CN202950348U - Combined children's chair - Google Patents

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CN202950348U
CN202950348U CN 201220552485 CN201220552485U CN202950348U CN 202950348 U CN202950348 U CN 202950348U CN 201220552485 CN201220552485 CN 201220552485 CN 201220552485 U CN201220552485 U CN 201220552485U CN 202950348 U CN202950348 U CN 202950348U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of products for babies and provides a combined children's chair which solves the problem that existing combined children's chairs are not provided with retaining blocks capable of being demounted and retaining crotches of children to prevent the children from slipping down from chair portions. The combined children's chair comprises a chair seat, chair legs, a chair back, handrails, a plurality of supporting legs and a cylindrical retaining part 1, a dinner plate is detachably connected onto the handrails, the supporting legs and the chair legs are in one to one correspondence, upper ends of the supporting legs and lower ends of the chair legs are in detachable connection, and the retaining part 1 can be in detachable connection with the chair seat. The combined children's chair has the advantages of convenience for use and large applicable age group of children.

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The Combined type children seat
Technical field
The utility model belongs to the infant article technical field, relates to a kind of children's seat, particularly a kind of Combined type children seat.
Background technology
Children dinning chair, also can be described as high chair, is a kind of requisite articles for use of nursing a baby, and when the infant is placed on to children's seat, can saves the adult and hold in the arms infant's inconvenience always when having a dinner or be engaged in other affairs.
A kind of high chair [the application number: 200910006792.2 openly proposed as the Chinese patent literature data; Granted publication number: CN101548835A], in rear foot group and the forward foot in a step group diversion section of high chair, retracting mechanism is set, press by the user folding that actuated piece can complete single actuating easily.When actuated piece is pressed, actuated piece drives the relative pedestal of fastener and moves to unlocking position, the state that rear foot group is engaged with the disengaging of forward foot in a step group, thus rear foot group can relatively forward foot in a step group pivotable, to fold high chair.But this high chair is only suitable for child (as the child's of 3 months to 3 years old) use, and be not suitable for the use of children (3 years old to 10 years old), therefore cause in the use certain limitation.
For this situation, people have recognized this deficiency, and carry out improvement, a kind of high chair combined structure [application number: 200920293481.4 openly proposed as the Chinese patent literature data, Granted publication number: CN 201577892U], it mainly comprises seat portion and tread portion, wherein seat portion four corners are connected with four connecting rods, the bottom of connecting rod is installed with respectively buckling parts, and the periphery of tread portion forms corresponding connector, the top of connector is formed with link slot, buckling parts for accommodating this seat portion, and be equipped with chute in the bottom in the link slot outside, slidably be provided with fastener in chute, be fixed in buckling parts for button, and the bottom in each connector is equipped with respectively leg, can when needs feeding child, assemble easily and fast whereby, when finish using or in the future the child dismantle seat portion and tread portion after large and become the little chair that children use, stand, and flexible conversion when needed, to extend service life.But do not prevent the stopper of child from the seat portion landing because the seat portion of this high chair arranges the crotch that can dismantle and stop the child, therefore make troubles in the use.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of this utility model is to have the problems referred to above for existing technology, thereby proposed on a kind of seat support to have the block piece that can dismantle, uses Combined type children seat comparatively easily.
The purpose of this utility model can realize by following technical proposal: a kind of Combined type children seat, comprise seat support, chair pin, the chair back, handrail, be removably connected with service plate on described handrail, this Combined type children seat also comprises some legs, described leg and described chair the pin corresponding and upper end of described leg and the lower end of described chair pin one by one removably connect, it is characterized in that, described Combined type children seat also comprises the block piece one that is column, and described block piece one can removably connect with described seat support.
