About Sunshine Kids

Sunshine Kids is dedicated to developing products that make the traveling experience for you and your child safer and more enjoyable. They have a complete line of unique products that offer solutions to many of your travel challenges.

Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products are the ideal solution for today’s “on the go” family, with state-of-the-art product designs that combine safety and convenience so that every family excursion can be the enjoyable experience it was meant to be.

Since the very beginning, Sunshine Kids has worked to solve the real worries and hassles that parents face everyday. There first product, in fact, was born from a small but momentous family discussion following a documentary which demonstrated the consequences of improperly secured car seats in collision situations. Within the year, the purposeful kin had created a prototype that would come to be known as Mighty-Tite®—the world’s first and only seatbelt tightener—designed for ease of use and dependable peace of mind.

At its debut at the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) show in October 1999, Sunshine Kids’ Mighty-Tite—still in prototype form—took home the “Show Off” Product Innovation Award, along with a number of preorders from attendees who quickly recognized the promise this solution offered.

Mighty-Tite went on to win the Good Housekeeping Award in 2001, and the “Most Innovative Product” Award from Mother & Baby a year later.

By then, Mighty-Tite’s reputation had already crossed the Atlantic, and Sunshine Kids had officially established its first overseas wholesale operation in Staffordshire, England, serving chain and independent retailers throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

2002 also marked two new product introductions, both of which also made their entrance at the annual JPMA show. One was the Super Mat, a popular product fashioned to contour to any vehicle seat and protect upholstery from permanent indentations caused by child safety seats.

But the excitement was far from over. In 2005, Sunshine Kids transformed the industry for a second time with the introduction of the Radian Car Seat, the first steel-reinforced folding car seat designed to make travel and storage more convenient than ever… then again in 2007 with the roll out of the Monterey booster seat, the first height- and width- adjustable child booster seat devised to accommodate children as they continue to grow up to 63 inches tall or 120 pounds.

The Monterey booster seat won Sunshine Kids another prestigious Mother & Baby Award in 2008, this time for “Best Junior Car Seat,” and both products have appeared in such magazines as Creative Child, Parenting, Pregnancy, Pregnancy & Newborn, and Fit Pregnancy.

In August 2008, Sunshine Kids was further recognized as one of Inc 5000’s fastest growing companies in the U.S.

Today, with more than 80 product offerings available in 54 countries worldwide and company offices in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany, Sunshine Kids continues to answer families’ everyday needs with car seats, storage solutions, and related travel and stroller accessories that have earned the trust and respect of parents around the globe.

As they celebrate our 10th Anniversary and reflect upon our first decade with pride, they also look to the next ten years, and beyond, with imagination, ingenuity and a solid commitment to providing you, our valued customer, with the quality and convenience you’ve come to expect from each and every Sunshine Kids Juvenile product.

Sunshine Kids' Radian65 Proves It Won't Crack Under Pressure

SUMNER, WA - July 8, 2009 - Last week's freak collapse of the five-story Centergy parking deck in Midtown Atlanta left onlookers, bystanders and victims alike stricken with awe as it was revealed that not a single person was harmed in the crumble that damaged or destroyed a total of 38 vehicles.

But for Sarah Maglione, whose vehicle was among those destroyed, the spectacle had20only just begun. Her SUV was parked on the structure's second level when the incident occurred; it was the thirtieth vehicle pulled from the wreckage. "I had thr ee floors of a parking garage collapse on top of my car," Maglione said. "It is flattened beyond belief."

The particular that astounded her further: the fact that her child's car seat, a Sunshine Kids Radian65 positioned on the passenger side of the back seat in her SUV, completely withstood the force of the collapse and upheld its section of the car, as well.

"Amazing," Maglione said. "That thing did not bend an inch," referring to her Radian65 car seat. "They are built using steel alloy frames, and I always heard they were the strongest. Now I know it."

