According to the present disclosure, a child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat further includes a cupholder coupled to the
According to the present disclosure, a child restraint includes a juvenile seat and a child-restraint harness coupled to the juvenile seat. The juvenile seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom. The juvenile seat further includes a cupholder coupled to the seat bottom.
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1. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wal
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A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the side wall of the cup receiver further includes a second deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is configured to provide second crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a temporary shape and reduce the volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the second deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force, andfurther comprising a first armrest coupled to the seat bottom and a second armrest coupled to the seat bottom and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first armrest to locate a seat pad included in the seat bottom in a position between the first and second armrests and wherein the cupholder and the cupholder support are included in the first armrest, the first deformable portion of the cup receiver is arranged to extend in a first direction away from the seat pad and the second armrest to lie in a space outside of a juvenile-receiving space defined between the first and second armrests, and the second deformable portion of the cup receiver is arranged to extend in an opposite second direction toward the second armrest to face toward any juvenile seated on the seat pad in the juvenile-receiving space. 2. The juvenile seat of claim 1, wherein each of the first and second deformable portions has a curved shape. 3. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the side wall of the cup receiver further includes a second deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is configured to provide second crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a temporary shape and reduce the volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the second deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the side wall of the cup receiver further includes a first stationary portion that is arranged to interconnect the first and second deformable portions and also to abut a stationary portion of the cupholder support so that movement and deformation of the first stationary portion of the side wall relative to the cupholder support is blocked during movement of one of the first and second deformable portions relative to the cupholder support, and further comprising a seat back arranged to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom, the side wall of the cup receiver further includes a second stationary portion that is arranged to interconnect the first and second deformable portions and lie in spaced-apart relation to the first stationary portion in a position located between the first stationary portion and the seat back and to abut a stationary portion of the cupholder support so that movement and deformation of the second stationary portion of the side wall relative to the cupholder support is blocked during movement of one of the first and second deformable portions relative to the cupholder support. 4. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the cupholder and cupholder support cooperate to define a first armrest, the cupholder support includes a base configured to mate with and support the cupholder without hindering elastic deformation of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver relative to the floor of the cup receiver, and the cupholder support further includes a base anchor coupled to the base and configured to provide means for mating with a first-armrest foundation included in the seat bottom during a manufacturing process to retain the cupholder support in a stationary position on the first-armrest foundation, andfurther comprising a second armrest and wherein the seat bottom further includes a second-armrest foundation arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first-armrest foundation and a seat pad located between the first-armrest and second-armrest foundations, the second armrest is coupled to the second-armrest foundation to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first armrest defined by the cupholder and the cupholder support, the first-armrest foundation is formed to include an upwardly opening anchor receiver, and the base anchor included in the cupholder support is arranged to extend downwardly into the upwardly opening anchor receiver formed in the first-armrest foundation to couple the cupholder support to the seat bottom. 5. The juvenile seat of claim 4, wherein the cupholder is overmolded onto the base of the cupholder support to locate the first deformable portion in spaced-apart relation to the cupholder support to free the first deformable portion to move relative to the base of the cupholder during exposure to the external impact force. 6. The juvenile seat of claim 4, wherein the first-armrest foundation is formed to include a rear ridge, a front ridge, and a central basin located between the rear and front ridges, the central basin is defined by a bottom plate arranged to underlie a floor-support wall included in the base of the cupholder support and a side pan coupled to a perimeter edge of the bottom plate and arranged to underlie a side-support wall included in the base of the cupholder support, the bottom plate is formed to include the upwardly opening anchor receiver, and the cup receiver of the cupholder is located in the central basin when the base anchor of the cupholder support is arranged to extend into the upwardly opening anchor receiver formed in the bottom plate and the cupholder is mounted on the cupholder support. 7. The juvenile seat of claim 4, wherein the cupholder support further includes an anchor retainer arranged to extend upwardly through an aperture formed in the first-armrest foundation to mate with the base anchor to provide means for retaining the base of the cupholder support in a stationary position on the first-armrest foundation in response to movement of the cupholder support to engage the first-armrest foundation. 8. