EP1816929A2 - Infant swing seat - Google Patents
Infant swing seatInfo
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- EP1816929A2 EP1816929A2 EP05849724A EP05849724A EP1816929A2 EP 1816929 A2 EP1816929 A2 EP 1816929A2 EP 05849724 A EP05849724 A EP 05849724A EP 05849724 A EP05849724 A EP 05849724A EP 1816929 A2 EP1816929 A2 EP 1816929A2
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- seat
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Classifications
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47D—FURNITURE SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR CHILDREN
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- A47D13/10—Rocking-chairs; Indoor swings ; Baby bouncers
- A47D13/105—Rocking-chairs; Indoor swings ; Baby bouncers pivotally mounted in a frame
Definitions
- This invention deals generally with infant seats and more specifically with an infant seat that has a reduced size for shipping and mechanisms that permit simplified reclining of the seat.
- They are basically a seat that securely holds and positions the baby within a frame that supports the seat and allows it to move in a swinging front to back or side to side motion relative to the baby.
- the seat structures themselves have been constructed in many different ways, including a simple wire frame with a fabric sling and a now common plastic shell with fabric pads.
- Some seats have a construction for reclining that varies the angle between the seat bottom and seat back, however, most seats provide the recline feature by tilting back the entire seat. In such an arrangement, the angle between the seat bottom and seat back does not change as the seat assembly is reclined, but the angles of both the seat bottom and the seat back relative to the floor are changed.
- the preferred embodiment of the present invention reduces the size of the seat for shipping by constructing it in two mating parts.
- the complete seat includes a seat bottom connected to a seat back in a fixed angle and two side walls that all meet to form a basket-like support for the infant, and it is the depth of this "basket" that makes the seat bulky.
- the seat of the preferred embodiment is built with a base segment shaped as a ring that includes parts of the seat bottom, seat back, and the two side walls.
- the base segment has a larger access opening at one edge of the ring and a smaller junction opening at the other edge of the ring.
- the second part of the seat is a junction segment shaped as a concave structure with an exposed edge and forming the confluence of the seat bottom, the seat back, and the two sides.
- the exposed edge of the junction section mates with the junction opening of the base segment at a junction line to form a complete basket shape.
- the preferred embodiment reduces the bulk by permitting the bottom of the basket, along with a portion of all the sides around the basket bottom, to be shipped within the rest of the basket and to be moved and locked into place for use.
- Both the junction segment and the base segment of the structure include parts of the seat bottom, seat back, and both sides. Therefore, the structural rigidity of both segments is maintained because they both have continuous structure all the way around.
- the junction section has the added strength of the surface joining the seat bottom, seat back, and sides
- the base segment has a front leg rest and a rolled edge around the large access opening that contribute to the rigidity of that segment.
- the two segments of the preferred embodiment are held together by a hinge in the seat back and interlocking tabs and slots around the curved junction line between them.
- Several of the tabs have catches formed into them that lock the tabs into their matching slots so that the junction segment can not inadvertently be separated from the base segment.
- the asymmetrical shapes of the segments also make it impossible for them to be improperly assembled.
- For the safety and comfort of the infant within the seat it is advisable to construct the junction segment with the tabs and the base segment with the slots, thus assuring that the tabs do not protrude into the space occupied by the infant.
- the safety of the infant within the seat is also a consideration in the design of the reclining mechanism of the preferred embodiment of the invention.
- the preferred embodiment uses pivot fixtures attached on the seat side walls, and the pivot fixtures are located significantly above the junction of the seat bottom and the seat back. This places the pivot points very close to the center of gravity of the infant occupying the seat and greatly facilitates the ease of reclining the child, because the child is nearly balanced on the recline axis.
- the design therefore reduces the tendency of the seat to tilt over backwards while a caregiver is adjusting the recline angle of the seat.
- Another safety feature of the invention is a mechanism that allows the caregiver to grasp the pivot control mechanism with two hands and directly rotate the seat with the pivot control thereby maintaining a firm grasp on the seat.
- This mechanism permits the caregiver to completely control the seat and assure that the seat and the infant do not move too far.
- the recline angle is controlled by dials located on the pivot fixtures of the seat. The caregiver needs only to push the dials in toward the seat to disengage the seat from a fixed outer housing attached to the swing frame and to then turn the dials, which are still attached to the seat, to set the seat at a desired angle. Releasing the dials, which are spring operated, locks the seat into the angle which has been selected.
- An alternate embodiment is a one hand operated recline angle control that uses a wire support sliding within slots on the backside of the seat back. The several positions of reclining are determined by a locking fixture that has spaced indentations interacting with the wire support. The locking fixture is released by the caregiver's hand while also holding the top of the seat back. Releasing the locking fixture with the same hand that is holding the seat back releases the wire support from the locking fixture so that the caregiver can adjust the seat's angle while safely holding the seat back.
