Combination booster seat and high chair

A booster seat comprising:

• a molded back member having an upper portion for supporting the back of a child in the seat, a lower portion for engaging a seat panel, and sides for engaging a pair of arms, one arm on each side of the back member;
• a pair of arms having front and rear portions, the rear portion of one arm being pivotally connected to each of the sides of the back member on a generally vertical axis so that the arms can pivot between a first position and a second position, the arms being substantially coplanar to each other and adjacent the back member in the first position, the arms extending forwardly from the back member and being generally parallel to each other in the second position, the front portion of each arm having a hole;
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• a seat panel including generally parallel seating surfaces on opposed faces thereof, sides having front and rear portions connecting the other, front lugs protruding from the front portions of the sides for engaging the holes in the front portions of the arms in the second position and rear lugs protruding from the rear portions of the sides for pivotally engaging in the lower portion of the back member so that the seat panel may pivot upwardly to a collapsed position generally parallel to the back member and disposed between the back member and the arms in the first position, the front and rear lugs being located closer to one seating surface than the other seating surface so that the seat panel may be inverted to selectively provide seating surfaces of different height relative to the supporting surface.

A booster seat comprising:

• a back member having an upper portion for supporting the back of a child in the seat, a lower portion with channels for engaging a seat panel, and sides for engaging a pair of arms, one on each side of the back member;
• a pair of arms, each having a front portion, a rear portion and an upper portion, the front portion of each arm having a recess, the rear portion of one arm being pivotally connected to each of the sides of the back number on a generally vertical axis so that the arms may be pivoted between an operative position wherein the arms extend forwardly from the back member and a collapsed position wherein the arms are substantially coplanar with one another and adjacent the back member;
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• a seat panel having sides with front and rear lugs extending outwardly therefrom, the rear lugs being slidably connected to the channels in the lower portion of the back member, the front lugs being connected to the recesses in the front portions of the arms.

A booster seat comprising:

• a back member having an upper portion for supporting the back of a child in the seat, a lower portion having openings for engaging a seat panel, and sides for engaging a pair of arms, one on each side of the back member;
• a pair of arms having front and rear portions, the rear portion of one arm being pivotally connected to each of the sides of the back member on a generally vertical axis so that the arms may pivot between a first position and a second position, the arms being substantially coplanar to each other and adjacent the back member in the first position, the arms extending forwardly from the back member and generally parallel to each other in the second position, the front portion of each arm having an opening;
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• a seat panel including generally parallel seating surfaces on opposed faces thereof, sides connecting the seating surfaces to each other and projections extending from the sides for engaging the openings in the front portion of each arm and the lower portion of the back member, the projections on the seat panel being located closer to one seating surface than the other seating surface so that the seat panel may be reversed to selectively provide seating surfaces of different height in the booster seat when inverted.

A booster seat comprising:

• a molded back member having an upper portion for supporting the back of a child in the seat, a lower portion for engaging a seat panel, and sides for engaging a pair of arms, one on each side of the back member;
• a first pair of connecting members on the lower portion of the back member;
• a pair of arms, one pivotally connected to each of the sides of the back member on a generally vertical axis so that the arms may be pivoted toward and away from each other while connected to the back member, the arms having front, rear and upper portions;
• a second pair of connecting members, one on the front portion of each of the arms;
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• a seat panel having generally parallel seating surfaces on opposite faces thereof, and third and fourth pairs of connecting members releasably mating respectively with the first and second pairs of connecting members for releasably connecting the seat panel to the back member and arms, the third and fourth pairs of connecting members located closer to one of the seating surfaces than the other, whereby the seat panel may be reversed so as to selectively provide seating surfaces of different height in the booster seat when the seat panel is inverted.

A booster seat comprising:

• a back member having sides and a lower portion;
• a pair of arms;
• a seat panel having generally parallel seating surfaces on opposite sides thereof;
• a hinged mechanism pivotally connecting one of the arms to each side of the back member enabling each arm to pivot between a collapsed position wherein the arms lie substantially parallel to and spaced from the back member and an operative position wherein the arms extend forward from the sides of the back member and generally parallel to and spaced from one another;
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• a connecting mechanism mounted on the seat panel for detachably connecting the seat panel to the arms and back member when the arms are in the operative position and enabling the seat panel to be removed so that it may be stored in the space between the arms and back member when the arms are in the collapsed position;
• said connecting mechanism being closer to one of the seating surfaces than the other enabling the seat panel to be selectively connected to the arms with either seating surface facing upwardly and wherein one of the seating surfaces is higher than the other when each faces upwardly;
• the arms having a length dimension measure from front to rear when they are in the operative position, the length being less than half the width of the back member so that the arms do not overlap one another in the collapsed position.