Juvenile high chair

Abstract

A juvenile chair having convenience features including a folding mechanism, an adjustable tray mechanism and a tray insert having decorative indicia thereon.

1 . A juvenile high chair comprising: 
 a support frame including front legs and rear legs;    a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;    a tray detachably connectable to the seat, the tray including a front latch handle, at least one side latch handle having a portion shaped to detachably engage a portion of said seat, and a sled slidably attached to an underside of the tray, the sled including a front latch handle attached thereto;    at least one rigid pivot arm pivotably connected to the underside of the tray and being operatively connected to the sled and the side latch handle such that sliding movement of the front latch handle pivots the rigid pivot arm causing the side latch handle portion to disengage the seat portion.    
   
   
       2 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 1  wherein the seat portion comprises recesses formed on the armrests and the side latch handle portion includes nubs formed thereon for detachably engaging said recesses.  
   
   
       3 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 1  wherein the center sled includes a spring housing formed therein for receiving a spring, said spring biasing the side latch handle portions into engagement with the seat portions.  
   
   
       4 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 1  wherein the sled includes a pivot arm connection recess having an incline portion and a shoulder portion, wherein the connection recess is shaped to receive a first end of the pivot arm such that when the sled is moved the pivot arm pivots in the direction the sled is moved.  
   
   
       5 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 1  wherein the side latch handle includes a rib formed thereon shaped to engage a ramp portion on an end of the pivot arm such that pivoting of the pivot arm away from the side latch handle biases the side latch handle portion to disengage the seat portion.  
   
   
       6 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 5  wherein the side latch handle is pivotably coupled to the underside of the tray.  
   
   
       7 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 6  wherein said side latch handle is resiliently biased such that the side latch handle portion normally engages the seat portion.  
   
   
       8 . A juvenile high chair comprising: 
 a support frame including front legs and rear legs;    a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;    a tray detachably connectable to the seat, a support frame including front legs and rear legs; 
 a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;  
 a tray detachably connectable to the seat, the tray including a front latch handle, at least one side latch handle pivotably attached to the underside of the tray having a nub shaped to detachably engage a recess located on said armrests, and a sled slidably attached to an underside of the tray, the sled including a front latch handle attached thereto;  
 at least one rigid pivot arm pivotably connected to the underside of the tray and being operatively connected to the sled and the side latch handle such that sliding movement of the front latch handle pivots the rigid pivot arm causing the side latch handle portion to disengage the seat portion.  
   
   
   
       9 . The juvenile tray of  claim 8  wherein the side latch handles and center sled are resiliently biased.  
   
   
       10 . The juvenile tray of  claim 8  wherein the side latch handles include gripping portions thereon to facilitate disengagement of the side latch handles.  
   
   
       11 . A juvenile high chair comprising: 
 a support frame including front legs and rear legs, said front and rear legs being connected together by a connector and wherein at least one of said front and rear legs are pivotably attached to the connector;    a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;    wherein the pivotably attached legs include at least one sliding collar thereon shaped to slide up and down on said leg and engage a portion of said connector such that when said collar is engaged with said connector pivoting movement of said legs is locked and when said collar is disengaged from said connector, pivoting movement of said legs is facilitated.    
   
   
       12 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 11  wherein said sliding collar includes a spring attached thereto for resiliently biasing said collar into the engaged position.  
   
   
       13 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 11  wherein the collar includes a shoulder that is shaped to be received in a corresponding notch provided in the connector such that when the collar is engaged with the connector the top and/or sides of the shoulder engage the corresponding portions of the notch preventing motion of the legs.  
   
   
       14 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 11  further comprising gripping rings on the collar to facilitate gripping and movement thereof.  
   
   
       15 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 11  wherein when said collar is pulled downwardly said shoulder is disengaged from said notch allowing pivoting movement of said legs.  
   
   
       16 . A juvenile high chair comprising: 
 a support frame including front legs and rear legs;    a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;    a tray detachably connectable to the seat;    a tray insert sized and shaped to be received in said tray, said tray insert including decorative indicia in the bottom thereof.    
   
   
       17 . The juvenile high chair of  claim 16  wherein said decorative indicia is etched in the bottom of the insert.  
   
   
       18 . The juvenile high chair of  17  wherein the decorative indicia is chemically etched into the bottom of the insert.  
   
   
       19 . The juvenile high chair of  17  wherein the decorative indicia is mechanically etched into the bottom of the insert.  
   
   
       20 . A juvenile high chair comprising: 
 a support frame including front legs and rear legs;    a seat including a back, a seating surface, and armrests, wherein the seat is attached to and supported by the frame;    a tray detachably connectable to the seat, the tray including a front latch handle, at least one side latch handle having a portion shaped to detachably engage a portion of said seat, and a sled slidably attached to an underside of the tray, the sled including a front latch handle attached thereto;    at least one rigid pivot arm pivotably connected to the underside of the tray and being operatively connected to the sled and the side latch handle such that sliding movement of the front latch handle pivots the rigid pivot arm causing the side latch handle portion to disengage the seat portion; and    a tray insert having decorative indicia on the bottom thereof.