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Patent US6293623 - Juvenile seat assembly - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA juvenile seat assembly includes a seat and a frame including front and rear legs coupled to the seat. The seat includes a seat bottom and a footrest mounted to the seat bottom. The footrest is formed to include a front-leg support coupled to each one of the front legs to block side-to-side movement...http://www.google.com/patents/US6293623?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6293623 - Juvenile seat assemblyAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6293623 B1Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/160,562Publication dateSep 25, 2001Filing dateSep 25, 1998Priority dateSep 26, 1997Fee statusPaidPublication number09160562, 160562, US 6293623 B1, US 6293623B1, US-B1-6293623, US6293623 B1, US6293623B1InventorsJames M. Kain, Timothy D. HoltkeOriginal AssigneeCosco Management, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (26), Non-Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (20), Classifications (9), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetJuvenile seat assembly
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 3—3 of FIG. 2 showing the footrest including a passageway and a guide extending into the passageway and defining a cavity that receives the front leg therethrough to block side-to-side movement of the seat relative to the front legs;
FIG. 6 is a view taken along lines 6—6 of FIG. 5 showing the rear-leg mount including a rear-leg sleeve coupled to the seat back by spaced-apart struts and the back leg extending through the rear aperture of the rear-leg sleeve to couple the back leg to the seat;
FIG. 12 is a view taken along lines 12—12 of FIG. 10 showing the front-leg mount including a lip defining an opening into a cavity, the front leg including a top end, a center portion extending from the top end, and a flange extending outwardly from the center portion, and the limb of the footrest includes an upper surface defining a passageway receiving the center portion of the leg therethrough, and upper surface of the footrest coupled between the flange and the lip;
FIG. 13 is view taken along lines 13—13 of FIG. 11 showing the lip of the rear-leg mount defining an opening into a rear passageway and the flange of the rear leg engaging the lip of the rear-leg mount to couple the rear leg to the seat;
Tray assembly 18 includes a tray 106, two latches 108 that couple tray 106 to seat 14, and a crotch post 110 extending between tray 106 and seat bottom 30. Latches 108 enable the caregiver to use either one or both of their hands to mount and remove tray 106 from seat 14. Tray assembly 18 is coupled to seat 14 of seat assembly 10 so that tray 106 extends across arms 40 of seat 14 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, and 4. Latches 108 are configured to release tray 106 from seat 14 to enable caregiver to slide tray 106 on arms 40 between a fully-retracted position and a fully-expanded position. Latches 108 also enable the caregiver to remove tray 106 from seat 14. A further description of tray assembly may be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/092,217, entitled “Release Mechanism for Tray”, filed Jun. 5, 1998, the specification of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Crotch post 110 of tray assembly 18 includes a foot portion 112, a hip portion 114, and a leg portion 116 interconnecting foot portion 112 and hip portion 114. As shown in FIG. 1, leg portion 116 includes a notch 118 therein that is formed to receive a portion of inward edge 120 of tray 106 therein when crotch post 10 is in a retracted position. A further description of crotch post 110 may be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/092,126, entitled “Tray Assembly with Crotch Post”, filed Jun. 5, 1998, the specification of which is incorporated herein by reference.
Tray assembly 218 includes a tray 306 and two latches 308 that couple tray 306 to seat 214 Latches 308 enable the caregiver to use either one or both of their hands to mount and remove tray 306 from seat 214. A further description of tray assembly 306 be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/092,217, entitled “Release Mechanism for Tray”, filed Jun. 5, 1998, the specification of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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