LATERAL PROTECTING MECHANISM AND CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEM THEREWITH

A lateral protecting mechanism adapted for a child carrier is provided. The lateral protecting mechanism includes a protecting block, a locking component and an operating component. The protecting block is pivotally disposed a lateral portion of the child carrier. The locking component is slidably disposed on the lateral portion of the child carrier and configured to slide to abut against the protecting block for restraining a pivoting movement of the protecting block. The operating component is for driving the locking component to abut against the protecting block when the operating component is operated. Besides, a child restraint system having the aforementioned lateral protecting mechanism is provided.