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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7300103 | Child booster with spillproof tray An apparatus for use in conjunction with feeding infants and toddlers. The apparatus is a two-part tool that combines a booster seat along with a spill-proof food tray that is removed and placed onto an adjacent table surface. The booster seat includes a small stora... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7156461 | Vehicle seat with back rest A vehicle seat has a backrest which is mounted displaceably in the vehicle by a sliding block guide. In order to enable a vehicle seat of compact configuration to be easily fitted, the backrest has a locking mechanism which secures the backrest releasably in the sli... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134714 | Highchair helper improvements Detachable bottle and food holding subtrays, clips and support attachments for juvenile chairs such as highchairs, strollers, booster chairs, car seats and activity chairs. The clips can be a snapable C-shape, use a screwable post or a spring biased post for attachm... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7104603 | Booster seat An adjustable booster-type seat having a base 10 for supporting the seat on a flat surface, a riser 12 mounted for height adjustment on the base, a body support 14 having a seat and back mounted for arcuate motion on the riser 12 for chan... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7066542 | Child high chair with an inclination adjustable backrest A child high chair includes a seat body disposed between two side guarding members on an upper portion of a support leg, a backrest unit having two lateral ends pivotally coupled to the side guarding members to be turnable relative thereto, two bolts disposed movabl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7032966 | Swivel high chair A high chair for feeding a child is disclosed. The high chair includes a base and a chair sized to support a child. The chair is supported on the base at a height suitable for feeding a child. The chair is rotatable relative to the base about a substantially vertica... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7011363 | Highchair helper improvements Detachable bottle and food holding subtrays, clips and support attachments for juvenile chairs such as highchairs, strollers, booster chairs, car seats and activity chairs. The clips can be a snapable C-shape, use a screwable post or a spring biased post for attachm... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7004430 | Threat-resistant aircraft tray A detachable tray of the type usually pivotally attached to the seat back of a conventional airliner includes a layer of threat-resistant material for precluding penetration of a projectile from a firearm or sharp edged or sharp pointed weapon and serves in the mann... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6854800 | Rocking high-chair for children A children's high chair comprises a supporting frame (11,111) for a high chair (12,112) for receiving the child. The frame (11,111) comprises in turn a pair of legs (14,15) openable compasswise and with lower ends (19,119) for rest... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6692070 | Food tray adjustment structure for high chair A food tray adjustment structure for a high chair to adjust the position of the food tray to suit children of different sizes includes a handle with longitudinal sections at two sides to form a biased sliding rail with a skew angle to couple with sliding ... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6419312 | Incrementally slidable high chair tray with quick release A tray apparatus for a high chair wherein the tray apparatus includes a tray that is incrementally slideable to a multiple number of positions. The sliding is controlled by a hand operated knob disposed on an outer edge of the tray, a location of convenie... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6416124 | Highchair with horizontally adjustable tray A highchair has a horizontally adjustable tray. It includes: (a) a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof; (b) a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying e... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6089654 | Modular furniture for children A modular item of child's furniture can be converted from a high chair to a child's chair by removing four chair leg extensions. A lumbar support is provided for the child occupying the chair that is shaped to match the average physiological needs of an i... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050643 | Juvenile chair A juvenile chair is provided for seating a child. The chair includes a frame, a seat mounted on the frame for sliding movement along the frame, and a height-adjustment mechanism formed to fix the seat in a selected elevation on the frame. The frame includ... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5992932 | Release mechanism for tray A tray assembly is provided for use with a seat having a seat back, a seat bottom, and arms. The tray assembly includes a tray and a latch coupled to the tray. The tray has an upper surface, first and second edges, and walls coupled to the edges and lower... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5951102 | High chair A high chair which includes a removable tray with a single-handed actuation handle for actuating a release mechanism. The actuation handle is located on the front edge of the tray and can be pushed slightly forward to operate the release mechanism which p... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5823615 | Tray for a high chair An improved removable tray for use with a juvenile product is disclosed. A pair of side handles are provided on the bottom of a tray portion and are interconnected by a flexible interconnection member. The flexible interconnection member ensures that the ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5820207 | Nursery chair A nursery chair includes a front and a rear support frame, a seat and a table. A collapsing device is provided between the front and the rear support frame for them to spread and collapse. A inclining device is provided to change the angle of the seat. Fu... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5567080 | Tray table with detent control for invalid chairs and methods of operating and making such tray tables The present invention relates to a tray table for invalid chairs operable in two modes, and methods for making and operating the tray table. Runners on the tray slide into brackets mounted to the arms of the chair, thus maintaining the tray in position in... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5547245 | Recliner chair An improved recliner chair is provided of the type having a recliner linkage for controlled movement of a seat and seatback through a sequence of substantially upright and reclined positions, wherein the recliner linkage is further adapted for movement of... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5489138 | Height adjustable high chair An adjustable high chair for use by a child comprising a base having a horizontal portion with a center of gravity and positionable on a floor with a chair adapted to receive a child thereon, the chair having a seat portion, a back portion, and portions c... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5421636 | Child stool and high chair A child's stool and high chair configured as a pyramidal frustum from a box-like frame upon which a chair and table portion are detachably mounted to provide a high chair. When the chair and table portion are removed from the box-like frame, a stool is fo... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5348374 | High chair A high chair utilized primarily for infants or young children comprises a chair section which is mounted onto a frame section. The position of the chair mount on the frame section is adjustable, thereby, making the height of the chair section of the high ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5183311 | Portable high chair/booster seat A high chair and/or booster seat is disclosed which comprises two modular side panels, a modular back panel, a modular seat panel, and a tray which is easily assembled and disassembled by interlocking side panels without the use of screws or the like. To ... | 02/02/1993 |
| 5131719 | Height-controllable chair with wheel lock mechanism and adjustable tray Disclosed herein is a height-controllable childcare chair (1). This chair first comprises a pair of side walls (6) which are located on both sides of a seat portion (2). A pair of horizontally extending side bars (8), which are parallel to each other, are... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5118161 | Front release mechanism for high chair tray A device for releasably securing a tray to a chair having two extending arms with a plurality of consecutive recessed grooves on the underside of each arm which comprises a one-piece pivot bar; a pivot element for pivotably connecting the pivot bar to the... | 06/02/1992 |
| 4968092 | High chair latch mechanism A high chair tray latch mechanism comprising a housing secured to the underside of a high chair tray with movable latches on the opposed side of said housing for engaging apertures in the arms of the chair. A bell crank is rotatably mounted centrally with... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4807928 | Tray apparatus for use with a chair A tray apparatus is provided for attachment to a high chair. The tray apparatus includes a tray having a circular outer periphery. Raised arm or elbow rest areas are formed at the back of the tray. Peripheral portions, which are located at the back of the... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4582359 | One-handed high chair tray release mechanism A one-hand operable high chair tray release mechanism is provided with a handle that simultaneously releases pegs that secure cuffs located beneath the tray to the arms of a high chair via mating openings in the chair arms and cuffs. The pegs translate ho... | 04/15/1986 |
