US2823737A

US2823737A - Infant's chair

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Publication number: US2823737A
Application number: US495266A
Authority: US
Inventors: George N Eriksen
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1955-03-18
Filing date: 1955-03-18
Publication date: 1958-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1975-02-18

Description

Feb. 18, 1958 e. N. ERIKSEN INFANT'S CHAIR 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed. March 18, 1955 FIG4.

INVENTOR GEORGE N. [RI KSEN ATTYS.

G. N. ERIKSEN INFANTS CHAIR Feb. 18

2 Sheet et 2 Filed March 18, 1955 GEORGE N, EN BY W United States Patent INFANTS CHAIR George N. Eriksen, Wilmington, Del.

Application March 18, 1955, Serial No. 495,266

1 Claim. (Cl. 155-491) This invention relates to a chair which has been conceived and developed especially for use of infants between the ages of one month and seven months, and in which the infant may rest and observe his surroundings without the inconvenience of lying prone or the physical injury which might ensue from support in a fully seated position.

A primary object has been to provide a chair support for the infant which gives him the opportunity to exercise his native curiosity, while fully protecting his back from injury.

A further object is to provide a chair or crib having an upwardly directed, infant supporting, pocket-like chamber of adequate size and shape to permit an infant laid on its back in said chamber to lie comfortably and to exercise by kicking, twisting and squirming in a normal manner, said chair or crib being of such a shape as to prevent such an infant from falling or rolling out of the same.

A further object has been to provide a chair for very young infants having this basic advantage, in which the chair is constructed as a system of panels which can be very easily and rapidly assembled or disassembled for convenience in movement from one location to another, or for storage.

A further object has been to provide a system of fabrication and design by which the chair may be produced very economically.

Still further objects and advantages and the manner in which they have been attained will be evident from reading of the following detailed description in the light of the attached drawing, in which,

Figure l is a perspective view of the chair of the invention,

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the chair,

Figure 3 is a plan view,

Figure 4 is a cross-section on the line 4--4 of Figure 2,

Figure 5 is a cross-section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, and,

Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the chair at an intermediate stage of the act of assembly.

As illustrated in Figure 1, the chair consists basically of four panel elements, a back panel 10, a front panel 11, and

side panels

12 and 13. These side panels are adapted to rest upon the floor or other support at their lower ends, and they form with the front and back panels a confined space or pocket 24 in which the infant may be placed without danger of falling out.

The respective panels may be formed of any suitable material, such as wood, plastic or metal, and they are provided with inter-engaging slides and channels to facilitate their assembly and disassembly with respect to each other simply and rapidly. To this end, each of the side panels may be provided with a pair of channels for supporting the front and back panels between them, the front panel 11 resting at its opposite edges within and between

channels

14 and 15 established at the inner sides, respectively, of

side panels

12 and 13, and the back panel 10 resting similarly between channels 16 and 17. These channels may be secured to the inner surfaces of the associated side panels by screws 18 as illustrated.

Slides

19, 20, 21 and 22 may be secured by screws 23 to the opposite sides, respectively, of front and back panels 11 and 10, so that the parts may be assembled very simply by intersliding movement, these parts being illustrated in Figure 6 at an intermediate stage of this sliding movement by which they are assembled. If we regard the bases of the back and front panels 10 and 11 as their lowest points, it will be seen that they provide a supporting apex at this base or point of intersection, and that the panel 10 extends rearwardly and upwardly from this base at an angle which is preferably between 30 and 45 with respect to the horizontal, while the front panel 11 extends forwardly and upwardly from this base at an angle to the horizontal which is also preferably between 30 and 45. Thus, when an infant is laid in this chair with his back resting against the panel 10 and his buttocks and legs resting against panel 11, he will have an opportunity to observe his surroundings while at the same time being supported in a semireclining position in which his back suffers no damage.

From the foregoing discussion, it will be apparent that I have provided a chair which fulfills each of the objects of the invention as outlined above. This chair may be modified or refined in various ways without departing from the spirit of the invention, however, and I therefore wish to have it understood that this invention is not to be limited in interpretation except by the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

In an infants chair, in combination, a pair of spaced, parallel, substantially vertical side panels constituting opposite sides of the chair and providing legs for said chair; a back planar panel removably secured at its opposite side edges to both of said side panels and ex tending from its lower end rearwardly and upwardly at an angle to the horizontal of between 30 and 45; and a front planar panel also removably secured at its opposite side edges to both of said side panels and extending from its lower end forwardly and upwardly at an angle to the horizontal of between 30 and 45"; said four panels when so secured, forming a complete chair of a crib-like nature; the lower ends of said back and front panels meeting substantially at the base of the chair and at a point substantially midway between the front and rear ends of said side panels; said back and front panels being at an obtuse angle to each other and forming with said side panels and upwardly-opening, infant-supporting, pocket-like chamber of adequate size to permit an infant laid on its back in said chamber to lie comfortable and to exercise by kicking, twisting and squirming in a normal manner, but the angularity of said back and front panels together with the high sides provided by said side panels preventing such an infant from falling or rolling out of the chair.

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