- the present invention thereby solves several problems that have plagued swing seats. It provides a seat design that reduces the shipping size of the seat thus yielding reduced shipping costs, and it furnishes recline angle adjustment mechanisms that permit a caregiver to safely adjust the recline angle while maintaining control of the seat to assure that the infant within the seat is not displaced.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of the preferred embodiment of the invention showing an infant seat assembled from two mating segments.
- FIG. 2 is a top view of the junction segment of the infant seat of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of the base segment of the infant seat of FIG 1.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the invention showing an infant seat with a flexible support strap.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the alternate embodiment of the infant seat of
- FIG. 4 with the flexible support strap pushed back within the infant seat.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an infant seat with the dial recline angle adjustment assembly of the preferred embodiment.
- FIG. 7 A is an exploded perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the dial recline angle adjustment assembly of FIG. 6.
- FIG. 7B is an exploded perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the dial recline angle adjustment assembly from the opposite side shown in FIG. 7A.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a one hand operated recline angle adjustment assembly.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of the preferred embodiment of the invention showing infant seat 10 assembled from two mating segments, junction segment 12 and base segment 14.
- Infant seat 10 is built with base segment 14 shaped as a ring that includes parts of the seat bottom 18, seat back 20, and two side walls 22.
- Base segment 14 has a larger access opening at outer edge 26 of the ring and a smaller junction opening at the inner edge of the ring.
- the second part of the seat is junction segment 12 shaped as a concave structure with an exposed edge and forming the confluence of seat bottom 18, seat back 20, and side walls 22.
- the exposed edge of junction section 12 mates with the inner opening of base segment 14 at junction line 23 to form a continuous basket shape.
- junction segment 12 is held within base segment 14 by hinge 16, hinge pin 17, and locking tabs 28 and 30. Together junction segment 12 and base segment 14 completely form seat bottom 18, seat back 20, and side walls 22 (only one of which is seen in FIG. 1). Leg support 24 and rolled outer edge 26, both of which add structural strength to base section 14, are also shown in FIG. 1.
- junction segment 12 is shipped from the manufacturer with junction segment 12 attached to base segment 14 only at hinge 16. To reduce the shipping size, junction segment 12 in pivoted up into base segment 14 as indicated by arrows A and B when packaged. Assembly requires only that junction segment 12 be pivoted down from within base segment in the opposite direction from arrows A and B, and locking tabs 28 and 30 be inserted into their matching slots within base section 14.
- FIG. 2 is a top view of junction segment 12 of infant seat 10 of FIG. 1, and it should be appreciated that in this view junction segment 12 is a concave surface, a dish shape with center portion 32 more remote than exposed edge 34. Exposed edge 34 is shaped to match with inner edge of 35 of base section 14 (FIG. 3). Seat bottom 18, seat back 20, and sidewalls 22 all merge within junction segment 12 and are indicated to facilitate orientation with FIG. 1. Hinge fixtures 36 are formed on junction segment 12 to capture hinge pin 17 of hinge 16 (FIG. 1), which is also captured by complementary hinge fixtures on base segment 14. Front locking tabs 28 and side locking tabs 30 insert into matching tab slots 44 and 46 in base segment 14 (FIG. 3) to lock junction segment 12 within base segment 14.
- FIG. 3 is a top view of base segment 14 of infant seat 10 of FIG. 1.
- base segment 14 is also a concave surface, a dish shape, but it has center hole 40 with inner edge 35 into which exposed edge 34 of junction segment 12 fits when the two segments are assembled together.
- Seat bottom 18, seat back 20, and sidewalls 22 are indicated to facilitate orientation with FIG. 1.
- Hinge fixtures 42 are formed on base segment 14 to capture hinge pin 17 of hinge 16 (FIG. 1).
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an alternate embodiment of the invention showing infant seat 50 with a flexible support strap 52 in place
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the same infant seat 50 of FIG. 4 showing support strap 52 pushed back within infant seat 50.
- infant seat 50 shows infant seat 50 as it looks when in use, with support strap 52 forming the junction between seat bottom 51 and seat back 53, however, for clarity no accessories or reclining mechanisms are shown in FIG. 4.
- Infant seat 50 has a side profile very similar to assembled infant seat 10 of FIG. 1, so that, as shown in FIG. 4 it has the classic problem of a large depth dimension that requires expensive packaging and shipping. [0030]
- infant seat 50 is formed without the conventional full junction segment as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. Instead, the junction region, the region which is closest to the confluence ot the seat bottom, seat back, and sides, is constructed with flexible support strap 52 and open holes 54 on both sides of support strap 52.
- support 52 can be constructed of flexible plastic with reduced thickness at regions 49, 55, and 57 to form flexible hinges of thin solid material. This is the same type of plastic mat is conventionally used for plastic hinges, and it has exceptional strength and long life.
