Infant swing
AssigneeFisher-Price, Inc.
InventorCarl M. Stern
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Abstract
An infant's swing is disclosed that has a frame, a swing arm, and a seat releasably mounted on the swing arm by a seat-to-frame coupler assembly that includes a pivot plate mounted to the back of the seat and a T-shaped connector mounted to the lower end of the swing arm. The connector is received in a mating cavity formed in the rear surface of the pivot plate, and the connector is engaged with the cavity by cooperation of slots in the cavity and posts on the connector. The pivot plate is pivotally mounted to the seat to permit the seat to pivot between a recline position and an upright position.
Claims13
An infant swing comprising:
- a swing arm having a lower portion with a longitudinal axis and first and second posts extending laterally away from said longitudinal axis;
- a seat having a front, child-receiving surface and a rear mounting surface;
- a connector coupled to said rear mounting surface and having first and second slots sized to slidably receive said first and second posts, respectively.
An apparatus comprising:
- a support having a first connector member
- a infant seat having a front, infant-supporting surface, an opposed rear, mounting surface, and first and second rails depending rearwardly from said mounting surface, said rails having laterally-opposed inner walls, each of said inner walls having a pivot mount;
- a second connector member having a body portion, a forward surface disposed toward said seat mounting surface, an opposed rear surface, a peripheral sidewall intermediate to said forward and rear surfaces, first and second pivot posts extending outwardly from said sidewalls and pivotally engaged with said pivot mounts, said second connector member thereby being mounted for pivotable movement with respect to said seat, and a receiving cavity extending forwardly from said rear surface, said cavity releasably receiving and engaging said first connector member.
A method for attaching an infant seat to a support, the method comprising the steps of:
- disposing a first connector member on the seat, said connector member having a plurality of slots;
- disposing a plurality of posts on, and laterally extending from, the support, said posts being sized and positioned on the said support to align, and slidably engage, with said slots;
- aligning and slidably engaging said posts with said slots to attach the seat to the support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.