DE8905938U1 - Children's furniture that can be placed on the edge of a bathtub, especially a baby bath - Google Patents

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Children's furniture that can be adjusted on the edge of a bathtub, especially baby bath

The invention concerns a device that can be placed on the edge of a bathtub.

Children's furniture, in particular a baby bath according to the preamble of claim 1.

The well-known and common baby baths can be placed either on a normal table or often on a bathtub.

be placed on the edge of the tub and adjusted. For this purpose,

Support grids that can be secured to the edge of the bathtub or, in a simplified version, a holding device using two crossbars running from the rear to the front edge of the bathtub, which are secured to the underside of the baby bath.

chert. Such baby baths, which can be placed on the edge of a bathtub, have proven to be very useful in practice.

However, it must be noted that the disadvantage is that, for example, bathing a small child over a longer period of time

% is extremely strenuous, especially when the bathing process is in

&kgr; should be carried out in a bent position.

Ji task of the present invention is therefore to find the

"r 05 parts according to the state of the art to overcome and a

)> children's furniture that can be placed on the edge of the bathtub, especially a

To create a baby bath whose use and handling has advantages Vv over previous solutions and, for example,

L '■ Bathing process of the toddler is made easier.

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The object is achieved according to the invention according to the features specified in claim ■'■ 1. Advantageous embodiments of the

The invention is specified in the subclaims. The present invention provides a children's furniture item, in particular a baby bath, which is provided with a height adjustment device.

r is. In other words, the baby bath or the children's furniture

generally be placed at different heights on the surrounding edge of the tub. This means that the bathing process *,: of a baby or small child can often be carried out in an adapted at least

20 can be carried out with the body in a largely upright position, so that the rather tedious constant crouching is eliminated.

i The height adjustment device includes the known height adjustment

Cross braces that run from the rear to the front edge of the tub and can be secured to them if necessary, and that can be supported on adjustable feet on the underside of the child's furniture at different heights. The brace anchors on the adjustable feet preferably consist of openings through ^which the cross braces or rods can be inserted.

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; The children's furniture or the baby bath in particular can

can be placed on a table in the same way. Since the feet required for height adjustment can be a nuisance in this case, ^a preferred embodiment of the invention provides that

35 the adjustable feet consist of add-on or plug-in feet, which are attached to.

The baby bath can be attached and removed using coupling attachments that are dimensioned to be low in height. This means that the children's furniture or the baby bath can also be used as a small piece of furniture that can only be placed on the floor or table, and can be retrofitted to be placed on the edge of the baby bath if required. It can be attached easily using a form-fitting mechanism. A sliding or plug-in lock can also be provided as standard, so that the adjustable feet are firmly held when the adjustable feet are pushed on or attached, i.e. the actual plug-in feet on the coupling attachment connected to the bath.

Further advantages, details and features of the invention will become apparent from the following embodiment explained with reference to the drawings. In detail:

Figure 1 : a schematic longitudinal section through a

Carrycot with front and rear coupling attachments for the attachable feet attached to the underside of the floor;

Figure 2 : a side view of a removed plug

foot;

Figure 3 : an enlarged cross-sectional view through a

on the underside of the tub floor formed coupling attachment with attached plug-in foot and

Figure 4 : a schematic cross-sectional view through a

Baby bath placed on the edge of a bathtub.

Figure 1 shows a schematic longitudinal section of a piece of children's furniture 1 in the form of a baby bath, which can have any shape. On the underside of the base 3, but also on the surrounding side areas, i.e. on the side walls of the baby bath 1 and preferably downwards over the

Coupling attachments 5 are formed protruding from the floor 3. In the example shown, a coupling attachment 5 is provided near the front and rear areas of the baby bath 1, i.e. a total of four coupling attachments.

The coupling attachments basically consist of a lateral guide rail section 7 with a concave recess 9 pointing towards the vertical plane of symmetry, triangular in the embodiment shown. The attachment or plug-in foot 11 shown schematically in Figure 2 in a side view can be anchored in this recess 9 by means of a positive engagement 13. For this purpose, the immediate anchoring attachment 15 has the fit formed by the guide rail sections 7 of the coupling attachment 5 with plug-in attachments that protrude convexly to the side, triangular in the embodiment shown. Other sliding and plug-in systems are also possible.

