US 4,946,180 AGranted

Convertible child support apparatus

OwnerLuke Baerinventor

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Abstract

A child support apparatus for use as a safety car seat, stroller, highchair and crib. The apparatus has telescoping legs with retractable wheels and pivotable handles which may be extended to function as a stroller or retracted and pivoted to become a safety car seat. The apparatus has a restraining tray assembly adapted to receive a safety harness to provide an auxiliary safety feature that may be utilized if the harness is not fastened or accidentally comes loose from its normal male-female mating machanism. The trays associated with the restraining tray assembly are adjustable and rotatable to provide access to the unit's seat or as an extension for the apparatus' side arms when the unit is used as a crib. The retractable wheels are adapted with telescoping legs which may be extended to allow the unit to function as a highchair.

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Dependent claims

A convertible child support apparatus comprising:

an undercarriage;
base means supported by said undercarriage for accommodating and supporting an occupant;
restraining means disposed on said base means for restraining an occupant thereof when the apparatus is used as an automobile infant seat;
said restraining means including support means rigidly secured to said base means and to said undercarriage, tray means for permitting an occupant to be received within said base means, means for mounting said tray means swingably to said support means and adapted to slide on said support means, and means for securing said tray means releasably to said support means, whereby an occupant supported in said base means may be restrained in the apparatus;
and
wherein said base means is generally U-shaped having an integrally formed base and equally spaced support arms projecting generally upwardly and perpendicularly from said base, terminating in an outwardly turned rim having a generally flat surface having holes means for mounting said restraining means to said base means.

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A convertible child support apparatus comprising:

an undercarriage;
a seat supported by said undercarriage for accommodating and supporting a small child;
and
restraining means disposed on said seat for restraining an occupant thereof when said apparatus is used as an automobile infant seat;
wherein said seat is generally U-shaped having an integrally formed base and equally spaced support arm projecting generally upwardly and perpendicularly from said base, terminating in an outwardly turned rim having a generally flat surface having a pair of holes for mounting said restraining means onto said seat;
wherein said restraining means includes a pair of opposed restraining arm assemblies each having:
a U-shaped tubular frame comprising an integrally formed top portion having at least one detente disposed thereon and spaced apart side portions, each respective side portion having a downturned end for being received in one of said holes and rigidly secured to said support arm and said undercarriage, and a restraining tray having a tubular portion with an integrally formed notch;
said tubular portion surrounding a portion of said tubular frame for supporting said tray slidably along the top portion of the frame;
wherein when the restraining tray of one of the arm assemblies is disposed in mating arrangement with the restraining tray of the oppositely disposed arm assembly, said trays assist in restraining an occupant of said seat when said notch is disposed in said detente.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.