- plastic hinges and the structure of strap 52 make it possible to store strap 52 within infant seat 50 for shipping by simply pushing strap 52 back into the enclosed volume of infant seat 50 as shown in FIG. 5. Then, when putting infant seat 50 into service it is only necessary to push strap 52 outward and it moves into the position shown in FIG. 4. This simple structure makes it possible to reduce the depth of infant seat 50 for shipping, and provides substantial economies in packaging and shipment. [0032] FIG.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of infant seat 10 with one of two recline adjustment assemblies 56 of the preferred embodiment.
- the second adjustment assembly 56 is on the opposite side of seat 10.
- Adjustment assembly 56 permits a caregiver to simply push both dials 58 in toward infant seat 10, which disengages infant seat 10 from outer housings 60 that are permanently attached to support tube 62. The caregiver can then rotate seat 10 with dials 58 to a desired position relative to support tube 62. Releasing dials 58, which are spring operated, locks the seat into the recline angle which has been selected but maintains the interconnection between seat 10 and dials 58.
- adjustment assemblies 56 in the preferred embodiment of the invention also improves the safety of the infant within seat 10. Rather than pivot the seat unstably around an axis at junction 64 of the seat bottom and the seat back as in the prior art, the preferred embodiment locates adjustment assembly 56 and a similarly located pivot fixture (not shown) on the other side of infant seat 10 above junction 64 by a distance of at least 2 inches above seat bottom 18 (FIG. 1 ) and one inch inward from set back 20 (FIG. 2). This places the pivot points at or very close to the center of gravity of the infant occupying the seat and greatly reduces the tendency of infant seat 10 to tilt over backwards while a caregiver is adjusting the recline angle of the seat.
- FIG. 7 A is an exploded perspective view of the preferred embodiment of one recline adjustment assembly 56 from the same direction as seen in FIG. 6, and FIG. 7B is an exploded perspective view of recline adjustment assembly 56 from the opposite side that is shown in FIG. 7A.
- the explanation which follows is best understood by referring to both FIGS. 7A and 7B.
- Outer housing 60 is permanently attached to support tube 62 of the swing frame and is therefore fixed in place relative to the floor or ground (not shown) upon which support tube 62 rests.
- Inner housing 67 is attached to and pivots with infant seat 10.
- Outer housing 60 includes stationary ring gear 61 with inner facing teeth, and inner housing 67 includes pivot ring gear 65 which is identical to ring gear 61.
- Control gear 68 is located between stationary gear 61 and pivot gear 65, and includes axial hole 70 that fits over and rotates around spindle 72 on inner housing 67.
- adjustment assembly 56 is fully assembled, control gear 68 engages within stationary gear 61 and partially within pivot gear 65, and is held within stationary gear 61 by compression spring 74. This position of control gear 68 locks stationary ring gear 61 and pivot gear 65 together into the same rotational position and thereby locks inner housing 67 and seat 10 into a fixed position relative to outer housing 60 and support bar 62.
- dial 58 It is the function of dial 58 to temporarily unlock pivot gear 65 from stationary gear 61 and to implement the rotation of seat 10 around axis 76 which is common to all the parts.
- dial 58 is rigidly connected to control gear 68 by screws 78 that pass through holes 81 in dial 58 and holes 82 in outer housing 60 and screw into sleeves 84 on control gear 68.
- Dial 58 can then be pushed toward seat 10 and pushes control gear 68 farther into inner housing 67 and out of contact with stationary gear 61 that is within outer housing 60. This frees up inner housing 67 and seat 10 for movement but maintains the connection with dial 58, so that seat 10 moves in the direction in which dial 58 is rotated.
- spring 74 pushes control gear 68 back into outer housing 60 and locks seat 10 in the new position into which it has been rotated.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view of an alternative embodiment of one hand operated recline control assembly 86 which is located on outside back surface 88 of seat 10. Recline control assembly 86 captures and locks wire support 90 which slides within slots 92 formed on the back surface 88 of seat 10.
- Slots 92 are oriented in a vertical plane, and wire support 90 is attached to support tubes 62 by insertion into holes 94 within which wire support 90 is free to pivot. Wire support 90 therefore supports seat 10 at different recline angles depending upon the position of wire support 90 within slots 92.
- the several recline positions of seat 10 are determined by locking fixture 96 that has spaced indentations 98 to capture wire support 90 at different angular positions.
- top 100 of locking fixture 96 is grasped by the caregiver's hand while simultaneously holding top 102 of seat back 88. Squeezing top 100 of locking fixture 96 toward top 102 of seat back 88 pivots locking fixture 96 on pivot points 104 and releases wire support 90 from within whichever indentation 98 is capturing it. The caregiver can then adjust the angle of seat 10 while safely holding top 102 of the seat. Upon the release of top
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