Systems, methods, and apparatuses for attaching soft goods to a child's apparatus

US10800297B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Kelly Runk · Pequea, US
• Maureen Tobin · West Chester, US
• Brittany Hassler · Philadelphia, US
• William E. Conway · Marietta, US
• Nicholas James Lombardi · Austin, US
• Taylor Daniel Genoway · Atlanta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 4, 2018
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2020
• Expiry date: Dec 4, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60N2/2818
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A child apparatus can include one or more shells/frames upon which a child can sit or lie. All or a portion of each shell/frame can be covered in soft goods. The soft goods component can include one or more channels or tunnels provided along all or a portion of a perimeter of the soft goods component. One or more stiffening members can be inserted into the one or more channels or tunnels. The shell/frame can include one or more cavities for receiving a portion of the stiffening member therein to couple the soft goods component to the shell/frame. Alternatively, the shell/frame can include soft goods retaining tabs along a back or side of the shell/frame, and the elongated stiffening member can be inserted between each soft goods retaining tab and the back or side of the shell/frame.