Patent ID: 8899614

Claim:
A collapsible child support apparatus comprising: a frame supporting a seat for the child, the frame and the seat having an open condition for seating a child in the seat and a collapsed condition; wherein the frame comprises left and right frame assemblies, each frame assembly comprising a front member, a rear member and a handle member pivotally mounted together by a hinge member to allow pivotal movement of the frame members between open and collapsed conditions; wherein the seat comprises a seat base supported by the front frame members, a seat back suspended to the handle members and a seat pivot to allow the seat back and seat base to pivot between open and closed conditions, the seat back being suspended to the handle members to allow the seat back to pivot to any one of a plurality of reclined positions relative to the seat base in the open condition; wherein the seat back is suspended to the handle members by flexible material with the length of the flexible material between connection points on the handle members and the seat back being selectively variable to allow the seat back to pivot to any one of a plurality of reclined positions relative to the seat base in the open condition; and wherein each frame assembly comprises a strut of fixed length which is connected between the seat pivot and the handle member for resisting movement of the seat pivot relative to the frame in the open condition and for resisting seat inversion.