Vibrator/bouncer attachment for infant seats
AssigneeSummer Infant Products, Inc.
InventorJose P. Longoria
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Abstract
An infant seat assembly is made up of a resilient frame with a leg rest portion designed to support a displacement mechanism which will either impart a shaking or bouncing motion to the frame; and, when a baby is placed in the seat assembly, the frequency of vibration imparted to the frame can be selectively tuned to be in harmony with the natural frequency of vibration of the frame when an infant is placed in the seat assembly.
Claims23
In an infant seat assembly having a floor-engaging base, and an upper frame including a reverse-curved supporting portion extending upwardly from a front portion of said base to merge into an upper inclined back portion, and means extending between said supporting portion and back portion for supporting an infant in a reclined position thereon, the combination therewith comprising:
- a displacement mechanism connected to said frame including drive means for imparting a vertically reciprocating motion to said back portion and adjusting means for regulating the frequency of vibration and amplitude of displacement of said frame.
In an infant support device including a resilient frame for supporting an infant thereon, the combination therewith comprising:
- a displacement mechanism connected to said frame including drive means for imparting vertical reciprocating movement to said frame, and shift means for shifting said drive means between a first position imparting a high frequency of vibration with low amplitude of displacement and a second position imparting a low frequency of vibration with a high amplitude of displacement to said frame.
An infant seat assembly comprising in combination:
- a resilient frame having a base and a front leg rest portion rigidly connected to said frame and extending substantially in a horizontal direction therefrom;
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- a displacement mechanism mounted at a free end of said leg rest portion including vibrating means for imparting oscillatory motion to said frame, said vibrating means including adjusting means for regulating the frequency of vibration of said frame.
In an article of furniture having a floor-engaging base and an upper resilient support portion, the improvement comprising:
- a vibrational mechanism drivingly connected to said support portion including means for reciprocating said support portion to impart a vibrating motion thereto, and means for adjusting said vibrational mechanism to correlate its frequency of vibration with the natural frequency of vibration of said support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.