When this Combined type children seat during for less child (as the child of 3 months to 3 years old), generally block piece one is connected on the seat, again leg is connected on corresponding chair pin, make the height of this children's seat higher, again service plate is connected on handrail, then the child is put on seat support, child's crotch is subject to stopping of block piece one, prevents its landing; When this Combined type children seat during for larger children (3 years old to 10 years old), can be by leg under the dismounting of chair pin, and block piece one is pulled down from seat support, according to actual conditions, service plate also can be dismantled down, this Combined type children seat is used as common little chair, make this Combined type children seat applicable convenient, and the larger advantage of time span of using.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, the middle part of described seat support is provided with cavity, and the lower end of described block piece one is embedded in described cavity and the lower end of described block piece one is connected by screw with described seat support.When being connected on seat support by block piece one, the lower end of block piece one is embedded in the cavity at seat support middle part, then by screw, block piece one is connected with seat support, have and connect and dismantle all advantage comparatively easily.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, the middle part of described seat support is provided with cavity, this Combined type children seat also comprises the block piece two that is block, and the lower end of described block piece two can be embedded in described cavity and the lower end of described block piece two can be connected by screw with described seat support.At this Combined type children seat during for larger children (3 years old to 10 years old), after the lower block piece one of dismounting, can on cavity, embed block piece two, then by screw, block piece two is fixed on seat support, make the seat of seat support smooth, children can be felt comfortably cool in use.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, also be provided with cushion on described seat support, the shape of described cushion and described seat support is complementary, and the front end of described cushion also is provided with slot to make way, and the position of described slot to make way is corresponding with described cavity.In use, cushion all is placed on seat support, and when block piece one is connected with seat support, block piece one, through slot to make way, prevents the landing of cushion; When block piece two is connected with seat support, the upper end of block piece two is through slot to make way, and the upper surface of block piece two can with the mild transition of the upper surface of cushion, prevent the landing of cushion, and it is comparatively comfortable that this Combined type children seat is used.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, described handrail and described service plate are for removably connecting, the both sides of described service plate all have handle, the inner of described handle is equipped with convex body, the outside portion of described handrail all has the groove be complementary with described convex body, be provided with spring between described service plate and described handle, under the elastic force effect of described spring, make described convex body there is the trend that is embedded in all the time described groove.When service plate is installed, two handles, all toward the outer layback of service plate, after being nested on handrail by service plate, are unclamped to handle, under the effect of spring force, the convex body on handle is embedded on the groove to use, and service plate is connected on handrail; When needs by service plate from handrail dismounting lower time, pull handle by the both sides toward service plate the elastic force that makes convex body overcome spring and break away from corresponding groove, now can be under the handrail dismounting by service plate, there is all advantages comparatively easily of installation and removal.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, the upper side wall that described handrail is strip and described handrail all has strip groove, described strip groove axially arranges along described handrail, the bottom surface of described service plate is provided with the bar shaped convex body, when described bar shaped convex body all is embedded on described strip groove.When being connected on handrail by service plate, service plate, along being sent on handrail bar shaped convex body and coordinating of strip groove, is had to guide effect preferably.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, described chair pin in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole, the upper end of described leg is fixed with the connector that is column, the cavity of the upper end of described connector and described chair pin is complementary, one end of described connector radially is provided with installing hole along it, the middle part of described installing hole is provided with annular boss, be equipped with screw in described installing hole, be provided with spring between described screw and described annular boss, described spring makes the end of described screw protrude from all the time the sidewall of described connector.When leg being connected on the chair pin, extrusion screw also is inserted into connector in the cavity of chair pin, unclamp screw moves connector in the cavity of chair pin again, when screw is corresponding with the through hole of chair pin, the end of screw is embedded in through hole, now chair pin and connector are located, thereby leg is connected on the chair pin; When needs, leg is dismantled to lower time from the chair pin, extrusion screw, make screw break away from from through hole, now pulls leg, just can, by leg under the dismounting of chair pin, have installation and removal advantage comparatively easily.
