US2008054696A1PendingUtilityA1

Infant seat

Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Sep 5, 2006Filed: Sep 5, 2006Published: Mar 6, 2008

Est. expirySep 5, 2026(~0.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority

Inventors:Thomas E. Mcconnell Francois Hacquard Michael Mcconnell

A47D 1/00A47D 15/006A47D 1/0085

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An infant seat comprising a seat rest, back rest and two side supports and a front post. The front post and the two side supports define grooves for receiving legs of an infant when seated in the infant seat. Bottom surfaces of the groove is elevationally higher than a back portion of the seat rest for leaning the infant against the back rest when placed in the infant seat. Moreover, a pommel or tray may be removably attachable to the front post for further retaining an infant in the infant seat by blocking or preventing the infant from lifting himself or herself out of the infant seat.

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1 . An infant seat for retaining an infant in the infant seat at a seated position, the infant seat comprising:
a seat rest for receiving buttocks of the infant; a back rest attached to a rear portion of the seat rest for receiving a back of the infant; left and right side supports attached to left and right sides of the seat rest and attached to lateral sides of the back rest; a front post attached to a front portion of the seat rest, the front post and the left and right side supports defining grooves; and a tray removeably attachable solely to the front post, the tray extendable laterally over the grooves for blocking the legs of the infant.

2 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising means for removeably attaching the tray to the front post.

3 . The infant seat of claim 2 further comprising a pommel removeably attachable to the front post, the pommel extendable laterally over the grooves for blocking the legs of the infant.

4 . The infant seat of claim 3 further comprising means for removeably attaching the pommel to the front post such that tray or the pommel may be attached to the front post.

5 . The infant seat of claim 1 wherein the tray extends over the two side supports.

6 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member comprising:
a first flange attached to the tray; and
a lever traverseable between a release position and an engaged position, the lever having at least one tooth; and
a female member comprising:
a second flange attached to the front post, the second flange and front post defining a slot for receiving the first flange; and
at least one toothed slot for engagement with the tooth of the lever.

7 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member comprising:
levers having pawls, the levers being traverseable between a release position and a depressed position;
a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a cam surface for receiving the pawl to attach the tray to the front post.

8 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having a post with a radially extending tab; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a J configured slot of receiving the tab; a spring disposed between the male member and female member for biasing the male member away from the female member.

9 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having vertically oriented flanges, at least one of the flanges having a notch; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a cam surface with a notch; wherein the flange is insertable into the notch of the cam surface, and the cam surface is receivable into the notch of the flange for attaching the tray to the front post.

10 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having a bulbous configuration; wherein the front post has a cavity sized and configured to receive the bulbous configured male member.

11 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having a tapered configuration; wherein the front post has a cavity sized and configured to frictionally receive the taper configured male member.

12 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having a cam surface; a latch attached to the front post, the latch traverseable between a depressed position and an engaged position, at the depressed position, the latch clears the cam surface of the male member, at the engaged position, the latch engages the cam surface so as to secure the tray to the front post.

13 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having an inwardly displaceable tang; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having an aperture sized and configured to receive and engage the tang of the male member.

14 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising:
a male member attached to the tray, the male member having a plurality of ridges; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a plurality of ridges sized and configured to mate with the ridges of the male member.

15 . The infant seat of claim 1 further comprising a toy removeably attachable to the tray.

16 . The infant seat of claim 15 wherein the toy is removeably attachable to the tray with an elongate member snappable into a depression formed in an upper surface of the tray.

16 . The infant seat of claim 15 wherein the toy is removeably attachable to the tray via a suction cup.

17 . An infant seat for retaining an infant in the infant seat at a seated position, the infant seat comprising:
a seat rest for receiving buttocks of the infant; a back rest attached to a rear portion of the seat rest for receiving a back of the infant; left and right side supports attached to left and right sides of the seat rest and attached to lateral sides of the back rest; a front post attached to a front portion of the seat rest, the front post and the left and right side supports defining grooves; a pommel removeably attachable solely to the front post, the tray extending laterally over the grooves for blocking the legs of the infant.

18 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising means for removeably attaching the pommel to the front post.

19 . The infant seat of claim 17 wherein the pommel extends over the two side supports.

20 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member comprising:
a first flange attached to the pommel; and
a lever traverseable between a release position and an engaged-position, the lever having at least one tooth; and
a female member comprising:
a second flange attached to the front post, the second flange and front post defining a slot for receiving the first flange; and
at least one toothed slot for engagement with the tooth of the lever.

21 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member comprising:
levers having pawls, the levers being traverseable between a release position and a depressed position;
a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a cam surface for receiving the pawl to attach the pommel to the front post.

22 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having a post with a radially extending tab; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a J configured slot of receiving the tab; a spring disposed between the male member and female member for biasing the male member away from the female member.

23 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having vertically oriented flanges, at least one of the flanges having a notch; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a cam surface with a notch; wherein the flange is insertable into the notch of the cam surface, and the cam surface is receivable into the notch of the flange for attaching the pommel to the front post.

24 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having a bulbous configuration; wherein the front post has a cavity sized and configured to receive the bulbous configured male member.

25 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having a tapered configuration; wherein the front post has a cavity sized and configured to frictionally receive the taper configured male member.

26 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having a cam surface; a latch attached to the front post, the latch traverseable between an depressed position and an engaged position, at the depressed position, the latch clears the cam surface of the male member, at the engaged position, the latch engages the cam surface so as to secure the pommel to the front post.

27 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having an inwardly displaceable tang; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having an aperture sized and configured to receive and engage the tang of the male member.

28 . The infant seat of claim 27 wherein the tang has a hook and the female member has a protrusion, the hook being removeably engageable to the protrusion of the female member.

29 . The infant seat of claim 28 wherein the protrusion has a beveled surface for inwardly displacing the tang as the tang is being inserted into the aperture of the female member.

30 . The infant seat of claim 29 wherein the male member has a slotted portion adjacent to the hook such that the protrusion may be traversed therethrough to disengage the pommel from the front post.

31 . The infant seat of claim 17 further comprising:
a male member attached to the pommel, the male member having a plurality of ridges; a female member attached to the front post, the female member having a plurality of ridges sized and configured to mate with the ridges of the male member.

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