Patent ID: 6299247
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
An exercise and entertainment apparatus for receipt of a child, comprising, in combination:a seat having a rigid upper support and a lower support therebeneath, the lower support having leg openings for passage of the legs of a child supported therein;an upper supporting tray in an enclosing configuration having a radially interior opening for receiving and rotatably supporting the seat, the upper supporting tray having a radially exterior periphery with at least three spaced projections extending downwardly therefrom;a bowl-shaped base adapted to rock in any direction, an upper periphery of the base having at least three upstanding towers extending therefrom and spaced for alignment with the projections of the upper supporting tray, an opening being formed at an upper end of each of the towers;at least three post assemblies extending between the base and the upper supporting tray, each post assembly having a lower end received within the upper end of one of said towers, each post assembly including at least one outwardly biased operator controlled button selectively positionable into and out of at least two vertically spaced adjustment holes for adjusting a height of an upper end of the post assembly relative to the base, the upper end of each post assembly having an opening for receiving one of the downwardly depending projections of the upper supporting tray to preclude relative rotation between the upper supporting tray and the base, each post assembly including a spring member positioned therealong to allow vertical, bouncing movement of the upper supporting tray relative to the base; andat least three feet positioned on the base at spaced locations and movable between a recessed orientation to allow rocking of the base and an extended orientation to preclude rocking of the base.