FR2558361A1 - ARMREST FOR CHILD EQUIPMENT WITH A SEAT - Google Patents

Abstract

THE INVENTION CONCERNS ARMRESTS PROVIDED FOR IN A SEAT EQUIPPED WITH CHILDREN'S EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS A CHILD CAR, IN WHICH EACH ARMREST 3 HAS A RELATIVELY LARGE SURFACE IN ITS ANTERIOR END REGION IN RELATION TO ITS REGION. POSTERIOR END, WHICH ALLOWS THE HANDS OR ARMS OF A CHILD TO REST ON THE ARMRESTS IN A STABLE POSITION.

Description

Z558361

  Armrests for children's equipment, fitted with a seat.

  The present invention relates to a pair of couplings.

  dormitories arranged on each side of the seat of a material for child equipped with a seat, such as a baby carriage, and more particularly improvements in the form or

configuration of these armrests.

  Equipment for children fitted with a seat includes, in addition to the baby-carriages mentioned above,

  children's armchairs and raised armchairs.

  As for the seat of baby cars, for example, there are wheelchair type cars and

  bed type cars. In addition, widely used today

  now a car combining these two types. In these cars

  children's armrests are generally provided (balustra-

  des) integrated into the seat frame. These armrests are particularly useful when the seat is used in

armchair mode.

  As for conventional armrests, some are formed by surrounding or covering organs, which are part of the body of a baby carriage and which are located precisely in positions suitable for forming armrests, using parts of seat sheets. These armrests are located on each side of a child placed in the seat and act as a frame for the

  Protection of the child. In addition, with the recent development

  In the resin molding technique, the armrests are made in the form of molded products intended to be fitted onto the body organs by covering them from above. By the way, by forming streaks or the like in this. armrests in molded resin to ensure rigidity, armrests can sometimes be used

  themselves as parts of the body's organs.

  In the case of molded resin armrests

  are used as organs of the body, as mentioned above

  above, the size of the armrests is designed to be relatively large, in order to give them sufficient rigidity, and the width of the upper surface of the armrests thus becomes

  relatively large. However, with passenger cars

  fant, since a small size is preferable for the convenience of transport, the width is generally limited as much as possible and the maximum width of the armrests that exist today in baby carriages is

about 4 cm.

  On the other hand, from the age of seven months, when the child's head is held firmly by itself, baby carriages are very often used in wheelchair mode. If we observe the child's position when a baby carriage is used in wheelchair mode, we can see that the child's back is not always pressing against the backrest. More frequently, the child is seated in an upright or arched position, his arms being held by the armrests. In particular, when a railing is provided to connect the anterior ends to each other

  left and right armrests, the railing and the

  arm rests can take the place of

  support positions for the child's hands (or arms).

  Thus, an object of the present invention is to provide armrests for equipment for children equipped with a seat which can establish favorable conditions

  for the child positions mentioned above. -

  The armrests according to the invention are characterized

  by the structure that the end region ante-

  of each armrest is formed so as to have a relatively large upper surface relative to its

posterior end region.

  Thus, because a larger upper surface is formed according to the invention in the anterior end region of each armrest, the child's arms or hands can be placed on the armrests in a stable position, this thanks what the child can keep in a more stable position. In addition, the security of

  hands or arms resting on the armrests can be favored

  sée. So you can give the child a sense of security. Furthermore, the width of the region on which the child's hands or arms are placed also ensures

  a favorable sense of touch for the hands or arms.

  These objects, as well as other objects, arrangements, aspects and advantages of the present invention, will appear

  more clearly on reading the detailed description

  following of the present invention, made with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a baby carriage arranged using an embodiment of the invention,

  Figure 2 is a side elevation of the couplings.

  bows used in the car of figure 1, figure 3 is a plan view illustrating a part of a seat having armrests in accordance with figure 2, and figure 4 is a plan view illustrating a part of a seat equipped with another embodiment

  armrests according to the invention.

