Highchair

A highchair comprising:

• a seat element for receiving and supporting an infant or toddler in a seating position therein, said seat element including seat and backrest portions;
• frame means for supporting said seat portion in upwardly spaced relation to a supporting surface, said frame means including a leg assembly, a carriage assembly slid ably mounted for upward and downward movement on said leg assembly and means for securing said carriage assembly in a plurality of different adjusted positions on said leg assembly, said carriage assembly including a pair of spaced, substantially parallel, upwardly and rearwardly extending right and left support arms and a transverse crossbar extending between said support arms;
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• means for securing said seat element on said carriage assembly such that said seat element is rearwardly pivotable as a unit about a pivot axis on said carriage assembly for pivoting said seat element from an upright position in which said seat element is operable for supporting an infant or toddler in a seating position to a reclined position in which said seat element is operable for supporting an infant or toddler in a reclined position, said means for securing said seat element including pivot means pivotally securing said support arms to opposite sides of said seat element and bracket means engageable with said crossbar for alternatively securing:
• said seat element in said upright position or said reclined position.

A seat assembly comprising:

• a seat element for receiving and supporting an infant or toddler in a seated position therein, said seat element including seat and backrest portions, said seat portion having a front extremity, and a pair of opposite side armrest portions extending upwardly along opposite sides of said seat portion;
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• a tray assembly removably and adjustably secured to said seat element, said tray assembly comprising a center support and retaining post having an upper end, means for securing said center support and retaining post to said seat portion adjacent the front extremity thereof at a location which is substantially equally spaced between said armrest portions, a tray element and means for adjustably securing said tray element to said center support and retaining post adjacent to the upper end thereof such that the position of said tray element is forwardly and rearwardly adjustable in substantially parallel upwardly spaced relation to said seat portion while said support and retaining post remains in substantially stationary relation to said seat element, said means for adjustably securing said tray element to said center support and retaining post including a latch arm on the under side of said tray element and notch means on said center support and retaining post, said latch arm being releasably engageable with said notch means for releasably securing said tray element in a plurality of different predetermined adjusted positions on said center support and retaining post.

A highchair comprising:

• a seat element for receiving and supporting an infant or toddler in a seating position therein, said seat element including seat and backrest portions;
• frame means for supporting said seat portion in upwardly spaced relation to a supporting surface, said frame means including a leg assembly having a pair of front legs and a pair of rear legs, a carriage assembly slidably mounted for upward and downward movement on said front legs and means for securing said carriage assembly in a plurality of different adjusted positions on said front legs;
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• means for securing said seat element on said carriage assembly such that said seat element is rearwardly pivotable as a unit about a pivot axis on said carriage assembly for pivoting said seat element from an upright position in which said seat element is operable for supporting an infant or toddler in a seating position to a reclined position in which said seat element is operable for supporting an infant or toddler in a reclined position.