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US 8,297,694 B2Granted
Reconfigurable child seat assembly
AssigneeGraco Children's Products Inc.
InventorsJohn (Jason) C. Arnold, IV, Michael A. Dotsey
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Abstract
A child seat assembly has a clamp mechanism configured to connect to a table and a child seat coupled to and supported spaced from the clamp mechanism. The child seat is reconfigurable between a toddler seat configuration and an infant seat configuration relative to the table and the clamp mechanism.
Claims20
A child seat assembly comprising:
- a clamp mechanism configured to connect to a table;
- a seat support with one end coupled to the clamp mechanism and movable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a toddler seat position and an infant seat position;
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- a child seat coupled to and supported by the seat support spaced from the clamp mechanism and reconfigurable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a) a toddler seat configuration in which the child seat is positioned beyond an edge of the table and b) an infant seat configuration in which the child seat is positioned over a top surface of the table.
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A child seat assembly comprising:
- a base with a bottom side and a top side;
- a clamp mechanism configured to secure the base to a table;
- a seat support with one end coupled to the base and an opposite end spaced from the base, the seat support pivotable between a toddler seat position and an infant seat position relative to the base;
- a child seat carried on the opposite end of the seat support and movable between a toddler seat orientation in the toddler seat position and an infant seat orientation in the infant seat position;
- a seat hub on each side of the child seat pivotally connecting the child seat to the opposite end of the seat support;
- a seat locking mechanism on one of the seat hubs that locks the child seat in a selected one of the toddler and infant seat orientations;
- an actuator on the at least one seat hub that releases the locking mechanism when actuated to permit pivoting the child seat between the toddler and infant seat orientations a pivot hub coupled to the base and pivotally connecting the seat support to the base;
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- a hub locking mechanism at the pivot hub that releasably locks the seat support in a selected one of the toddler and infant seat positions.
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A child seat assembly comprising:
- a clamp mechanism configured to connect the child seat assembly to a table;
- a seat support with one end coupled to the clamp mechanism;
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- a child seat coupled to and supported by the seat support spaced from the clamp mechanism, the child seat having a seating surface with a first section, a second section, and a seat bight region between the first and second sections,
- wherein the child seat, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, is pivotable between a) a toddler seat orientation with the child seat positioned beyond an edge of the table and whereby the first section defines a seat back and the second section defines a seat bottom of the seating surface and b) an infant seat orientation with the child seat positioned over a top surface of the table and whereby the second section defines the seat back and the first section defines the seat bottom of the seating surface.
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A child seat assembly comprising:
- a clamp mechanism configured to connect to a table;
- a seat support with one end coupled to the clamp mechanism and pivotable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a toddler seat position and an infant seat position;
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- a child seat coupled to and supported by the seat support spaced from the clamp mechanism and reconfigurable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a toddler seat configuration and an infant seat configuration, wherein the seat support is pivotable about a pivot hub positioned vertically over the clamp mechanism when the clamp mechanism is connected to the table.
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A child seat assembly comprising:
- a clamp mechanism configured to connect to a table;
- a seat support with one end coupled to the clamp mechanism and pivotable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a toddler seat position and an infant seat position;
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- a child seat coupled to and supported by the seat support spaced from the clamp mechanism and reconfigurable, when the child seat assembly is connected to a table by the clamp mechanism, between a toddler seat configuration and an infant seat configuration, wherein the seat support is pivotable about a support pivot axis on the clamp mechanism, and wherein the child seat is pivotable about a seat pivot axis on the seat support, the support pivot axis being space apart from the seat pivot axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.