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US 4,697,845 AGranted
Long-running motor-driven baby swing
AssigneeThe Quaker Oats Company
InventorGordon W. Kamman
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Abstract
A motor-driven baby swing is disclosed capable of swinging an improved baby chair for a prolonged period of time. The chair is usable in a swinging mode of operation, and also in a rigid mode of operation when detached from the swing. The chair is pivotally movable into a plurality of reclining positions in each mode of operation.
Claims9
A dual purpose baby seat for use in combination with a frame and motor means for forming a motor driven swing, or as a seat for supporting a baby in a reclining position comprising
- a chair means having seat and back portions;
- pivot means on the chair means;
- elongated leg means attached to said pivot means;
- positioning means for fixing said leg means in a plurality of swinging positions wherein said leg means extends generally above said chair whereby said chair means can be swingingly suspended from said frame by said leg means to function as a swing, and in a second seating position wherein said leg means extends generally rearwardly behind at least the back portion of said chair means whereby said chair means is at least partially supported in a reclining position by said leg means to function to support a baby;
- and first latch means for holding said leg means in a selected one of said plurality of swinging positions or in said seating position, and second latch means for allowing said leg means to be moved from said swinging positions to said seating position and preventing movement from said swinging positions to said seating position except when said second latch means are released.
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