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the cupholder support includes a floor-support wall and a side-support wall arranged to extend upwardly from the floor-support wall and cooperate with the floor-support wall to form a support cavity receiving an inner section of the cup receiver to cause an outer section of the cup receiver including the first deformable portion of the side wall of the cup receiver to lie outside the support cavity to free the first deformable portion to move relative to the cupholder support during exposure to the external impact force, andwherein the floor of the cup receiver includes a mounted portion arranged to lie in a stationary position on the floor-support wall of the cupholder support and an unmounted portion coupled to the first deformable portion of the side wall of the cup receiver and arranged to end away from the cupholder support to lie outside of the support cavity formed in the cupholder support. 9. The juvenile seat of claim 8, wherein each of the mounted and unmounted portions of the floor of the cup receiver is a D-shaped half-round segment and those D-shaped half-round segments mate in back-to-back relation to provide the floor with a round shape. 10. The juvenile seat of claim 8, wherein the side-support wall of the cupholder support is a concave curved surface arranged to face toward the floor-support wall of the cupholder support and to extend from a C-shaped perimeter edge of the flow-support wall to a C-shaped edge of a top wall included in the cupholder support. 11. The juvenile seat of claim 8, wherein the unmounted portion of the floor of the cup receiver is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide floor crumple means for deforming elastically to change shape from an initial shape and move relative to the mounted portion of the floor of the cup receiver to assume a different temporary shape during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape of the unmounted portion of the floor of the cup receiver following cessation of the external impact force. 12. The juvenile seat of claim 8, wherein the cupholder support includes a base including the floor-support wall and the side-support wall and a base anchor coupled to the base and to the seat bottom to retain the cupholder support in a stationary position on the seat bottom, and the base is made of a substantially rigid material to support the inner section of the cup receiver of the cupholder thereon without substantially hindering elastic deformation of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver. 13. The juvenile seat of claim 12, wherein the base anchor is configured to provide means for retaining the base of the cupholder support in a stationary position on a first armrest foundation in response to movement of the cupholder support to engage the first-armrest foundation. 14. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support and is unsupported by the cupholder support and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force,wherein the seat bottom includes a seat pad arranged to lie alongside the cupholder support, the cup receiver includes an outer exterior portion arranged to extend away from the seat pad and configured to include the first deformable portion of the side wall of the cup receiver and an inner exterior portion arranged to extend toward the seat pad and configured to deform elastically when exposed to an external impact force, andwherein the seat bottom is formed to include a rear ridge, a front ridge, and a central basin located between the rear and front ridges and the cup receiver of the cupholder is located in the central basin. 15. The juvenile seat of claim 14, wherein the cup receiver is a monolithic component made of a deformable elastic material to provide both the outer and inner exterior portions of the cup receiver with a deformable elastic quality. 16. The juvenile seat of claim 14, wherein the floor of the cup receiver includes a mounted portion arranged to lie in a stationary position on the cupholder support and an unmounted portion located away from the cupholder support and included in the outer exterior portion. 17. The juvenile seat of claim 14, further comprising a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom and the rear ridge is arranged to lie in a position between the seat back and the front ridge. 18. A juvenile seat comprising a seat bottom,a cupholder support coupled to the seat bottom, anda cupholder mounted on the cupholder support, the cupholder including a cup receiver having a floor and a side wall arranged to cooperate with the floor to form a cup-receiving cavity, wherein the side wall includes a first deformable portion that is arranged to extend away from the cupholder support so as to be, is unsupported by the cupholder support, and is configured to provide first crumple means in the side wall for deforming elastically to change from an initial shape and move relative to the floor to assume a different temporary shape and reduce a volume of the cup-receiving cavity temporarily only during exposure of the first deformable portion to an external impact force and for returning to the initial shape following cessation of the external impact force;wherein the cupholder support includes a base, a base anchor, and an anchor retainer coupled to the seat bottom and to the base, the base is saddle-shaped and is coupled to the cupholder, the base anchor is fin-shaped and coupled to exterior surfaces of the cup receiver and to opposite portions of the saddle-shaped base. 19. The juvenile seat of claim 18, wherein the base and the base anchor cooperate to form a monolithic component made of a substantially rigid plastics material and configured to support the cup receiver thereon without hindering elastic deformation of the first deformable portion of the cup receiver. 20. The juvenile seat of claim 18, wherein the anchor retainer is configured to provide means extending through apertures formed in the seat bottom and the base anchor for retaining the base anchor in a stationary position in an anchor-receiving slot formed in the seat bottom so that the cup receiver is maintained in a stationary yet elastically deformable position on the seat bottom. 21. The juvenile seat of claim 18, further comprising a seat back extending upwardly from the seat bottom and wherein the base includes a floor-support wall arranged to mate with the floor of the cup receiver and a side-support wall arranged to mate with portions of the side wall of the cup receiver without contacting the first deformable portion of the cup receiver, the side-support wall includes a front wall portion formed to include a front concave surface mating with the side wall of the receiver and coupled to the base anchor and a rear wall portion located between the seat back and the front portion and formed to include a rear concave surface mating with the side wall of the receiver and coupled to the base anchor. 22. The juvenile seat of claim 21, wherein the base anchor includes a front fin coupled to the front wall portion of the base, a rear fin coupled to the rear wall portion of the base, and a center fin arranged to lie between the front and rear fins and coupled to the floor-support wall of the base.
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