction Sheet Storage

Your instruction manual can be stored on the bottom of the seat as shown.

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Care and Maintenance

• CONTINUOUS USE OF BOOSTER SEAT MAY CAUSE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE SEAT. Use a booster seat mat, towel or thin blanket to protect upholstery.
• METAL AND PLASTIC PARTS: clean with mild soap and cool water. No bleach or detergents.
- DO NOT USE booster seat if seat mesh is ripped or torn.

To Remove Seat Cover

1. Remove elastic loops from seat as shown.

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1. Machine wash cover in cold water on delicate cycle and drip-dry. DO NOT USE BLEACH.
2. To put the seat cover back on, reverse preceding instructions.

To Clean Seat Mesh

Normal cleaning:

For normal cleaning, vacuum fabric as needed. Vacuuming picks up dust and reduces the need for professional cleaning. Do not brush fabric or use vacuum attachment with a rotary brush. Brushing may permanently damage the nap or change the character of the fabric.

Use a water-based cleaner (specifically made for cleaning fabric) or a solution of mild (alkaline) warm soapy water (not overly soapy) applied with a damp clean cloth or sponge. Work the cleaner into a lather or foam. Never use hot water, it will set the stain. Avoid scrubbing.

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LEA ESTE MANUAL.

Graco Children's Products Inc.

150 Oaklands Blvd.

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Base

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Apoyacabezas

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Respaldo

ADVERTENCIA

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Paso 2.

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Paso 4.

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Paso 6

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Paso 7

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ADVERTENCIA

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CORRECTA

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INCORRECTA

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INCORRECTA

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INCORRECTA

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