Chairs and seats – Supplemental seat – Detachably mounted to a support base
Patent
1996-11-21
1998-07-14
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
Supplemental seat
Detachably mounted to a support base
29725615, 297182, 29742341, 29718809, A47C 108
Patent
active
057793069
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention concerns a modularly constructed child's chair of the type which is described in claim 1.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
There is a requirement for a modularly constructed child's chair which through different combinations of modules can be adapted to a number of different areas of application. It is above all the requirement for the combination of a potty chair and a seat, with or without a support module, which is the reason for the invention being made, but also the requirement to be able, after adaptation of the combination of modules, to use the chair as a toilet seat suitable for children.
A modularly constructed chair construction is known from U.S. Pat. No. 2,530,474. This known chair construction can, through a combination of different accessory units, inter alia be adapted for use as low child's chair, potty chair or child's high chair, whereby a seat and backrest unit can be fastened on a low support unit, which at the same time can serve as a potty holder, or on a specially adapted high kitchen stool or kitchen chair without a backrest. The different units are attached to each other by means of a fasting means, composed of pins and belts equipped with slits, arranged on a seat and backrest unit, which, during fastening together with an accessory unit, are received in pin cut-outs, respectively fastened over bosses, arranged on the accessory unit.
FR-A- 1 252 685 shows a toilet chair with a backrest, for children, where the seat is provided with a seat hole and fastening means for attaching the seat to a normal toilet. The seat is also equipped with a belt for fastening a child to the seat. The fastening means consist of adjustable opposing bosses for support against the front part of the toilet and a resilient rear fastening means for resilient fastening of the seat against the rear part of the toilet.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to obtain a flexibly usable and adaptable child chair which permits different assembly combinations between the modules comprised in the invention as well as with existing chairs and toilets. It is especially desired to be easily able to convert the child's chair for use, and secure anchoring, on a normal toilet. Another object is to obtain a modularly constructed child's chair, of which the modules in a simple and secure manner permit fastening together of modules with each other or with existing chairs and toilets. An additional object of the child's chair according to the invention is as needed to be able to use it as a normal child's chair, also called "play chair", and to moreover simply and securely be able to anchor it on a conventional chair to form a high child's chair. Yet an additional object is to provide an easily removable and mountable support module serving as a front support and crotch support. Yet another object with the invention is to provide a demountable modularised chair, which in its separate parts can easily be stowed in, for example, a car. Another object is to provide a child's chair with chair modules equipped with locking devices and fastening means which allow simple assembly together of modules and existing chairs, and which promote good hygiene as well as having industrial engineering advantages.
An advantage with the present invention that it furnishes a potty and child's chair which can be adapted in accordance with a growing child's needs. For example during the transition from potty to toilet, the toilet can be adapted so that the child feels safe in the firmly anchored chair.
The above and other objects and advantages are achieved according to the invention through a modularly constructed child's chair, which has the characteristics which are described in the characterising part of claim 1. Different developments and embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the subclaims.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The invention shall be explained in more detail with the following drawings, which shows non-limiting examples of embodiments of the invention.
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