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Juvenile seat with adjustable tableJuvenile seat with adjustable table description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080088162, Juvenile seat with adjustable table. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/829,696, filed Oct. 17, 2006, which is expressly incorporated by reference herein. BACKGROUND [0002] The present disclosure relates to juvenile seats and, in particular, to seats including movable trays. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a juvenile booster seat including a seat back and a tray that is movable toward and away from the seat back. SUMMARY [0003] A juvenile seat in accordance with the present disclosure includes a base formed to include a seat bottom and a backrest, a feeding table, and a feeding table lock. The feeding table is mounted on the base for movement relative to the base toward and away from the backrest. The feeding table lock is coupled to the feeding table and is configured to mate with one of several anchor sockets formed in the base (under the control of a caregiver) to block movement of the feeding table relative to the base. [0004] In illustrative embodiments, the base further includes first and second arm supports arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to locate the seat bottom therebetween. The feeding table includes a tray and separate left and right slide arms coupled to the tray. The tray is movable relative to the seat bottom between a retracted position close to a juvenile seated on the seat bottom and an extended position away from the seated juvenile in response to sliding movement of the right slide arm relative to the first arm support in the base and sliding movement of the left slide arm relative to the second arm support in the base. [0005] In illustrative embodiments, the feeding table lock includes a movable base grabber included in each of the left and right slide arms. Each movable base grabber is configured to include an anchor sized to fit into companion anchor sockets formed in the base. The feeding table lock also includes an anchor-release actuator coupled to the movable base grabbers included in each of the left and right slide arms. A caregiver can use the anchor-release actuator to move the anchors in the base grabbers either (1) into the anchor sockets formed in the base to lock the feeding table in either a retracted or extended position relative to the base or (2) out of the anchor sockets formed in the base to free the feeding table for inward or outward sliding movement relative to the base. [0006] In illustrative embodiments, each base grabber includes an arm retainer carrying front and rear anchors sized to extend upwardly into anchor sockets formed in a stationary arm mount sleeve housed in a hollow portion of the base. Each base grabber also includes a retainer mover that is movable to provide means for raising the arm retainer to project the front and rear anchors into anchor sockets formed in the base to lock the feeding table in a first feeding position relative to the base and for lowering the arm retainer to withdraw the front and rear anchors from anchor sockets to unlock the feeding table so that it is free to be moved relative to the base to another feeding position. [0007] In illustrative embodiments, the feeding table includes a tray and left and right tray mounts fixed to the underside of the tray. Each tray mount is arranged to slide back and forth in a companion stationary arm mount sleeve included in the base to change the feeding position of the feeding table. One base grabber is mounted for movement in the right tray mount and arranged to cooperate with the right tray mount to provide the right slide arm in the feeding tray. Another base grabber is mounted for movement in the left tray mount and arranged to cooperate with the left tray mount to provide the left slide arm. An operator can move the arm retainer (and the front and rear anchors) provided in each of the left and right slide arms to lock and unlock the feeding tray by moving the anchor-release actuator to cause movement of the retainer mover and the arm retainer included in each base grabber relative to the companion tray mount. [0008] Additional features of the present disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments of the disclosure exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presently perceived. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] The detailed description particularly refers to the accompanying figures in which: [0010] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a juvenile booster seat provided with a "table-adjustment" feature including a feeding table lock in accordance with the present disclosure to enable a caregiver to locate a feeding table mounted on a seat base for movement toward and away from a backrest coupled to the seat base in various positions relative to the backrest as shown, for example, in FIGS. 2-4; [0011] FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the juvenile booster seat of FIG. 1 showing the table in a "retracted" position a first distance away from the backrest; [0012] FIG. 3 is a view similar to FIG. 2 showing the table in a "middle" position a greater second distance away from the backrest; [0013] FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIGS. 2 and 3 showing the table in an "extended" position a still greater third distance away from the backseat; [0014] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective assembly view of components included in the juvenile booster seat of FIG. 1 showing that the movable feeding table includes a tray supported on spaced-apart left and right slide arms, each slide arm including a tray mount coupled to the underside of the tray and configured to slide back and forth in an arm-receiver channel formed in a companion arm mount sleeve sized to fit into the cavity formed in the seat base to change the position of the tray relative to the backrest, and each slide arm also including an arm retainer lying in a passageway provided in a companion tray mount and having anchors configured to (1) extend upwardly into anchor sockets formed in a companion arm mount sleeve as suggested, for example, in FIGS. 11 and 14 to retain the table in a fixed position relative to the seat base and (2) withdraw from the anchor sockets as suggested, for example, in FIGS. 12 and 13 to allow relative sliding movement between each slide arm and its companion arm mount sleeve to facilitate repositioning of the tray relative to the backrest; [0015] FIG. 6 is a side elevation view showing top and bottom shells included in the right arm mount sleeve before that sleeve is mounted in a shell included in the seat base and showing the movable feeding table, with portions broken away, to reveal a first base grabber mounted for movement in the right arm mount sleeve and configured to include an arm retainer including upwardly extending front and rear anchors; [0016] FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 7-7 of FIGS. 6 and 11 showing the right slide arm in a companion right arm mount sleeve coupled to first and second foundation panels included in a mount foundation formed in the seat base; [0017] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective assembly view of the movable feeding table of FIGS. 1-6; [0018] FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of a portion of the base grabber included in the right slide arm and showing the right arm retainer of FIGS. 6-8 along with a rear portion of a retainer mover showing two mover posts included in the retainer mover and sized to extend into two slots formed in the arm retainer; [0019] FIG. 10 is a "reverse" perspective view of the "base grabber" components shown in FIG. 9; [0020] FIGS. 11-14 show movement of the movable feeding table relative to the seat base from the retracted position shown in FIG. 2 to the middle position shown in FIG. 3; [0021] FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 1 showing elevation of the arm retainer included in the base grabber of the right slide arm to extend the rear anchor upwardly into the first anchor socket formed in the right arm mount sleeve and to extend the front anchor upwardly into the second anchor socket formed in the right arm mount sleeve; Continue reading about Juvenile seat with adjustable table... 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