Patent ID: 7673940
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A juvenile seat comprising a foundation including a left pillar and a right pillar, the left and right pillars being adapted to set on an underlying surface, a seat base mounted for up-and-down movement on the left and right pillars of the foundation, the seat base being formed to include a downwardly opening left pillar-receiving chamber, a downwardly opening right pillar-receiving chamber, and an upwardly facing seat bottom lying between the left and right pillar-receiving chambers, the left pillar of the foundation being arranged to extend upwardly into the left pillar-receiving chamber of the seat base, the right pillar of the foundation being arranged to extend upwardly into the right pillar-receiving chamber of the seat base, a base elevation adjustor providing lock means for selectively locking the seat base to the left pillar and for selectively locking the seat base to the right pillar to establish a desired elevation of the seat bottom relative to the underlying surface; wherein the seat base includes an outer rim having, in sequence, a front side wall, a left side wall, a rear wall, and a right side wall, a left inner wall coupled to the front and rear walls and arranged to cooperate with the left side wall to define the left pillar-receiving channel therebetween, and a right inner wall coupled to the front and rear walls and arranged to cooperate with the right side wall to define the right pillar-receiving channel therebetween, wherein the right side wall includes spaced-apart forward and rearward guide rails, the forward guide rail is arranged to extend into the right pillar-receiving chamber and into a forward channel formed in the right pillar, the rearward guide rail is arranged to extend into the right pillar-receiving chamber and into a rearward channel formed in the right pillar and located in spaced-apart relation to the rearward channel, the right pillar is formed to include lower and upper anchor sockets situated in the right pillar-receiving chamber and arranged to open in a direction facing toward the left pillar and the lock means includes a right-side lock arranged to extend through the right pillar-receiving chamber into the lower anchor socket to link the seat base to the right pillar to support the seat bottom at a first elevation above the underlying surface and alternately into the upper anchor socket to link the seat base to the right pillar to support the seat bottom at a higher second elevation above the underlying surface, and the lower and upper anchor sockets are located in a space provided between the forward and rearward channels formed in the right pillar, and wherein the right pillar is formed to include a travel channel arranged to intersect the lower and upper anchor sockets and the right-side lock includes a right base retainer mounted for movement relative to the seat bottom to extend into a selected one of the lower and upper anchor sockets and a right retainer-actuator button located outside the right pillar-receiving chamber and arranged to extend through the travel channel to mate with the right base retainer to provide means for moving the right base retainer relative to the right pillar to engage and disengage the lower and upper anchor sockets.