Infant seat
AssigneeGraco Metal Products, Inc.
InventorsAlan Brownlie, Nathaniel Saint
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An infant seat which serves as a rocker, car safety seat, carrier and swing seat. The seat includes a plastic shell having a seat portion, a backrest portion and a pair of hook members for threadably receiving and retaining a seat belt. A foldable rocker mechanism is coupled to the shell and is latchable in one or more positions so as to rockably support the seat on a flat support surface or provide a stable support for the seat on a car seat. A handle mechanism for carrying the seat includes a handle member rotatably coupled to the shell and latchable in a forward position. A bail is attachable to the handle so as to swingably support the handle from a windup swing mechanism when the handle is in the forward position.
Claims16
Apparatus, comprising:
- a seat including a shell having a seat portion and a backrest portion, said seat portion having a curved surface portion,
- a foldable rocker mechanism for rockably supporting said seat on a support surface, said rocker mechanism including first and second members, said first member having a curved surface portion and being pivotably coupled at one end to the shell at a location proximate the junction of said shell seat and backrest portions and at another end to one end of the second member, said second member being slidably coupled at its other end to said shell backrest portion, and means for latching the first and second members in at least one position such that said first member curved surface portion and said shell seat curved surface portion together define a substantially continuous curved surface for rockably supporting said seat on the support surface,
- a handle mechanism for carrying said seat including a handle rotatably mounted on said shell, and means for latching said handle member in a forward position such that said handle member can be grasped to carry said seat.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a swing mechanism,
- a seat including a shell having a seat portion and a backrest portion, said seat portion having a curved surface portion,
- a foldable rocker mechanism for rockably supporting said seat on a support surface, said rocker mechanism including first and second members, said first member having a curved surface portion and being pivotably coupled at one end to the shell at a location proximate the junction of said shell seat and backrest portions and at another end to one end of the second member, said second member being slidably coupled at its other end to said shell backrest portion, and means for latching the first and second members in at least one position such that said first member curved surface portion and said shell seat curved surface portion together define a substantially continuous curved surface for rockably supporting said seat on the support surface,
- a handle mechanism for carrying said seat including a handle member rotatably mounted on said shell, and means for latching said handle member in a forward position such that said handle member can be grasped to carry said seat, and
- means attachable to said handle member and said swing mechanism for swingably supporting said handle member and shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.