Patent ID: 6179376
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
A seat for receipt of a child capable of providing exercise and entertainment for a child supported therein comprising, in combination:a seat having a rigid upper support and a lower support therebeneath and a circular bearing surface therebetween, the lower support having leg openings for passage of the legs of a child supported therein;an upper supporting tray in a circular configuration having a radially interior opening for receiving and rotatably supporting the seat at the circular bearing surface, the upper supporting tray having a radially exterior periphery in a circular configuration with a plurality of equally spaced projections extending downwardly therefrom;a bowl-shaped base adapted to rock in any direction, the upper periphery of the base having three equally spaced upstanding towers in parallel relationship with vertical openings at the upper ends of the towers, each tower having vertically spaced height adjustment holes formed therein;three vertically extending posts, each post having a lower end received within the upper end of one of said towers with a spring based operator controlled button positionable through a hole in the tower for varying the height of the post with respect to the tower, each post having an upper end with a recess for receiving one of said downwardly depending projections to preclude rotation therebetween, and a spring between each post and its associated projection to allow bouncing of a child in the seat with respect to the base;a lock coupling the seat and the tray movable between a locking orientation to preclude rotation therebetween and an unlocking orientation to allow rotation therebetween; andthree feet depending from the lower surface of the base from equally spaced peripheral locations and movable between a recessed orientation to allow rocking and an extended orientation to preclude rocking.