Horizontally supported planar surfaces – With receptacle – Detachable or relatively movable
Reexamination Certificate
1998-04-03
2001-09-04
Chen, Jose V. (Department: 3624)
Horizontally supported planar surfaces
With receptacle
Detachable or relatively movable
C297S188200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283042
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1) Field of the Invention
The field of this invention relates to an attachment for a highchair tray and more particularly to an attachment which can be readily attached to and detached from the highchair tray. The attachment locating food servings so as not to be accessible by a child and to be dispensed to the child seated in the highchair.
2) Description of the Prior Art
It is common to use a highchair in conjunction with small children during feeding of the child. A highchair is normally characterized by four relatively long, upright legs which are jointed and cross-braced in various manners to provide an elevated seat as when compared with a conventional chair. Characteristically, a highchair has mounted thereon a removable tray which is to function to enclose over the lap of the child when taken in conjunction with the arms of the highchair as well as the back of the highchair when serving food to the child. It is common to include some type of a securing strap to ensure that the child is positively restrained when located within the highchair.
It is known that children are likely to tip over food servers such as jars and dishes which contain food, this tipping over commonly occurring on the highchair tray and even off of the highchair tray. It is common that after feeding of a small child from a highchair that not only must the highchair be cleaned of food droppings, but also the surrounding floor area. In the past, numerous devices have been developed in an effort to prevent this type of food spillage, such as liquid containers that can only dispense liquid when the liquid is being sucked from the container and the liquid not being pourable therefrom. However, when it comes to solid food, the preferred procedure has been to locate the solid food out of the reach of the child with the child then to be fed by utensils, such as a spoon, small portions of the solid food until it is eventually totally consumed. The locating of the liquid or solid food containers or servers generally requires as individual who is feeding the child to physically support the food containers or servers in the individual's hands or located at a table spaced some distance from the highchair. This type of arrangement is not particularly convenient and especially when containers are supported by a hand of the individual feeding the child, so that the hand is not free to be used in assisting of the feeding operation of the child.
There is a need to provide an attachment for a highchair tray in which the food can be mounted in conjunction with the highchair tray but cannot be swept off the tray by the child.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The structure of the present invention provides for an attachment which includes a clamping bracket means which can be removably and securably mounted in conjunction with the peripheral edge of a highchair tray. This clamping bracket means includes a slot which receives and supports a server or holders for the jars and the dishes and the like. The slot includes a ledge, there being an arm with a protuberance that is positioned against the inside surface of the ledge with the result that the ledge and protuberance function as a stop locating the mounting position of the arm within the slot. Mounted at the outer forward end of the arm there is a receiver comprised of one or more cylindrical cavities and each cavity is of a size adapted to contain food or to support a jar or dish of baby food. Instead of the cavities for receiving jars and/or dishes, the arm is provided one or more food receiving compartments. Accordingly, there is one or more food server means carried by the arm.
The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an attachment for a highchair tray which will permit the locating of food that is to be served to a child seated within the highchair and in a location directly adjacent to the child but yet at a distance that is far enough away from the child so as to prevent the child from reaching and coming into contact with any food or food containers mounted on the attachment. Accordingly, said arm of the bracket is an extension for support of the food server means.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an attachment which can be manufactured relatively inexpensively and therefore sold relatively inexpensively to the consumer.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide an attachment which can be universally mounted to any tray of any manufactured highchair.
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Poe Walter E.
Wargo Kathie D.
Chen José V.
Maxwell William H.
Monro Jack C.
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