High chair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8967710-B2
Application number	US-201313845124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 18, 2013
Priority date	Apr 3, 2008
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A folding device is configured at the pivot between the rear leg frame and the front leg frame of a high chair and allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a driving member. When the driving member is pressed, an engaging member of the folding device moves correspondingly to an unlocked position, so that the rear leg frame disengages from and pivots about the front leg frame. The high chair can then be folded easily for the user, and the structure of the invention is simpler than the prior art.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high chair comprising:
a seat; and
a frame body for supporting the seat and capable of moving between an opened position and a folding position, the frame body comprising:
a front leg frame and a rear leg frame pivotally connected to each other, the front leg frame comprising a lower front leg and an upper front leg, and the seat being installed on the upper front leg only, a bottom of the lower front leg and a bottom of the rear leg frame each making contact with a floor surface upon which the high chair rests when the frame body is in the opened position, the bottom of the lower front leg and the bottom of the rear leg frame forming a gap therebetween, the gap being larger when the frame body is in the opened position than when the frame body is in the folding position;
a folding body mounted on the front leg frame between longitudinal ends of the front leg frame and the folding body having an arm extending at an oblique angle relative to the front leg frame, the arm being pivotally connected to a pivoting section of the rear leg frame, wherein the upper front leg is longitudinally slidably mounted on the lower front leg at a location of the front leg frame where the arm extends from the front leg frame; and
an engaging member movably configured on one of a distal end of the arm of the folding body with respect to the front leg frame and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame and engaged with the other one of the distal end of the arm of the folding body and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame so as to restrain the frame body in the opened position.

2. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein a driving member is movably configured on the arm of the folding body, for disengaging the engaging member from the other one of the arm of the folding body and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame.

3. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the pivoting section of the rear leg frame is pivotally connected to the arm of the folding body at a location on the pivoting section that is spaced from the engaging member.

4. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the pivoting section of the rear leg frame is pivotally connected to the arm of the folding body via a spindle on the rear leg frame.

5. The high chair of claim 4 , wherein the arm of the folding body has extending portions, the spindle is hid between extending portions.

6. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the folding body is mounted on the lower front leg.

7. The high chair of claim 4 , wherein the spindle comprises a slot, and the engaging member is movably configured on the folding body and engaged with the slot so as to restrain the rear leg frame in the opened position.

8. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the folding body comprises a limiting element, and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame comprises a first holder for abutting the limiting element for preventing over-opening between the front leg frame and the rear leg frame.

9. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the folding body comprises a limiting element, and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame comprises a second holder for abutting the limiting element for preventing over-rotation of the rear leg frame.

10. The high chair of claim 4 , wherein the spindle comprises a long slot, the folding body comprises a limiting element movable in the long slot, and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame comprises a first holder and a second holder, the first holder abuts the limiting element when the rear leg frame is in the opened position and the second holder abuts the limiting element when the rear leg frame is in the folding position.

11. The high chair of claim 1 , wherein the high chair further comprises an elastic element connected between the engaging member and one of the folding body and the pivoting section of the rear leg frame.

12. The high chair of claim 2 , wherein the driving member is a button moveable along a first direction relative to the folding body so as to move the engaging member.

13. The high chair of claim 12 , wherein the first direction forms an angle with a moving direction of the engaging member.

14. A high chair comprising:
a seat;
a frame body for loading the seat and comprising a front leg frame and a top end of a rear leg frame pivotally connected to a middle of the front leg frame, a bottom of the front leg frame and a bottom of the rear leg frame each making contact with a floor surface upon which the high chair rests when the frame body is in an opened position, wherein the front leg frame comprises a lower front leg and an upper front leg, and the seat is installed on the upper front leg only;
a folding body including a first arm and a second arm connected to the first arm with an angle relative to the first arm, the first arm being mounted on the middle of the front leg frame and the second arm being pivotally connected to a spindle of the rear leg frame, wherein the upper front leg is longitudinally slidably mounted on the lower front leg at a location of the front leg frame where the first arm extends from the front leg frame; and
an engaging member movably configured on one of the folding body and the spindle moved between a locked position and an unlocked position so as to engage and disengage with the other one of the folding body and the spindle;
wherein when the engaging member is in the unlocked position, the rear leg frame moves toward the front leg frame and a distance between the bottom of the front leg frame and the bottom of the rear leg frame changes at the same time until the rear leg frame is in a folding position, and when the rear leg frame is in the folding position the bottom of the front leg frame and the bottom of the rear leg frame both rest on the floor surface, the bottom of the front leg frame and the bottom of the rear leg frame forming a gap therebetween, the gap being larger when the frame body is in the opened position than when the frame body is in the folding position.

15. The high chair of claim 14 , wherein the folding body comprises a limiting element, and a pivoting section of the rear leg frame comprises a first holder for abutting the limiting element for preventing over-opening between the front leg frame and the rear leg frame.

16. The high chair of claim 14 , wherein the folding body comprises a limiting element, and a pivoting section of the rear leg frame comprises a second holder for abutting the limiting element for preventing over-rotation of the rear leg frame.

17. The high chair of claim 14 , wherein the folding body is mounted on a top end of the lower front leg.

Assignees

• Hu Wen-Qu
• Chen Shun-Min
• Wonderland Nursery Goods

Inventors

• Hu Wen-Qu
• Chen Shun-Min

Classifications

• Y10T403/32336

  Engaging notch or recess in outer periphery of component · CPC title

• Y10T403/32361

  Engaging recess in radial face · CPC title

• A47D1/023 Primary

  of high chair type · CPC title

• A47D1/004

  in height · CPC title

• Y10T403/32377

  Radially spaced arcuate slot engages fastener · CPC title