Patent ID: 8157327
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: A47D

Abstract:
1. A high chair, comprising a supporting structure, which is provided with at least one supporting element for resting on a supporting surface of the high chair, said at least one supporting element being rotatably connected to a lower end of at least one post arranged along a first longitudinal direction substantially starting from a first end portion of said at least one supporting element to define at least three resting regions, said at least one post supporting at an upper end thereof a respective coupling element which supports a seat which forms a sitting surface, means being provided for blocking said coupling element with respect to the respective post in order to adjust the distance between said seat and said at least one supporting element, said at least one supporting element being articulated so that it can rotate, substantially at said first end portion, to said at least one post in order to pass from an extended condition for use of the high chair, in which said at least one supporting element is angularly spaced with respect to the respective post and in which said at least one supporting element extends from said first end portion thereof to a second end portion thereof that is freely unattached from said post and arranged for engagement with the supporting surface of the high chair in said extended condition, to a folded condition in which said at least one supporting element is angularly closer to the respective post, the high chair further comprising locking means for locking a relative rotation between said supporting element and said post in the extended condition, said post being associated with an interconnection portion which forms, with the post, an acute angle and has an end pivoting portion arranged at said lower end thereof for pivoting to the first end portion of the supporting element, the high chair further comprising safety means which move said high chair to a folded condition if said locking means are not activated correctly, and said safety means comprising return means which act between said end pivoting portion and said supporting element, said return means comprising a spring element arranged for applying a force to said supporting element which tends to keep said high chair in the folded condition, said safety means comprising a center of gravity of the post-seat assembly, which is arranged between supporting feet and said end pivoting portions, said locking means comprising at least one engagement element, which is supported by at least one supporting element and is kinematically connected to the respective supporting foot, which can engage stably in a respective engagement receptacle which is formed in said post or in said interconnection portion with said high chair in the extended condition, said locking means comprising at least one actuation lever, which is supported by said post and is designed to disengage, when actuated, said at least one engagement element from the respective engagement receptacle, said actuation lever being actuatable only when the respective supporting element is raised from the supporting surface of the high chair, the high chair further comprising elastic loading means which act between said engagement element and an abutment region, which is supported by the respective supporting element, and are suitable to keep said engagement element stably engaged with the respective engagement receptacle when said high chair is in the extended condition, said supporting feet being supported rotatably, about a pivoting axis, by the respective supporting element, in order to pass from a locking condition, with said supporting foot rested on said supporting surface, to a release position, with said supporting foot raised from said supporting surface and turned about said pivoting axis, means for kinematic connection between said supporting feet and said engagement element being provided which are suitable to act, when said supporting feet are in the release position, in contrast with said elastic loading means in order to disengage said engagement element from the respective engagement receptacle, said supporting feet supporting a pin, which is connected to one end of said kinematic connection means which lies opposite the end connected to the respective engagement element and slidingly accommodated within a slot which is shaped like a circular arc which is centered on said pivoting axis and is formed at the end of said supporting element.