Inflatable child activity center
AssigneeGraco Children's Products Inc.
InventorsCindy Berkey, Michael Dotsey, Thomas Pollack, William Bellows, Brian Kincaid
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Abstract
A child activity center has a body structure that can be deflated and inflated. The body structure has a bottom end and a top end spaced upward from the bottom end when inflated. An opening is in the top end of the body structure and a child retaining region is accessible through the opening and defined within the body structure when inflated. A sealed air space is in the body structure and an air inlet is in communication with the air space and configured to permit inflation of the body structure. A seat is suspended in the retaining region and configured to support a child in the retaining region above the bottom end.
Claims21
A child activity center comprising:
- a body structure that can be deflated and inflated and has a bottom end and a top end spaced upward from the bottom end when inflated;
- an opening in the top end of the body structure when inflated;
- a child retaining region accessible through the opening and defined within the body structure when inflated;
- a sealed air space in the body structure;
- an air inlet in communication with the air space and configured to permit inflation of the body structure;
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- a seat suspended in the retaining region and configured to support a child in the retaining region above the bottom end.
A portable child activity center comprising:
- a flexible body structure that can be inflated to an in-use configuration and deflated to a portable configuration, wherein the body structure has a bottom end configured to rest on a support surface and a top end spaced upward from the bottom end in the in-use configuration;
- a child retaining region within the body structure and accessible through the top end when inflated;
- an air space in the body structure;
- an air valve in communication with the air space to selectively inflate and deflate the body structure;
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- an entertainment area on the top end of the body structure with at least one child amusement object thereon, wherein the activity center can be collapsed to a compact portable configuration when deflated.
A portable inflatable child activity center comprising:
- a flexible body with an inflatable air space that can be inflated to configure the body in an in-use condition and deflated to configure the body in a portable limp condition, the body having a bottom end configured to rest on a support surface when inflated and a top end spaced upward from the bottom end when inflated;
- a child retaining region within and surrounded by the body and accessible through the top end when inflated;
- a sling seat assembly having a seat suspended within the child retaining region;
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- an entertainment tray on the top end and having two sections movable between a play orientation when the body is inflated and a portable orientation when the body is deflated, wherein the entertainment tray forms a top play surface and an access opening to the child retaining region in the play orientation and forms a storage cavity within the two sections in the portable orientation, and wherein the body can be stowed in the cavity when deflated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.