US 5,935,012 AGranted

Wheeled child seat with track

OwnerIrv Cohn, William Highfieldinventors

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Abstract

A wheeled child seat is provided including a seat having a bottom, a back integrally coupled to the bottom and extending upwardly therefrom. A harness is provided for securing a child within the seat. Also included is a drive assembly having wheels mounted on the seat, a plurality of batteries mounted on the seat, and a motor coupled to the seat and in communication with the wheels for rotating the same upon actuation.

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A wheeled child seat comprising, in combination:

a child car seat constructed from a plastic material and including a bottom, a back integrally coupled to the bottom and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, a pair of peripheral lips each integrally coupled along side edges of the bottom and back and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith, a pad lining an upper surface of the bottom, the back and the peripheral lips of the seat, a Y-shaped harness with a pair of upper ends coupled to a top edge of the back of the seat and a lower end with a male locking tab mounted thereon for being releasably received within a female slot of a locking mechanism mounted on a central extent of a front edge of the bottom of the seat;
a drive assembly including a pair of axles mounted on a lower surface of the bottom of the seat each with a pair of disk-shaped wheels coupled to ends thereof, a plurality of batteries mounted on the seat, a motor coupled to the lower surface of the bottom of the seat and remains in engagement with a rear one of the axles for rotating the wheels upon actuation, a power switch mounted on the seat and connected between the batteries and the motor for actuating the same when in a first orientation and further deactivating the same in a second orientation, and a direction switch for rotating the wheels in a first direction when the direction switch is in a first orientation and the motor is actuated and rotating the wheels in a second direction when the direction switch is in a second orientation and the motor is actuated;
a sound generating assembly including a pair of speakers each coupled to an upper end of one of the peripheral lips of the seat and a sound module connected to the speakers for emitting sound from the speakers only during the actuation of the motor, the speakers emitting a simulated sound of a train for helping create a sensation of riding a train;
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a track including a pair of rails interconnected by cross members, the track including a pair of parallel linear portions interconnected by way of a pair of semicircular portions, thereby defining an oval configuration, the rails of the track each having a top face with a recess formed therein for receiving the wheels of the drive assembly to maintain the wheels of the drive assembly of the seat on the track;
uppermost portions of each of the rails being positioned below longitudinal axes of the axles of the drive assembly for helping prevent pinching of fingers between the rails and the wheels;
each of the rails having at least one fastening member extending from a lower surface thereof for coupling the rail to a cross member, each of the cross members having a pair of apertures extending therethrough positioned towards opposite ends of the cross member, an upper portion of the aperture having a smaller diameter than a lower portion of the aperture, the fastening members of the rails extending into the apertures of the cross members, flanges at free ends of the fastening portions each having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the associated upper portion of the aperture.

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Abstract

A wheeled child seat comprising, in combination:

a child car seat constructed from a plastic material and including a bottom, a back integrally coupled to the bottom and extending upwardly and rearwardly therefrom, a pair of peripheral lips each integrally coupled along side edges of the bottom and back and extending upwardly and outwardly therefrom in perpendicular relationship therewith, a pad lining an upper surface of the bottom, the back and the peripheral lips of the seat, a Y-shaped harness with a pair of upper ends coupled to a top edge of the back of the seat and a lower end with a male locking tab mounted thereon for being releasably received within a female slot of a locking mechanism mounted on a central extent of a front edge of the bottom of the seat;
a drive assembly including a pair of axles mounted on a lower surface of the bottom of the seat each with a pair of disk-shaped wheels coupled to ends thereof, a plurality of batteries mounted on the seat, a motor coupled to the lower surface of the bottom of the seat and remains in engagement with a rear one of the axles for rotating the wheels upon actuation, a power switch mounted on the seat and connected between the batteries and the motor for actuating the same when in a first orientation and further deactivating the same in a second orientation, and a direction switch for rotating the wheels in a first direction when the direction switch is in a first orientation and the motor is actuated and rotating the wheels in a second direction when the direction switch is in a second orientation and the motor is actuated;
a sound generating assembly including a pair of speakers each coupled to an upper end of one of the peripheral lips of the seat and a sound module connected to the speakers for emitting sound from the speakers only during the actuation of the motor, the speakers emitting a simulated sound of a train for helping create a sensation of riding a train;
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a track including a pair of rails interconnected by cross members, the track including a pair of parallel linear portions interconnected by way of a pair of semicircular portions, thereby defining an oval configuration, the rails of the track each having a top face with a recess formed therein for receiving the wheels of the drive assembly to maintain the wheels of the drive assembly of the seat on the track;
uppermost portions of each of the rails being positioned below longitudinal axes of the axles of the drive assembly for helping prevent pinching of fingers between the rails and the wheels;
each of the rails having at least one fastening member extending from a lower surface thereof for coupling the rail to a cross member, each of the cross members having a pair of apertures extending therethrough positioned towards opposite ends of the cross member, an upper portion of the aperture having a smaller diameter than a lower portion of the aperture, the fastening members of the rails extending into the apertures of the cross members, flanges at free ends of the fastening portions each having an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the associated upper portion of the aperture.

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