US2084448A

US2084448A - Child's high chair

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Publication number: US2084448A
Application number: US69029A
Authority: US
Inventors: Merchant Dale
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1936-03-16
Filing date: 1936-03-16
Publication date: 1937-06-22
Anticipated expiration: 1954-06-22

Description

June 22, 1937. D. MERCHANT 2,084,448

CHILDS HIGH CHAIR Filed March 16, 1936 Mm Inventor By 765W A ttorney Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT oFF-ics 3 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in childs high chair and it more especially consists of the features pointed out in the claims.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a high chair for young children that will effectively prevent the child rising from the seat, standing on it and running the risk of falling olf onto the oor and receiving serious injuries; that provides means on the seat of the chair to hold the legs spaced apart and also provides means above the legs which will prevent the child lifting its legs. It is a well known fact that so long as the legs cannot be straightened at the knee it is impossible for the child to stand erect. My safety provision l5 eliminates the usual straps for allegedly tying the child onto the chair and the use of a canvas with leg openings dropping down from the swinging tray support. My invention is specially directed to the use of means that will positively hold the legs spaced apart on the seat of the chair.

With these and other ends in View I illustrate in the accompanying drawing such instances of adaptation as will disclose the broad features of the invention without limiting myself to the specii'lc details shown thereon and described herein.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the seat of the chair.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of a tray catch.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of a tray support catch.

In the use of a childs high chair made according to my invention I may employ whatever alternatives or equivalents of structure that the exigencies of varying conditions may demand without departing from the broad spirit of the in- Vention.

I may use any desired form of high chair provided with a seat I, a back 5, a foot rest 1, supporting legs 6, side arms 9 and a swinging or adjustable tray support 8 and combined with it a pair of openings 2 in the seat of the chair, the rear edges of which are beveled olf at 4 and rounded at 3 and also rounded at 3 along the sides and front of the openings to provide comfort for the child.

I may use any desired form of automatic catches for locking the tray support 8 to the side arms 9 as shown in Fig. 5 or I may use a strap I5 with buckle or other fastening for securing the tray support 8 to the seat I as shown in Fig. 1.

The stock member I2 for preventing the child raising its legs preparatory to standing up is provided with curved recesses I3. The margins I4 of the recesses I3 nearly touch the seat of the chair so that there is no possibility of the child wiggling its legs sideways and freeing them from restraint. The member I2 is secured to the underside of the tray support 8 by brackets I8 which are adjustable on the underside of the tray into different positions forward and backward where it is held by wing nuts 29. If made non-adjustable, the wing nuts 20 would be replaced by ordinary screws. The foot rest 'I is adjustable vertically on the front legs 6 by means of pins 2| entering holes 22.

The tray support 8 shown in Fig. 4 may have a removable tray I9 supported thereon and held in place by spring clips I I. This permits the easy removal of the tray for washing, etc. The tray i9 has a depressed portion 24 and a rim 25 which rests on the margins of the tray support 8. The spring clips II shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 terminate in hooked ends 25. These ends simply depend into the recess portion ofthe tray.

Many serious accidents have occurred in the use of ordinary high chairs due to a child standing up and falling to the floor, sustaining injuries that may form a handicap throughout life because the grown person will be crippled as a result of an accident in childhood which through the present invention is fortunately preventable.

The forward or backward adjustment of the stock member I2 on the underside of the tray support 8 has been described above. In order to automatically hold the tray support 8 in position on the sidev arms 9 after its curved supports I'I have been swung forward on pivot I6, a spring catch I9 automatically enters an opening 23 formed in the inner face of a side arm 9 as shown in Fig. 5.

What I claim isz- 1. A childs high chair comprising a seatl having spaced apart openings therein in close proximity to its front edge, a back, arm rests, a tray supported on the arm rests, a guard member adjustably mounted on the underside of the tray, spaced openings extending from the lower edge of the guard said openings being approximately in line with and directly over the seat openings, and a foot rest on the chair legs approximately in line with the front edge of the seat openings.

2. A childs high chair comprising a seat having spaced apart openings therein in close proximity to its front edge, .a back projecting upward from the rear edge of the seat, arm rests attached to the back and projecting forward therefrom, supports for the front end of the arm rests placed between the arm rests and the seat, a

`Arer'novalole Ytray support'on the armfrests; a

guard Vmember on the under side of the'V tray support, spaced openings extending from the lower edge of thevguard said'openings beingrapproximately-in line with and directly over` the;

seatY openings, chair legs depending from the seatLa foot rest on the chairV legs approximately in line with the front edge of therseat openings,

ing the tray support on the arm rests.

" and means for attachably andrdetachably hold- V3. A Vchilds high chair comprising a seat hav- Ving a pair of spaced apart openings therein,

a back projecting upwardfrom the rear of theY -V Ving a tray support on the arm rests in'spaced apart relation tothe back, a leg retaining mem- Vloer having curvedrrecesses corresponding to the spacing of the seat openings, and means Vfor adjusting the retaining member'toward and Vfor#r ward from the back whereby the recesses may be positioned directly above the openingsrof the seat.Y

DALE MERCHANT."