Radian®, by Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products, is constructed with an exclusive steel alloy frame for superior impact protection. Seven-inch-deep, high-impact-grade engineered sidewalls reinforced with EPS foam provide superior side impact protection, absorb crash energy and protect the child from intrusions making it the strongest car seat available. Radian i s a convertible car seat built to protect children between 5 and 65 pounds.

The Radian® car seat line is available through independent juvenile stores across the US and Canada.

Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products is the manufacturer of more than 80 innovative juvenile products, including car seats, storage solutions, and related travel and stroller accessories, designed to facilitate today's on-the-go family lifestyle and assure the maximum in safety protection.

Sunshine Kids RadianXT Convertible Car Seat Earns Coveted PTPA Award

Parent Tested Parent Approved Honor Given to Top Products in Value, Functionality, Quality

SUMNER, WA – May 27, 2009 – Sunshine Kids Juvenile Products has earned the influential PTPA

Media Inc.’s Seal of Approval for excellence for its new RadianXT, a seat that easily challenges competing 5-point harness convertible seats in side-impact protection and shoulder room, while still holding firmly to its distinction as the only convertible seat that fits 3 across on a vehicle seat and the only one that folds flat for travel and storage.

“Being selected for the Parent Tested Parent Approved award is a huge achievement, and so we were very excited to receive this news,” remarks Brad Keller, President. “The PTPA Seal of Approval tells retailers and consumers that the RadianXT is an exceptional product. And exceptional safety, convenience and quality is exactly what our engineering and product development team had in mind when they designed this latest seat in our award-winning Radian series.”

“We are thrilled to announce this latest group of PTPA Award winners,” says Sharon Vinderine, Founder of PTPA Media. “There is an abundance of family products available in the marketplace to help enhance family life. Our goal now more than ever, is to help guide families to spend wisely. Our hope is that seeing the PTPA Media Seal will help empower parents to make the best possible purchase, thereby saving their hard earned income for purchases that will offer value.”

PTPA Media presents awards in multiple categories ranging from Websites, safety gear, electronics and toys as well as a “green” category. Products are tested by a large group of savvy parenting reviewers and professionals, and the results are compiled for PTPA Media’s review committee for a final decision. Winners of the prestigious Seal of Approval from PTPA Media are selected based on value, functionality, quality and overall appeal.

The RadianXT convertible car seat fits a child from 5 to 80 pounds, and is constructed with an exclusive steel alloy frame for superior front impact protection. Seven-inch-deep, high-impact-grade engineered sidewalls reinforced with EPS foam provide superior side impact protection, absorbing crash energy and protecting the child from intrusions. In its forward-facing position, the RadianXT has the maximum weight capacity for any convertible seat with a 5-point harness, the restraint mechanism safety experts recommend using as long as possible. Yet even with these added safety features, the RadianXT is sized to fit 3 across on a standard vehicle bench seat, a big plus for larger families and parents of multiples. Plus, it folds flat to only 10" thick, which makes it seat ideal for switching from vehicle to vehicle or traveling by airplane.

About Sunshine Kids
Formed in 1999, Sunshine Kids has been dedicated to developing products that make the travel experience for children safer and more enjoyable, including the industry’s first – and still only – folding child car seats. Sunshine Kids has grown steadily because of its unique range of awardwinning products, which have been recognized for their unique functionality and thoughtful design. Today Sunshine Kids sells more than 80 different products in 31 countries worldwide, and maintains offices in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany.

About PTPA Media Inc.
PTPA Media (Parent Tested, Parent Approved) provides an objective means to discover and appraise new products designed to enrich family living. The company's mission is to assist and educate discerning consumers by providing reliable and relevant information about exciting and quality products on the market. Products range from clothing, toys and household accessories to parentcentric creations. The Parent Tested Parent Approved Seal is presented to companies whose products are deemed exceptional by a knowledgeable and unbiased panel of experts, including parents themselves.