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Sway device for a cradle

US6341394B1 · kind B1 · utility

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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1999
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 29, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47D13/063
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A sway device for a cradle includes a plurality of sway members respectively connected to a plurality of posts of the cradle and each has an inverse L-shaped foot which includes a vertical portion for enabling the cradle to stand on the ground, a vertical cavity in the top to secure the post of the cradle therein and a transverse portion having two grooved branches perpendicular to each other for respectively pivoting two transverse rods on the lower portion of the cradle. A wobbler extends downward from an underside of the transverse portion of the foot and includes a hollow interior extension, a sector shaped oscillator rotatably pivoted to the lower end of the extension and an elastic plate at a lateral side of the extension for checking the oscillator from rotation.

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