Collapsible high chair

Abstract

A collapsible high chair including a softgoods attachment supported by a collapsible frame. The collapsible high chair may include a releasably mounted tray. Embodiments include softgoods attachments that are easily removable from the frame and softgoods attachments including integrated carry bags. Embodiments may include passive restraints such a horn extending from the underside of the tray or a webbing restraint mounted near the front of the seat, for example. Embodiments of the collapsible frame include vertical legs.

1 . A collapsible high chair comprising:
 a frame including
 a plurality of legs oriented generally perpendicularly to a supporting surface, and 
 a plurality of side frames, each of the side frames interposing a respective two of the plurality of legs; 
   a soft goods attachment affixed to the frame, the soft goods attachment including a seat and a back; and   a passive restraint mounted proximate a front of the seat, the front of the seat being opposite the back.   
   
   
       2 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a first side and a second side; wherein the passive restraint includes a first segment of webbing extending between the first side and the second side and a second segment of webbing extending between the first segment of webbing and the seat. 
   
   
       3 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a locking mechanism mounted between a front two of the legs; wherein the passive restraint is integrally formed with the locking mechanism. 
   
   
       4 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 3 , wherein the passive restraint includes a horn extending from the locking mechanism towards the seat. 
   
   
       5 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a tray releasably coupled to the frame; wherein the passive restraint includes a horn extending toward the seat from the tray. 
   
   
       6 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 5 , further comprising a first side and a second side, and wherein the horn is generally centered between the first side and the second side when the tray is coupled to the frame. 
   
   
       7 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 6 , wherein the horn extends substantially entirely between the tray and the seat. 
   
   
       8 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , wherein the soft goods attachment is releasably coupled to the frame. 
   
   
       9 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 8 , wherein the soft goods attachment includes at least one pocket adapted to receive a portion of at least one of the legs. 
   
   
       10 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 8 , wherein the soft goods attachment includes an integrated carry bag, the integrated carry bag at least partially containing the frame and the soft goods attachment when the high chair is in a collapsed configuration. 
   
   
       11 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , wherein each of the side frames includes two diagonal segments, each of the diagonal segments including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotably coupled to one of the legs and the second end being pivotably and slidably coupled to an adjacent one of the legs, the two diagonal segments of each side frame being pivotably joined proximate their midpoints. 
   
   
       12 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 1 , further comprising a locking mechanism interposing two of the legs, the locking mechanism including two arms, each of the two arms being pivotably and slidably coupled to a respective one of the two legs; wherein the locking mechanism is operative to maintain a separation between the two legs when the high chair is in an extended configuration. 
   
   
       13 . A collapsible high chair comprising:
 a collapsible frame including
 a first front leg, 
 a second front leg, 
 a first rear leg, 
 a second rear leg, 
 a first diagonal segment pivotably connected to the first front leg and pivotably and slidably connected to the second front leg, 
 a second diagonal segment pivotably connected to the first rear leg and pivotably and slidably connected to the first front leg, 
 a third diagonal segment pivotably connected to the second front segment and pivotably and slidably connected to the second rear leg, 
 a fourth diagonal segment pivotably connected to the second rear leg and pivotably and slidably connected to the first rear leg, and 
 a locking mechanism including
 a first arm slidably and pivotably connected to the first rear leg, and 
 a second arm pivotably connected to the first arm and slidably and pivotably connected to the second rear leg; and 
 
   a tray releasably mountable to the collapsible frame.   
   
   
       14 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , wherein each of the first front leg, second front leg, first rear leg, and second rear leg, is oriented generally perpendicularly relative to a supporting surface. 
   
   
       15 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , wherein the diagonal segments are obliquely oriented relative to the legs when the high chair is in an extended configuration and the diagonal segments are generally parallel with the legs when the high chair is in a collapsed configuration. 
   
   
       16 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , wherein the first arm and the second arm are generally perpendicularly oriented relative to the first rear leg and the second rear leg when the high chair is in an extended configuration and the first arm and the second arm are obliquely oriented relative to the first rear leg and the second rear leg when the high chair is in a collapsed configuration. 
   
   
       17 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , further comprising a soft goods attachment mounted to the frame, the soft goods attachment including a seat and a back. 
   
   
       18 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 17 , wherein the soft goods attachment is releasably attached to the frame. 
   
   
       19 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 17 , wherein the soft goods attachment includes an integrated carry bag. 
   
   
       20 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , wherein the tray is mounted proximate a front edge of a seat supported by the collapsible frame and the tray includes a horn extending from the tray towards the seat proximate the front edge of the seat. 
   
   
       21 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 13 , further comprising
 a first segment of webbing extending between a first side of the high chair and a second side of the high chair proximate a front edge of a seat supported by the collapsible frame, and   a second segment of webbing extending from the first segment of webbing to the seat.   
   
   
       22 . A collapsible high chair comprising:
 a frame including
 a plurality of legs and 
 a locking mechanism interposing two of the plurality of legs, the locking mechanism including two arms, and the locking mechanism being operative to maintain the lateral separation between the two of the legs when the collapsible high chair is in an extended configuration; 
   a softgoods attachment releasably attached to the frame, the softgoods attachment including a seat and a back;   a tray releasably mounted to the frame; and   a passive restraint.   
   
   
       23 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein each of the two arms of the locking mechanism is pivotably coupled to one of the two legs. 
   
   
       24 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 23 , wherein each of the two arms of the locking mechanism is slidably and pivotably coupled to one of the two legs. 
   
   
       25 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein the passive restraint includes a horn extending from the tray toward the seat. 
   
   
       26 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein the passive restraint includes a first segment of webbing extending laterally across a front of the seat generally parallel with the front of the seat and a second segment of webbing extending from the first segment of webbing to the seat. 
   
   
       27 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein the softgoods attachment includes a plurality of pockets adapted to receive respective portions of at least some of the plurality of legs therein. 
   
   
       28 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein the softgoods attachment includes an integrated carry bag, the integrated carry bag at least partially containing the frame when the collapsible high chair is in a collapsed configuration. 
   
   
       29 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 22 , wherein the frame includes a plurality of legs oriented generally perpendicularly to a supporting surface and a plurality of side frames, each of the side frames including two diagonal segments, each of the diagonal segments including a first end and a second end, the first end being pivotably coupled to one of the legs and the second end being pivotably and slidably coupled to an adjacent one of the legs, the two diagonal segments of each side frame being pivotably joined proximate their midpoints. 
   
   
       30 . The collapsible high chair of  claim 29 , wherein each of the two arms of the locking mechanism is coupled a respective one of the diagonal segments of one of the side frames.