Patent ID: 6425842
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: A47D,A63B

Abstract:
A portable activity center for entertaining a child, said activity center being supportable on a support surface, comprising:a support frame extending vertically upwards from a lower end proximate to the support surface and terminating at an upper end; a seat supporting portion; a seat coupled to said seat supporting portion and being able to rotate about a first axis relative to said support frame so as to allow a child placed in said seat to rotate about said first axis; a coupling assembly securing said seat supporting portion to said support frame upper end, said coupling assembly being selectable between a closed position fixing said seat supporting portion relative to said support frame and an open position permitting rotation of said seat supporting portion about a second axis substantially perpendicular to said first axis; and a first support leg extending from said support frame lower end and being selectively rotatable about a third axis substantially parallel to said second axis between an extended position and a stowed position, said first support leg including a support surface engaging end and a frame coupling end, a biasing member in contact with said support frame at one end and said frame coupling end at the other end, wherein said biasing member urges said seat upwards by rotation of said first support leg about a fifth axis; wherein said biasing member is a spring disposed between said support frame and said frame coupling end.