US4962965A
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Seat belt assembly for high chairs
Assignee: Spalding and Evenflo Companies Inc
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Filing: 1989-09-19
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Granted: 1990-10-16
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Expires: 2009-09-19
Abstract
Abstract An improved high chair comprising a seat with a back component and a bottom component for receiving a child thereon; a plurality of tubes for strengthening the seat and extending on opposite sides of the seat for forming arm rests; a plurality of legs for supporting the seat at a proper height; a tray removably positioned on the arm rests in front of the seat above the bottom component; and a seat belt assembly comprising a pair of generally horizontally extending waist straps each coupled at its remote end to a portion of a high chair seat with a buckle part at its front end, a crotch strap permanently secured to a front central extent of the seat portion and having a free front end, and a main buckle permanently attached to the free end of the crotch strap with the main buckle also having a pair of attachment mechanisms for removably receiving the buckle parts of the ends of the waist straps.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard W. Glover
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:46
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47D; A47D15/00; A47D15/005; A47D15/006; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S24/00; Y10S24/30; Y10S24/31; Y10S24/35; Y10T; Y10T24/00; Y10T24/45; Y10T24/45005; Y10T24/45079; Y10T24/45084; Y10T24/45225; Y10T24/45471; Y10T24/45524; Y10T24/45545; Y10T24/45581
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
182 words
A high chair comprising: a seat with a back component and a bottom component for receiving a child thereon; a plurality of tubes for strengthening the seat and extending on opposite sides of the seat for forming arm rests; a plurality of legs for supporting the seat at a proper height; a tray removably positioned on the arm rests in front of the seat above the bottom component; and a seat belt assembly comprising a pair of generally horizontally extending waist straps each coupled at its remote end to a portion of a high chair seat with a buckle part at its front end, a crotch strap permanently secured to a front central extent of the seat portion and having a free front end, and a main buckle permanently attached to the free end of the crotch strap with the main buckle also having a pair of attachment mechanisms for removably receiving the buckle parts of the ends of the waist straps and operator controlled means to individually separate each buckle part at the waist strap free end from the main buckle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
182 words
A high chair comprising: a seat with a back component and a bottom component for receiving a child thereon; a plurality of tubes for strengthening the seat and extending on opposite sides of the seat for forming arm rests; a plurality of legs for supporting the seat at a proper height; a tray removably positioned on the arm rests in front of the seat above the bottom component; and a seat belt assembly comprising a pair of generally horizontally extending waist straps each coupled at its remote end to a portion of a high chair seat with a buckle part at its front end, a crotch strap permanently secured to a front central extent of the seat portion and having a free front end, and a main buckle permanently attached to the free end of the crotch strap with the main buckle also having a pair of attachment mechanisms for removably receiving the buckle parts of the ends of the waist straps and operator controlled means to individually separate each buckle part at the waist strap free end from the main buckle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The high chair as set forth in claim 1 wherein the remote end of the crotch strap is permanently attached to the lower face of the bottom component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The high chair as set forth in claim 2 wherein the remote ends of the waist straps are coupled to the rear face of the back component.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The high chair as set forth in claim 3 wherein one of the waist straps is attached to its buckle part permanently and further including means to adjustably attach the other waist strap to its buckle part.
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