As another kind of scheme, in above-mentioned Combined type children seat, described chair pin in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole, the upper end of described leg is fixed with the connector that is column, and the cavity of the upper end of described connector and described chair pin is complementary, and the upper end of described connector also is provided with the elasticity convex body, when described chair pin is connected with described leg, described elasticity convex body is embedded in the through hole of described chair pin.When leg being connected on the chair pin, extruding elasticity convex body also is inserted into connector in the cavity of chair pin, unclamp the elasticity convex body moves connector in the cavity of chair pin again, when the elasticity convex body is corresponding with the through hole of chair pin, the elasticity convex body is embedded in through hole, now chair pin and connector are located, thereby leg is connected on the chair pin; When needs are dismantled lower time by leg from the chair pin, extruding elasticity convex body, make the elasticity convex body break away from from through hole, now pulls leg, just can, by leg under the dismounting of chair pin, have installation and removal advantage comparatively easily.
In above-mentioned Combined type children seat, described Combined type children seat also comprises pedal, and described pedal is arranged on the downside of described seat support, the both sides of described pedal by screw respectively with being connected mutually of corresponding described chair pin.Pedal is connected with the chair pin by screw, has easy to connect and easy-to-dismount advantage.
Compared with prior art, this Combined type children seat has the following advantages:
1, by the block piece one and block piece two be connected with seat support respectively is set, make this Combined type children seat in use, can be according to different demands, connect block piece one or block piece two on seat support, make this Combined type children seat there is use advantage comparatively easily, make the applicable child's of this Combined type children seat age bracket comparatively broad;
2, the connector that there is the elasticity convex body by setting, the installation and removal of the leg of this Combined type children seat are advantage comparatively easily;
3, the bar shaped convex body is set on service plate and strip groove is set on handrail, when service plate is connected with handrail, there is guide effect preferably, when service plate is connected with handrail more for convenience;
4, there is spacing effect by bar shaped convex body and strip groove, make service plate there is connection advantage comparatively reliably with handrail when being connected.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view after the installation leg of this Combined type children seat.
Fig. 2 is the perspective view after the dismounting leg of this Combined type children seat.
Fig. 3 is the chair pin of this Combined type children seat and the sectional structure schematic diagram of leg.
Fig. 4 is the elevational schematic view that the service plate of this Combined type children seat is connected with handrail.
In figure, 1, seat support; 2, chair pin; 2a, through hole; 3, the chair back; 4, handrail; 4a, strip groove; 5, service plate; 5a, bar shaped convex body; 6, leg; 7, block piece one; 8, block piece two; 9, cushion; 10, handle; 10a, convex body; 11, connector; 11a, annular boss; 11b, installing hole; 12, screw; 13, spring; 14, pedal.
The specific embodiment
Be below specific embodiment of the utility model by reference to the accompanying drawings, the technical solution of the utility model is further described, but the utility model be not limited to these embodiment.
As shown in Figures 1 to 4, a kind of Combined type children seat, comprise seat support 1, chair pin 2, the chair back 3, handrail 4, is removably connected with service plate 5 on handrail 4, and this Combined type children seat also comprises 4 legs 6, and leg 6 is corresponding one by one with chair pin 2.Chair pin 2 in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole 2a, the upper end of leg 6 is fixed with the connector 11 that is column, the cavity of the upper end of connector 11 and chair pin 2 is complementary, one end of connector 11 radially is provided with installing hole 11b along it, and the middle part of installing hole 11b is provided with annular boss 11a, is equipped with screw 12 in installing hole 11b, be provided with spring 13 between screw 12 and annular boss 11a, spring 13 makes the end of screw 12 protrude from all the time the sidewall of connector 11.
This Combined type children seat also comprises the block piece 1 that is column and is block block piece 28.The middle part of seat support 1 is provided with cavity, and the lower end of the lower end of block piece 1 and block piece 28 can be embedded in cavity separately respectively, and is connected with seat support 1 by screw 12.Also be provided with cushion 9 on seat support 1, cushion 9 is complementary with the shape of seat support 1, and the front end of cushion 9 also is provided with slot to make way, and the position of slot to make way is corresponding with cavity.The Combined type children seat also comprises pedal 14, and pedal 14 is arranged on the downside of seat support 1, the both sides of pedal 14 by screw 12 respectively with being connected mutually of corresponding chair pin 2.
