Patent ID: 7475942

Claim:
A reconfigurable child receiving device comprising: a seat having a front and a rear; at least one front suspension arm, said at least one front suspension arm having a front arm upper end and a front arm lower end, said at least one front suspension arm pivotally connected to the front of said seat at said front arm lower end; at least one rear suspension arm, said at least one rear suspension arm having a rear arm upper end and a rear arm lower end, said at least one rear suspension arm pivotally connected to the rear of said seat at said rear arm lower end; and a support frame for supporting said seat and said at least one front and rear suspension arms above a supporting surface, said support frame including a suspension member, said at least one front suspension arm being pivotally connected to said suspension member at said front arm upper end along a first pivot axis and said at least one rear suspension arm being pivotally connected to said suspension member at said rear arm upper end along a second pivot axis, said suspension member including a linear slot therein configured to receive said at least one front suspension arm front arm upper end, wherein at least one of said first pivot axis and said second pivot axis is moveable between a first, swing mode wherein said first pivot axis is substantially coaxially aligned with said second pivot axis to provide an arcuate swinging motion to the seat, and a second, glider mode wherein said first pivot axis is spaced from said second pivot axis to provide a front-to-back, quasi-linear, translational movement to the seat.