US 6,082,814 A · Reconfigurable chair for infants toddlers and small children

Abstract

A reconfigurable chair for use with infants, toddlers and small children. A chair base has a pair of channel members extending forward and aft of the chair base and providing a seat reference plane for a removable seat having a back and a platform. The seat is provided with first and second laterally extending guides engagable with the channels in the chair base. Several seat position detents are provided in each channel. Additional detents are provided above the reference plane at the rear of the chair base to enable the seat to be installed at an angle when used with an infant. When used with a toddler or a small child, the seat can be arranged in either an upright or an inverted mode. An auxiliary tray can be mounted either in a conventional fashion from the front of the chair base or from either side for infant feeding.

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Dependent claims

A reconfigurable chair for infants, toddlers and small children, said chair comprising:

a chair base having a front, a back, and two opposing sides, said chair base providing a seat reference plane;
a removable seat having a back and a platform joined to said back;
and
a seat mounting arrangement that mounts said seat on said base at any one of three different attitudes:
a first attitude in which said seat is arranged at an angle with respect to said reference plane, in which said seat platform is angled upwardly with respect to said reference plane;
a second attitude in which said seat platform is essentially parallel to said reference plane with said seat back extending generally upwardly from said reference plane;
and
a third attitude in which said seat platform is essentially parallel to said reference plane with said seat back extending generally downwardly from said reference plane.

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A reconfigurable chair for infants, toddlers and small children, said chair comprising:

a chair base having a front, a back, and opposing sides, said base including a pair of side members and a plurality of cross members for securing said side members together, each of said pair of side members having an inner surface portion, said chair base providing a reference plane;
a removable seat having a back and a platform joined to said back, said platform having a free end;
and
a seat mounting arrangement extending along the inner surface portion of each of said pair of side members for enabling said seat to be mounted on said base at any one of three different attitudes:
a first attitude in which said seat is arranged at an angle with respect to said reference plane, in which said seat platform is angled generally upwardly from said reference plane;
a second attitude in which said seat platform is essentially parallel to said reference plane with said seat back extending generally upwardly from said reference plane;
and
a third attitude in which said seat platform is essentially parallel to said reference plane with said seat back extending generally downwardly from said reference plane.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reconfigurable chair for infants toddlers and small children

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Reconfigurable chair for infants toddlers and small children

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Abstract

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