The both sides of service plate 5 all have handle 10, the inner of handle 10 is equipped with convex body 10a, the outside portion of handrail 4 all has the groove be complementary with convex body 10a, between service plate 5 and handle 10, is provided with spring 13, under the elastic force effect of spring 13, makes convex body 10a have the trend that is embedded in all the time groove.Handrail 4 is strip, and the upper side wall of handrail 4 all has strip groove 4a, and strip groove 4a axially arranges along handrail 4, and the bottom surface of service plate 5 is provided with bar shaped convex body 5a, and when the bar shaped convex body, 5a all is embedded on strip groove 4a.
, the lower end of block piece 1 is embedded in the cavity at seat support 1 middle part during for less child (as the child of 3 months to 3 years old) when this Combined type children seat, then by screw 12, block piece 1 is connected with seat support 1; When being connected on chair pin 2 by leg 6, extrusion screw 12 also is inserted into connector 11 in the cavity of chair pin 2, unclamp screw 12 moves connector 11 in the cavity of chair pin 2 again, when screw 12 is corresponding with the through hole 2a of chair pin 2, under the elastic force effect of spring 13, the end of screw 12 is embedded in through hole 2a, and now chair pin 2 is located with connector 11, thereby leg 6 is connected on chair pin 2.
After leg 6 all being connected on corresponding chair pin 2, the height of this children's seat is higher, again cushion 9 all is placed on seat support 1, block piece 1 is through slot to make way, prevent the landing of cushion 9, then service plate 5 is connected on handrail 4, then the child is put on seat support 1, child's crotch is subject to stopping of block piece 1, prevents its landing.When this Combined type children seat during for larger children (3 years old to 10 years old), can be by leg 6 under 2 dismountings of chair pin, during dismounting leg 6, extrusion screw 12, screw 12 is broken away from from through hole 2a, now pull leg 6, just can be by leg 6 under 2 dismountings of chair pin, and block piece 1 is pulled down from seat support 1, and can on cavity, embed block piece 28, by screw 12, block piece 28 is fixed on seat support 1 again, the upper end of block piece 28 is through slot to make way, the upper surface of block piece 28 can with the mild transition of the upper surface of cushion 9, prevent the landing of cushion 9, and it is comparatively comfortable that this Combined type children seat is used.According to actual conditions, under service plate 5 also can being dismantled, this Combined type children seat is used as common little chair, make this Combined type children seat applicable convenient, and the larger advantage of time span of using.
When service plate 5 is installed, by two handles 10 all toward the outer layback of service plate 5, by service plate 5 along bar shaped convex body 5a be nested into coordinating of strip groove 4a on handrail 4, unclamp again handle 10, under the effect of spring 13 elastic force, convex body 10a on handle 10 is embedded on the groove to use, and service plate 5 is connected on handrail 4; When needs are dismantled lower time by service plate 5 from handrail 4, pull handle 10 elastic force that make convex body 10a overcome spring 13 by the both sides toward service plate 5 and break away from corresponding groove, now can be under handrail 4 dismounting by service plate 5, there is all advantages comparatively easily of installation and removal.
As another kind of scheme, chair pin 2 in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole 2a, the upper end of leg 6 is fixed with the connector 11 that is column, the cavity of the upper end of connector 11 and chair pin 2 is complementary, the upper end of connector 11 also is provided with the elasticity convex body, and when chair pin 2 is connected with leg 6, the elasticity convex body is embedded in the through hole 2a of chair pin 2.When being connected on chair pin 2 by leg 6, extruding elasticity convex body also is inserted into connector 11 in the cavity of chair pin 2, unclamp the elasticity convex body moves connector 11 in the cavity of chair pin 2 again, when the elasticity convex body is corresponding with the through hole 2a of chair pin 2, the elasticity convex body is embedded in through hole 2a, now chair pin 2 is located with connector 11, thereby leg 6 is connected on chair pin 2; When needs are dismantled lower time by leg 6 from chair pin 2, extruding elasticity convex body, make the elasticity convex body break away from from through hole 2a, now pulls leg 6, just can, by leg 6 under 2 dismountings of chair pin, have installation and removal advantage comparatively easily.
