Multi positional infant seat

Abstract

An infant seat comprising a support member, a bearing frame pivotally articulated at one end to the support member, a seat frame configured to be fitted with a seating member and pivotally articulated to the bearing frame at an opposite end thereof, and a locking arrangement configured for setting a first angle between the bearing frame and the support member and a second angle between the bearing frame and the seat frame. The infant seat is manipulable between two or more different positions by increasing or decreasing at least one of the angles.

1 . An infant seat comprising:
 a support member;   a bearing frame pivotally articulated at one end to the support member;   a seat frame configured to be fitted with a seating member and pivotally articulated to the bearing frame at an opposite end thereof; and   a locking arrangement configured for setting a first angle between the bearing frame and the support member and a second angle between the bearing frame and the seat frame;   
       wherein the infant seat being manipulable between two or more different positions by increasing or decreasing at least one of said angles. 
     
     
         2 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , wherein the locking arrangement comprises a first locking mechanism configured for setting the first angle and the second locking mechanism configured for setting the second angle. 
     
     
         3 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , being manipulable between at least a collapsed position, wherein the first and the second angles are of their minimal values, a bouncing position, wherein at least one of the angles is increased with respect to the collapsed position, and a high position, wherein at least one of the angles is increased with respect to the bouncing position. 
     
     
         3 . The infant seat of  claim 3 , further comprising a selectively operable bouncing mechanism articulated to one of the bearing frame and the seat frame associated with said bouncing position. 
     
     
         5 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are acute angles. 
     
     
         6 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , wherein a supporting system extends between the seat frame and the bearing frame, for manipulating the second angle. 
     
     
         7 . The infant seat of  claim 3 , wherein at the collapsed position the seat frame is disposed substantially parallel and in close proximity to the bearing frame, and the bearing frame is disposed substantially parallel and in close proximity to the support structure; 
     
     
         8 . The infant seat of claim  4 , wherein the bouncing mechanism is articulated to either the seat frame and the support frame; 
     
     
         9 . The infant seat of claim  4 , wherein the bouncing mechanism is configured for being manipulated between an operative position and an inoperative position, wherein manipulating into the operative position is possible only when the infant seat is at the bouncing position, and wherein such engagement is deactivated when the infant seat is at either its high positions. 
     
     
         10 . The infant seat according to  claim 1 , further comprising a seat support extending between the bearing frame and the seat frame. 
     
     
         11 . The infant seat of  claim 10 , further comprising a safety mechanism associated with the seat support, configured for preventing spontaneous displacement of the seat frame with respect to the bearing frame. 
     
     
         12 . The infant seat of  claim 11 , wherein the safety mechanism comprises a first arresting member articulated to a portion of the seat frame and a second arresting member articulated to the bearing frame, so that retaining the infant seat at any position other than the collapsed position requires locking engagement between the first arresting member and the second arresting member. 
     
     
         13 . The infant seat of  claim 11 , wherein the safety mechanism comprises an arresting member articulated at a first arresting end to a portion of the seat frame and at a second arresting end articulated to the bearing frame, whereby one or both said first arresting end and second arresting end are displaceable along the respective seat frame and bearing frame, whereby at any position other than the collapsed position the first arresting end and second arresting end are engaged with the respective seat frame and the bearing frame. 
     
     
         14 . The infant seat of claim  4 , wherein the bouncing mechanism is functional only when the infant seat is at the bouncing position. 
     
     
         15 . The infant seat of  claim 3 , wherein the infant seat is prevented from manipulation from a collapsed position directly to a high position and vice versa, without being manipulated to a bouncing position therebetween. 
     
     
         16 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , wherein the two or more different positions are such that each of the first angle and the second angle in one position are different from the corresponding first angle and the second angle in other position. 
     
     
         17 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , wherein the two or more different positions are such that only one of the first angle or the second angle in one position is different from the corresponding angle in the other position and the other angle remains constant between at least two positions. 
     
     
         18 . The infant seat of  claim 1 , further comprising two high positions, defined by said second angle, so that in a first high position said second angle is β 2  and in a second high position said second angle is β 3 , wherein β 2 <β 3 . 
     
     
         19 . The infant seat of  claim 18 , wherein the infant seat is prevented from being manipulated from the second high position directly to the bouncing position, without first being manipulated to the first high position, and vice versa.