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US 6,027,409 AGranted
Children's reclineable swing seat
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsJulia Favorito, Gerald P. Sitarski
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AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsJulia Favorito, Gerald P. Sitarski
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A seat recline mechanism for an infant swing is shown that provides adjustment of the inclination of the seat with respect to a single swing arm. The seat recline mechanism includes a pivot pin that is mounted in the lower end of the swing arm. The seat is pivotally mounted on the swing arm by the pivot pin. The seat can be secured in the reclined or upright position by spring-biased locking pins or protrusions extending out from sides of the swing arm, with the locking pins snapping into apertures located in one of two or more angular positions on a U-shaped sleeve protruding from the seat back. The seat can be converted between an upright position and an inclined position by depressing the spring-biased locking pins or buttons in order to disengage the swing arm from one angular position relative to the seat, thus allowing the seat to rotate about its pivot axis relative to the swing arm until the spring-biased buttons snap into apertures corresponding to a different angular position.
A seat for a child's swing, comprising:
A seat for a child, comprising:
A method of reclining an infant seat, wherein the infant seat includes a support arm and a seat shell pivotally supported at a distal end of the support arm with the support arm including a connector moveable between a first, engaged position and a second, released position and engageable with a rear surface of the seat shell at a first engagement portion corresponding to a first, relatively upright position of the seat shell and at a second engagment portion corresponding to a second, relatively reclined position of the seat shell, the method including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.