Specific embodiment described herein is only to the explanation for example of the utility model spirit.The utility model person of ordinary skill in the field can make various modifications or supplements or adopt similar mode to substitute described specific embodiment, but can't depart from spirit of the present utility model or surmount the defined scope of appended claims.
Although the terms such as this paper more used seat support 1, chair pin 2, through hole 2a, the chair back 3, handrail 4, strip groove 4a, service plate 5, bar shaped convex body 5a, leg 6, block piece 1, block piece 28, cushion 9, shake hands 10, convex body 10a, connector 11, annular boss 11a, installing hole 11b, screw 12, spring 13, pedal 14, do not get rid of the possibility of using other term.Using these terms is only in order to describe more easily and explain essence of the present utility model; They are construed to any additional restriction is all contrary with the utility model spirit.

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1. a Combined type children seat, comprise seat support (1), chair pin (2), the chair back (3), handrail (4), be removably connected with service plate (5) on described handrail (4), this Combined type children seat also comprises some legs (6), described leg (6) and described chair pin (2) the corresponding and upper end of described leg (6) and the lower end of described chair pin (2) one by one removably connect, it is characterized in that, described Combined type children seat also comprises the block piece one (7) that is column, described block piece one (7) can removably connect with described seat support (1).
2. Combined type children seat according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the middle part of described seat support (1) is provided with cavity, and the lower end of described block piece one (7) is embedded in described cavity and the lower end of described block piece one (7) is connected by screw with described seat support (1).
3. Combined type children seat according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the middle part of described seat support (1) is provided with cavity, this Combined type children seat also comprises the block piece two (8) that is block, and the lower end of described block piece two (8) can be embedded in described cavity and the lower end of described block piece two (8) can be connected by screw (12) with described seat support (1).
4. according to the described Combined type children seat of claim 2 or 3, it is characterized in that, also be provided with cushion (9) on described seat support (1), described cushion (9) is complementary with the shape of described seat support (1), the front end of described cushion (9) also is provided with slot to make way, and the position of described slot to make way is corresponding with described cavity.
5. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described Combined type children seats, it is characterized in that, the both sides of described service plate (5) all have handle (10), the inner of described handle (10) is equipped with convex body (10a), the outside portion of described handrail (4) all has the groove be complementary with described convex body (10a), be provided with spring (13) between described service plate (5) and described handle (10), under the elastic force effect of described spring (13), make described convex body (10a) there is the trend that is embedded in all the time described groove.
6. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described Combined type children seats, it is characterized in that, the upper side wall that described handrail (4) is strip and described handrail (4) all has strip groove (4a), described strip groove (4a) axially arranges along described handrail (4), the bottom surface of described service plate (5) is provided with bar shaped convex body (5a), and described bar shaped convex body (5a) all is embedded on described strip groove (4a).
7. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described Combined type children seats, it is characterized in that, described chair pin (2) in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole (2a), the upper end of described leg (6) is fixed with the connector (11) that is column, the cavity of the upper end of described connector (11) and described chair pin (2) is complementary, one end of described connector (11) radially is provided with installing hole (11b) along it, the middle part of described installing hole (11b) is provided with annular boss (11a), be equipped with screw (12) in described installing hole (11b), be provided with spring (13) between described screw (12) and described annular boss (11a), described spring (13) makes the end of described screw (12) protrude from all the time the lateral wall of described connector (11).
8. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described Combined type children seats, it is characterized in that, described chair pin (2) in a tubular form, its lower end has through hole (2a), the upper end of described leg (6) is fixed with the connector (11) that is column, the cavity of the upper end of described connector (11) and described chair pin (2) is complementary, the upper end of described connector (11) also is provided with the elasticity convex body, when described chair pin (2), with described leg (6) while being connected, described elasticity convex body is embedded in the through hole (2a) of described chair pin (2).
9. according to claim 1 or 2 or 3 described Combined type children seats, it is characterized in that, described Combined type children seat also comprises pedal (14), described pedal (14) is arranged on the downside of described seat support (1), the both sides of described pedal (14) by screw respectively with being connected mutually of corresponding described chair pin (2).
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