US671058A - Baby-walker. - Google Patents

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Patented Apr. 2, l90l.

J. RESETAR.

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JOHN RESETAR, OF LORAIN, OI-IIO.

BABY-WALKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 671,058, dated April 2, 1901.

Application iiled November 23, 1900'. Serial No. 37,524. tNo model.)

To LZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN RESETAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lorain, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Training and Exercising Apparatus for Children; and I do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertain's to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in baby-walkers; and the improvement consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, all substantially as hereinafter shown and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of this invention Ais to teach infants and children to walk, as well as to provide means by which this exercise is confined within certain traveling limits, all of which is embraced in the apparatus as a whole.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved apparatus, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation and part sectional view thereof.

Referring again to the drawings, the xed or stationary members of the apparatus comprise the baseboard 2 and its central standard 3, fastened thereto. Asleeve 4t, adjustably secured to the standard 3 by means of a thumb-screw 5, is provided at its top with a channel or cup G, within which small balls 7 are seated about standard 3, and a second sleeve 8, having a lower extension fitting within cup 6, rests'on the balls and is free to rotate thereon and about the standard.

The traveling and supporting members for guiding and supporting the child comprise the table 9 and the side supporting and guiding arni 10. The table 9 is adjustably secured at each side to its respective supporting members, arm 10 and sleeve 8, by means of thumb-screws 11. This permits of adj ustment for different-sized children. Arm 10 has a roller 12 mounted at its lower end, which travels in acircular groove 13, located near the edge of the base 2 and providing an endless track, which guides arm 10 and table 9 in their circuitous travel about standard 4L.

The table has a semicircular opening or Anotch 14, within which the child is placed,

and a strap and buckle attached to the oppositesides of the table fasten and inelose the child in place.

In operation the child pushes the table before him, and his path of travel is in the ring or space 16 on base 2. In the case of an infant who is still too weak to stand alone for any length of time a seat could be provided to hang from table 9, preferably by means of coil-springs and as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

A commendable feature of this apparatus is that the child is restricted to his exercise within certain specific limits and cannot place himself in peril or do damage to that which surrounds him, or, in other words, he is practically tethered or anchored to his base.

In a baby-walker as described, a base 2 having a central standard 3 and a circular track 13 thereon, a bearing-sleeve 4 adjustably secured to and a rotatable sleeve 8 supported on said standard, a table 9 secured at one side to sleeve 8 and having a separate adjustable supporting-arm 10 at its other side, a roller at the bottom of said arm to ride said track, an opening in the edge of the table between its supports, and a removable strap across said opening to inclose the child, substantially as described.

Vitness .my hand to the foregoing speciii cation this 15th day of November, 1900.

JOHN RESETAR.

Witnesses:

M. A. SHEEHAN, R. B. MOSER.

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