  Figure 1 is a perspective view of a baby carriage in which an embodiment of the invention is used. In this figure, a seat part 1, a back part 2, a pair of armrests 3 and a railing 4 are shown as the members

  constituting the seat of the baby carriage.

  The two armrests 3 are located on each side of the space defined by the seat part 1 and the back part 2. The railing 4 is installed between the ends

  front of each of the armrests 3.

  In Figure 2 is shown in elevation of

  side one of the armrests 3. In Figure 3 is shown -

  in plan view, part of the seat fitted with armrests 3.

  As clearly shown in Figures 1 and 3, each of the armrests 3 is formed so that its anterior end region has a larger upper surface than its rear end region. In this specific embodiment, to increase the width in the anterior end region, the outer edge 3a (Figure 3) of each armrest 3 is stretched outward

  when you get closer to its anterior end.

  Such a construction allows the hands or arms of the child seated on the seat part 1 to be placed on the relatively large surface of the end region

  front of each of the armrests 3.

  In addition, the shape given to the upper surface of each armrest 3 to widen it in the anterior end region relative to what it is in the posterior end region is not limited to the illustrated shape in Figure 3. For example, instead of the linear shape of the outer edge 3a of each armrest 3 as shown in Figure 3. we can adopt a curved shape. In addition, it is not always necessary that the distance between the inner edges of the armrests is constant from the front end to the rear end as shown in Figure 3a. For example, the distance

  between the inner edges of the armrests can be relati-

  much larger on the side of the anterior end.

  In Figure 4 are shown in plan view a variant of the armrests 3, as well as part of a seat. The interior lateral surfaces of the armrests 3 are provided with concavities 5. The positions of the concavities correspond to the places with which the child's torso is able to come into contact. Thanks to the presence of the concavities 5, the distance between the two armrests is widened in this region, so that the seated child sees

  its movements allowed over a relatively large space.

  It should also be noted that the formation of these concavities 5 does not so narrow the upper surface of the armrests 3. More particularly, as described above, if we observe the position of a seated child, it turns out that the body is not always leaning against the

  part of file 2, but often takes a vertical position

  wedge or arched, arms resting on armrests.

  Thus, and as clearly illustrated in FIG. 4, a relatively large surface being preserved in the respective anterior parts of the armrests 3, the function

  inherent of the armrests is in no way altered.

  According to this embodiment, the fact that the spacing between the armrests is only enlarged

  contact points of the child's torso, better envi-

  This can be assured without limiting the movements of the seated child and without giving the child a feeling of

  constraint, without increasing the trans-

  versal of material for child equipped with a seat. In other words, when the spacing between two armrests is simply increased, the transverse dimension of child equipment fitted with a seat becomes excessive, which is not desirable for a baby carriage whose

  transportability is greatly required.

  The shape of the concavities 5 provided in the armrests 3 is not limited to that illustrated. Although, in the embodiment shown, the concavities are defined by an arc-shaped bottom, they can be formed by being hollowed out in a trapezoidal shape

or apostle.

  In addition, the embodiments described above

  stops relate to baby cars; however, the invention can also be applied to other materials for children fitted with a seat in general, such as children's armchairs, raised armchairs and the like. Although the present invention has been described and illustrated in detail, it is clear that this is only by way of illustration and non-limiting example of the scope

of it.

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Claims (3)

  1. Arms for material for children equipped with a seat, characterized in that the anterior end region of each armrest (3) is formed so as to have a relatively large upper surface by   relation to the posterior region of it.   2. Armrests according to claim 1, character-   in that the respective outer edges of the armrests   (3) are formed by stretching outward as they approach   edge from the front, in order to increase the width in the   anterior end region of each armrest.   3. Armrests according to claim 1, character-   in that each armrest is provided with a concavity (5) in its internal lateral surface, at the location of   contact with the torso of a child sitting on the seat.