hifold backless booster seats meet or exceed the following regulations:

who should use a mifold or hifold booster seat?

We recommend that all children continue to use a child restraint with a 5 point harness for as long as possible;

ideally until they have outgrown that car seat. Once a child has outgrown a five point harness and can sit in a booster seat properly for the entire duration of each trip, a booster seat should be used until they reach 100lbs or 59 inches in the US. ("Outgrown" means the child's weight or height exceeds the use limits for the car seat. "Sitting properly" means the child must remain seated without slouching under the lap belt, moving the shoulder belt under arm or behind back, or leaning forward or sideways moving out of position, so the vehicle belt remains properly positioned. This will secure the child and ensure optimal fit of the adult seatbelt.)

Today, in at least 25% of child journeys, the child travels without a suitable child restraint often because traditional child restraints are too big and bulky to practically carry from car to car: for example on vacations, when carpooling, in taxis and with grandparents, etc. The booster seats produced by mifold meet or exceed regulation NHTSA FMVSS 213. The compact portability of our products make them convenient for use on all journeys, especially those where traditional car seats are not available. We are members of JPMA (the Juvenile Products Manufacturer’s Association) and support their position that “proper use of restraint systems is the best defense against injury, regardless of the cause of a crash. Children are always safer when riding in a car seat than without.”

what are the legal standards for child restraint systems?

The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat is regulated under the most universally accepted global car booster seat regulations,

specifically: European Union ECE R44/04; FMVSS 213 in the United States, and the RSSR regulations in Canada. Carfoldio Ltd., (the Company that manufactures mifold) has conducted comprehensive test programs in test facilities certified for each of these standards to confirm compliance with each of these regulations. You can find the relevant information about each of these on this page.

Carfoldio is dedicated to providing high quality products utilizing premium raw materials and detailed quality assurance procedures. We perform rigid quality control testing both internally and we test the final product at testing facilities certified for each of the regulations to verify initial and on-going compliance. Carfoldio is committed to providing our customers with a mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat that is high quality, functional, and portable that meets the needs of active families.

Based on our comprehensive testing of the product, Carfoldio has verified and can certify that testing of mifold has been completed successfully with all tests yielding results that either meet or exceed the requirements of the applicable regulation FMVSS 213.

As part of our Quality Assurance program, we are committed to a schedule of on-going product testing to ensure that all mifold® Booster Seats are manufactured to our specifications and meet all of the regulatory requirements of FMVSS 213.

European Union

It is mandatory to use child car seats within the EU for all children up to a height of 1.35m or 1.50m – depending on the rules applicable in each member state.

There are currently two legal standards for child car seats in Europe:

ECE R44/04
ECE R44 is a regulation that covers child restraint systems from Group 0 for new-born infants to Group 3 for booster car seats for children up to 36 kg (80lbs.)

ECE R129
ECE R129 (also known as i-Size) is a new standard for group 0/0+/1 seats that are necessary for smaller children

what type of seat is mifold? The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat is a Group 2/3 “Universal” child restraint system which means that the mifold can be used in most vehicles. It has been approved in accordance with European regulation ECE R44.04. The mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat is covered by ECE R44/04. To meet ECE R44/04 approval car seats are tested in frontal collisions at 50km/h using crash test P-dummies and advanced measuring instruments designed to assess the levels of protection each seat offers. ECE R44/04 approved seats can all be identified by their orange approval label.

the ECE R44.4 mifold approval label