Highchair footrest

Abstract

An infant highchair is provided. The infant highchair includes a base having a plurality of legs and a footrest positioned between a first and a second leg of the base. The footrest includes two rotators configured to rotate the footrest into a first position for foot support and a second position for foot support. The footrest includes a bottom support having a first planar surface opposite a second planar surface and the two rotators configured to rotate the footrest at least 180°. The footrest includes two locking mechanisms configured to lock the footrest in at least one position for foot support. The footrest includes two release actuators, each release actuator configured to release a respective locking mechanism.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An infant highchair comprising:
 a base having a plurality of legs; and   a footrest positioned between a first and a second leg of the base, the footrest comprising two rotators configured to rotate the footrest into a first position for foot support and a second position for foot support.   
     
     
         2 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , wherein the footrest has a first planar surface opposite a second planar surface, the rotators configured to rotate the footrest into the first position having the first planar surface facing up and into the second position having the second planar surface facing up. 
     
     
         3 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the footrest in the first position and in the second position. 
     
     
         4 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the footrest in more than two positions for foot support. 
     
     
         5 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , wherein the footrest comprises a bottom support and two lateral supports, each lateral support positioned adjacent a distal end of the bottom support, each rotator positioned to rotatably connect a respective lateral support and an adjacent leg of the base. 
     
     
         6 . The infant highchair of  claim 5 , wherein the bottom support is independently rotatable with respect to the two lateral supports. 
     
     
         7 . The infant highchair of  claim 5 , wherein the bottom support is fixed with respect to the two lateral supports. 
     
     
         8 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , comprising two locking mechanisms configured to lock the footrest in the first position and in the second position, each locking mechanism associated with a respective rotator. 
     
     
         9 . The infant highchair of  claim 8 , wherein each locking mechanism comprises at least one peg and at least one slot positioned to receive the peg preventing rotation of the respective rotator. 
     
     
         10 . The infant highchair of  claim 1 , wherein each rotator comprises a ring having a lip and a plate having a channel, the lip being rotatably connected to the channel. 
     
     
         11 . An infant highchair comprising:
 a base having a plurality of legs; and   a footrest positioned between a first and a second leg of the base, the footrest comprising a bottom support having a first planar surface opposite a second planar surface and two rotators configured to rotate the footrest at least 180°.   
     
     
         12 . The infant highchair of  claim 11 , wherein the rotators are configured to rotate the footrest into a first position having the first planar surface facing up and into a second position having the second planar surface facing up. 
     
     
         13 . The infant highchair of  claim 11 , wherein the footrest comprises two lateral supports, each lateral support positioned adjacent a distal end of the bottom support, each rotator positioned to rotatably connect a respective lateral support and an adjacent leg of the base. 
     
     
         14 . The infant highchair of  claim 13 , wherein each rotator comprises a ring having a lip, the ring being fixed to the adjacent leg of the base, and a plate having a channel, the plate being fixed to the respective lateral support, wherein the lip is rotatably connected to the channel. 
     
     
         15 . The infant highchair of  claim 13 , wherein the bottom support is fixed with respect to the two lateral supports. 
     
     
         16 . The infant highchair of  claim 11 , comprising a locking mechanism configured to lock the footrest in at least one position for foot support. 
     
     
         17 . The infant highchair of  claim 16 , wherein the locking mechanism is configured to lock the footrest in a first position having the first planar surface facing up and in a second position having the second planar surface facing up. 
     
     
         18 . An infant highchair comprising:
 a base having a plurality of legs; and   a footrest positioned between a first and a second leg of the base, the footrest comprising two rotators configured to rotate the footrest, two locking mechanisms configured to lock the footrest in a first position for foot support and a second position for foot support, and two release actuators, each release actuator configured to release a respective locking mechanism.   
     
     
         19 . The infant highchair of  claim 18 , wherein each release actuator is positioned adjacent a respective rotator. 
     
     
         20 . The infant highchair of  claim 18 , wherein at least one release actuator is a spring-loaded button. 
     
     
         21 . The infant highchair of  claim 18 , wherein each locking mechanism comprises at least one peg operably connected to a respective release actuator and at least one slot positioned to receive the peg preventing rotation of a respective rotator. 
     
     
         22 . The infant highchair of  claim 21 , wherein each locking mechanism comprises more than one slot positioned to receive the peg, each slot associated with a position for foot support. 
     
     
         23 . The infant highchair of  claim 18 , wherein the footrest comprises a bottom support and two lateral supports, each lateral support positioned adjacent a distal end of the bottom support, and each rotator positioned between a respective lateral support and an adjacent leg of the base.