INFANT CARE APPARATUS

• US 20130184088A1
• Filed: 01/15/2013
• Published: 07/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
• Original Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
• Inventors: Haut, Robert E.
• Granted Patent: US 8,845,440 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 472/119
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 13/105 pivotally mounted in a frame
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 9/016 capable of being suspended from, or attached to, other articles or structures, e.g. adult's bed
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 9/057 driven by electric motors

Abstract

An infant care apparatus includes a base, a reciprocating vertical motion mechanism, a vertical motion driving module, a reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism, and a pendulum motion driving module. The vertical motion driving module is kinematically connected to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism so as to vertically move the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism in reciprocating vertical motion with respect to the base. The pendulum motion driving module is kinematically connected to the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism so as to pendulum move the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism in reciprocating pendulum motion with respect to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism. An interaction between a reciprocating vertical motion of the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism and a reciprocating pendulum motion of the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism forms a specific motion path. Therefore, the infant care apparatus can offer various seat motion paths by controlling the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism and the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism.

Claims

1. An infant care apparatus, comprising:

a base;

a reciprocating vertical motion mechanism, disposed on the base to be capable of moving in reciprocating vertical motion in a vertical direction with respect to the base;

a vertical motion driving module, kinematically connected to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism so that the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism is capable of moving in reciprocating vertical motion in the vertical direction with respect to the base;

a reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism, disposed on the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism to be capable of moving in reciprocating pendulum motion in a pendulum direction with respect to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism; and

a pendulum motion driving module, kinematically connected to the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism so that the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism is capable of moving in reciprocating pendulum motion in the pendulum direction with respect to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism;

wherein an interaction between a reciprocating vertical motion of the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism and a reciprocating pendulum motion of the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism forms a specific motion path.

2. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base includes:

a base body; and

a base column, supported on the base body;

wherein the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism is sleeved on the base column to be capable of sliding in reciprocating vertical motion in the vertical direction with respect to the base column.

3. The infant care apparatus of claim 2, wherein the base column extends in the vertical direction from the base body.

4. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, wherein a vertical plane where the vertical direction is located is parallel to a pendulum plane where the pendulum direction is located.

5. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, wherein the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism includes:

a support, arranged on the specific motion path; and

two link arms, an end of the link arm being pivotally connected to the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism, another end of the link arm being pivotally connected to the support.

6. The infant care apparatus of claim 5, wherein an interval between the two link arms at a pivot connection with the support is longer than an interval between the two link arms at a pivot connection with the reciprocating vertical motion mechanism.

7. The infant care apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a seat, disposed on the support to be capable of rotating in a rotation direction with respect to the support.

8. The infant care apparatus of claim 7, wherein a rotation plane where the rotation direction is located intersects with a pendulum plane where the pendulum direction is located.

9. The infant care apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a seat, detachably disposed on the support.

10. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a seat, disposed on the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism to be capable of rotating in a rotation direction with respect to the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism and arranged on the specific motion path.

11. The infant care apparatus of claim 10, wherein a rotation plane where the rotation direction is located intersects with a pendulum plane where the pendulum direction is located.

12. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a seat, detachably disposed on the reciprocating pendulum motion mechanism and arranged on the specific motion path.

13. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specific motion path is a vertical motion path, a pendulum motion path, a waved motion path, a figure eight motion path, a circular motion path or a combined motion path of at least two of the above motion paths.

14. The infant care apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a programmable processor, electrically connected to the vertical motion driving module and the pendulum motion driving module for controlling the interaction between the reciprocating vertical motion and the reciprocating pendulum motion to form the specific motion path.

15. The infant care apparatus of claim 14, further comprising:

a user control interface, electrically connected to the programmable processor for offering a user to operate the user control interface for setting the specific motion path.

16. The infant care apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user control interface is connected in wired communication or wireless communication to the programmable processor.

17. The infant care apparatus of claim 15, wherein the user control interface is disposed on the base.

18. The infant care apparatus of claim 17, wherein the base includes:

a base body; and

a base column, supported on the base body;

wherein the user control interface is disposed on a top portion of the base column.