Patent · US Expired

Child's walker with height adjustment apparatus

US4615523A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJun 19, 1985
Grant dateOct 7, 1986
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 19, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47D13/043
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention discloses an apparatus for adjusting the height of a walker which includes a seat, a slidable base, and two U-shaped tubes which are pivotally connected to each other in a crosswise arrangement and are placed between the seat and the slidable base with one central portion of one U-shaped tubes pivotally connected to the rear side of the seat, and the other central portion of the other U-shaped tube movably engaged to the underside of the seat near its front side, the adjusting apparatus comprising two plates secured on the underside of the seat in a parallel arrangement, with each plate having an indented portion formed at its underside; two sliding members provided on the movable central portion, and slidably engaged with the plates respectively; a controlling member pivotally connected with the movable central portion, and having an engaging portion, with an operating portion opposite to the engaging portion, and two protuberances extended upwards; and a spring member arranged between the sliding members and the engaging portion of the controlling member for biasing the controlling member to rotate in a direction that causes the protuberances to move upwards…

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