Highchair with horizontally adjustable tray

• US 6,416,124 B1
• Filed: 08/17/2000
• Issued: 07/09/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Link Treasure Limited
• Original Assignee: Link Treasure Limited
• Inventors: Liang, Hsiu-Chiang, Hou, Hung-Chung, Chen, Er-Jui
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuomo, Peter M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, STEPHEN A
• Application Number:
  US09/642,214
• Time in Patent Office: 691 Days
• Field of Search: 297/149, 297/151, 297/153, 297/148, 108/143
• US Class Current: 297/149
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 1/0081 adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A47D 1/0085 removable

Abstract

A highchair has a horizontally adjustable tray. It includes: (a) a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof; (b) a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying engagement members, each of the apertures having an elastic projection projected above the aperture; and (c) an actuator slidably attached to an undersurface of the tray including two vertical members each having a plurality of wedge members corresponding in position to the apertures of the engagement member and one or more elastic elements each having one end biased against the undersurface of the tray and the other end biased against the actuator. The projected elastic projections are structured to restrict the movements of the wedge members so as to effect the locking of the actuator to the tray, and the wedge members are structured to be able to move pass the retracted elastic projections to effect a disengagement of the actuator from the tray. In one embodiment, each of the supports also includes a tube disposed on a leg of the highchair and a plurality of studs releasably coupled to the highchair.

Claims

1. A highchair with a horizontally adjustable tray comprising:

a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof;

a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying engagement members disposed on the supports each having a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures having an elastic projection projected above the aperture so as to cause the tray to be in a locked position with respect to the supports; and

an actuator slidably attached to an undersurface of the tray including two vertical members each having a plurality of wedge members corresponding in position to the apertures of the engagement member and one or more elastic elements each having one end biased against the undersurface of the tray and the other end biased against the actuator, wherein the projected elastic projections are structured to restrict the movements of the wedge members so as to effect the locking of the actuator to the tray, and the wedge members are structured to be able to move pass the retracted elastic projections to effect a disengagement of the actuator from the tray;

further wherein each of the supports further comprises a tube disposed on a leg of the highchair and a plurality of studs releasably coupled to the highchair.

2. The highchair with the horizontally adjustable tray of claim 1, wherein the tray further comprises a tray portion and a base plate.

3. The highchair with the horizontally adjustable tray of claim 2, wherein the tray portion comprises a flat central area.

4. A highchair with a horizontally adjustable tray, comprising:

a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof;

a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying engagement members disposed on the supports each having a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures having an elastic projection projected above the aperture so as to cause the tray to be in a locked position with respect to the supports; and

an actuator slidably attached to an undersurface of the tray including two vertical members each having a plurality of wedge members corresponding in position to the apertures of the engagement member and one or more elastic elements each having one end biased against the undersurface of the tray and the other end biased against the actuator, where in the projected elastic projections are structured to restrict the movements of the wedge members so as to effect the locking of the actuator to the tray, and the wedge members are structured to be able to move pass the retracted elastic projections to effect a disengagement of the actuator from the tray;

further wherein each of the supports further comprises a plurality of slots and an elongated member engaged with the slots, said elongated member having a channel with holes corresponding in position to the slots respectively.

5. The highchair with the horizontally adjustable tray of claim 4, wherein each of the support further comprises a plurality of recesses each having an inverted-U shape formed as a receiving space for receiving the corresponding elastic projection.

6. The highchair with the horizontally adjustable tray of claim 4, wherein each of the elastic projections comprises a body and a tip projected into a corresponding hole of the elongated member.

7. The highchair with the horizontally adjustable tray of claim 4, wherein each of the engagement members comprises two inner parallel rails spaced by a distance about the width of the channel of the elongate member.

8. A highchair with a horizontally adjustable tray, comprising:

a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof;

a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying engagement members disposed on the supports each having a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures having an elastic projection projected above the aperture so as to cause the tray to be in a locked position with respect to the supports; and

an actuator slidably attached to an undersurface of the tray including two vertical members each having a plurality of wedge members corresponding in position to the apertures of the engagement member and one or more elastic elements each having one end biased against the undersurface of the tray and the other end biased against the actuator, wherein the projected elastic projections are structured to restrict the movements of the wedge members so as to effect the locking of the actuator to the tray, and the wedge members are structured to be able to move pass the retracted elastic projections to effect a disengagement of the actuator from the tray;

the tray further comprises a tray portion and a base plate wherein the tray portion further comprises two n-shaped engagement channels each being snapped onto the engagement member.

9. A highchair with a horizontally adjustable tray, comprising:

a pair of supports on opposed sides of the highchair each having a plurality of studs on an inside surface thereof;

a tray movably coupled between the supports including two underlying engagement members disposed on the supports each having a plurality of apertures, each of the apertures having an elastic projection projected above the aperture so as to cause the tray to be in a locked position with respect to the supports; and

an actuator slidably attached to an undersurface of the tray including two vertical members each having a plurality of wedge members corresponding in position to the apertures of the engagement member and one or more elastic elements each having one end biased against the undersurface of the tray and the other end biased against the actuator, wherein the projected elastic projections are structured to restrict the movements of the wedge members so as to effect the locking of the actuator to the tray, and the wedge members are structured to be able to move pass the retracted elastic projections to effect a disengagement of the actuator from the tray;

wherein the actuator further comprises a horizontal member coupled between two ends of the vertical members, and a handle coupled to the horizontal member.