Child motion device
AssigneeGraco Children's Products Inc.
InventorsJoshua E. Clapper, William B. Bellows, Matthew J. Ransil, James E. Godiska, David Saint
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Abstract
A child motion device has a frame configured to rest on a floor surface. The device also has a drive system that drives an adjustable motion assembly. The adjustable motion assembly can include an adjustable arm that is connected between a seat holder and the frame at one of a plurality of positions. The connection position of the adjustable arm can adjust at least one motion characteristic of the device. The adjustable motion characteristics can include a gliding motion and a swinging motion.
Claims20
A child motion device comprising:
- a frame configured to be supported by a support surface;
- an adjustable motion assembly supported by the frame at a location spaced from the support surface, the adjustable motion assembly having a plurality of elongate pivoting components including a crossbar extending between a pair of uprights;
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- a child seat holder pivotally supported by the adjustable motion assembly and spaced above the crossbar,
- wherein the adjustable motion assembly is adapted to impart a gliding motion travel path and a swinging motion travel path to the child seat holder, and wherein the adjustable motion assembly can be adjusted by altering the relative positioning of one of the elongate pivoting components to selectively increase or decrease the gliding motion and swinging motion of the child seat holder travel path.
A child motion device comprising:
- a frame configured to be supported by a support surface;
- an adjustable motion assembly pivotally supported by the frame at a location spaced from the support surface and having multiple elongate components adapted to pivot relative to one another;
- a child seat assembly supported by the adjustable motion assembly;
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- a drive assembly configured to drive the adjustable motion assembly to impart a gliding and a swinging motion to the child seat assembly along a travel path,
- wherein the child seat assembly comprises a child seat with a seat facing orientation that is adjustable about a substantially vertical axis, and
- wherein the adjustable motion assembly can be adjusted by altering the relative positioning of the multiple elongate components to selectively increase or decrease a degree of the gliding motion and the swinging motion imparted to the child seat assembly travel path.
A child motion device comprising:
- a frame configured to be supported by a support surface;
- an adjustable motion assembly having an upper end pivotally supported by the frame at a location spaced from the support surface and having multiple elongate components adapted to pivot relative to one another and having a lower end;
- a child seat assembly pivotally supported by the adjustable motion assembly adjacent the upper end;
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- a drive assembly configured to drive the adjustable motion assembly to impart a gliding and a swinging motion to the child seat assembly along a travel path,
- wherein the adjustable motion assembly can be adjusted by altering the relative positioning of the multiple elongate components to selectively increase or decrease a degree of the gliding motion and the swinging motion imparted to the child seat assembly travel path.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.