If the baby bath 1 is not to be anchored on a normal table, but on a bath rim, as shown schematically in Figure 4, the four attachment or plug-in feet 11 shown in Figure 2 are inserted at their anchoring attachment 15 into the recess 9 of the coupling attachment 5.

To ensure that the insertable attachment or plug-in feet 11 are not pushed out through the coupling attachment 5 at the back, a rear stop limit 17 is provided on the rear side, i.e. preferably lying on the middle longitudinal symmetry plane of the baby bath 1, which consists of a material section rising downwards from the base 3. 30

In the embodiment shown in Figure 3, it is clear that the stop limit 17 comprises a material tongue 19 with an actuating section 21 with an undercut 23, which in the embodiment shown has a downward-pointing roof shape. This means that when the attachment or plug-in foot 11 is inserted, an upward-pointing stop bar 25 on

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the downward edge of the stop limit 17 runs up and is bent downwards with the actuating section 21 until the stop bar 25 overlaps the lowest gable elevation of the stop limit 17 and encloses it in the end position, as shown in Figure 3, in a form-fitting manner. As a result, the attached or plug-in foot 11, which is secured in the manner of a snap lock or tilt lock, cannot be easily pulled off to the front. When removing the attachment or plug-in foot 11, all you have to do is grasp the actuating section 21 shown in Figure 3 and continue to press it downwards in a clockwise direction until the upward-facing stop bar 25 of the counter-fitting piece of the stop limit 17 with the gable shape pointing downwards is released.

If a different height is to be set when the baby bath 1 is placed on the edge of the bathtub as shown in Figure 4, then the front and rear cross braces shown in Figure 4 on the edge of the bathtub 27 must simply be removed from the openings 31 in the attachment and plug-in feet 11 and inserted through another opening 31 in the foot at a different height. By means of securing devices 33, for example, attached to or located on the cross braces 39, an unintentional displacement of the cross braces and thus the risk of the baby bath 1 falling down is avoided.

Claims (10)

Expectations: 1. Children's furniture that can be placed on the edge of a bathtub, in particular a baby bathtub, which can be placed on the edge of a bathtub (27) by means of at least two cross braces (29) that can be secured against slipping, characterized in that adjustable feet (5, 11) are provided on the underside of the children's furniture (1), which are supported on the two cross braces (25), and that a height adjustment device is also provided for the relative height adjustment of the children's furniture (1) with respect to the surrounding bathtub edge (27) and consists of at least two strut anchorages (31) arranged at different heights on the feet (5, 11) for supporting the children's furniture (1) on the cross braces (29) at different relative heights. 2. Children's furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjustable feet (11) can be attached subsequently. 3. Children's furniture according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the adjusting feet (11) are removable. -&Iacgr; &Agr;. Children's furniture according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that the adjustable feet comprise an attachment or plug-in foot (11) which can be anchored to a coupling attachment (5) forming a corresponding part of the children's furniture (1). 05 5. Children's furniture according to claim 4, characterized in that the add-on or plug-in feet (11) can be attached to the respective coupling attachment (5) of the children's furniture (1) via a positive engagement (13). 6. Children's furniture according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the add-on or plug-in feet (11) can be pushed or plugged in laterally on the coupling attachment (5). 7. Children's furniture according to claim 6, characterized in that the respective coupling attachment (5) and/or the attachment or plug-in foot (11) has a front stop limit (17). 8. Children's furniture according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the subsequently attachable and removable add-on or plug-in feet (11) can be anchored to the associated coupling attachment (5) by means of a snap or clip closure. 9. Children's furniture according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the coupling attachment (5) consists of two lateral guide sections (7), between which a corresponding anchoring attachment (15) of the associated attachment or plug-in foot (11) can be inserted or inserted in a form-fitting manner. 10. Children's furniture according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the strut anchoring in the adjustable feet, ie in the add-on or plug-in foot (11), consists of at least two passage openings (31) arranged one above the other for the passage and anchoring of the cross struts (29).