Juvenile seat with adjustable table

Abstract

A juvenile seat includes a base formed to include a seat bottom and a feeding table mounted for movement on the base toward and away from a juvenile seated on the seat bottom of the base. The feeding table can be locked to the base in one of several extended and retracted positions.

1 . A juvenile seat comprising 
 a base including a seat bottom, a first wing, and a second wing, the first and second wings being arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to locate the seat bottom therebetween and to rise upwardly from the seat bottom,    a feeding table including a tray, a first tray mount coupled to the tray to move therewith and arranged to slide back and forth in a first channel formed in the first wing of the base, and a second tray mount coupled to the tray to move therewith and arranged to slide back and forth in a second channel formed in the second wing of the base, and    a feeding table lock coupled to the feeding table to move therewith, the feeding table lock including a first base grabber coupled to one of the first and second tray mounts for movement with and relative to the one of the first and second tray mounts, wherein the first base grabber is configured to include an anchor sized to fit into anchor sockets formed in the first wing included in the base to block movement of the feeding table relative to the base and an anchor-release actuator mounted for movement relative to the feeding table to withdraw the anchor included in the first base grabber from a companion anchor socket formed in the first wing to free the feeding table to move relative to the base.    
   
   
       2 . The juvenile seat of  claim 1 , wherein the first base grabber includes an arm retainer configured to include the anchor and a retainer mover coupled to the arm retainer and to the anchor-release actuator and arranged to move back and forth in a passageway formed in the first tray mount in response to movement of the anchor-release actuator relative to the feeding table to cause the anchor included in the arm retainer to move to engage and disengage the anchor sockets.  
   
   
       3 . The juvenile seat of  claim 2 , wherein the arm retainer further includes an anchor base mounted for movement in the passageway formed in the first tray mount, the anchor is coupled to the anchor base, the anchor base is formed to include a post-receiver slot, and the retainer mover includes a mover post arranged to extend into and move in the post-receiver slot relative to the anchor base to provide means for moving the anchor base relative to the first tray mount in the passageway formed in the first tray mount to extend the anchor into one of the anchor sockets upon alignment of the anchor in registry with the one of the anchor sockets in response to movement of the retainer mover in a first direction in the passageway formed in the first tray mount and to withdraw the anchor from the one of the anchor sockets in response to movement of the retainer mover in a second direction in the passageway formed in the first tray mount.  
   
   
       4 . The juvenile seat of  claim 3 , wherein the post-receiver slot includes a lower segment arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the anchor and an upper segment arranged to communicate with the lower segment and lie in a space provided between the anchor and the lower segment, the mover post is located in the lower segment of the post-receiver slot when the anchor base is moved to extend the anchor into the anchor socket to lock the feeding tray in a fixed position relative to the base, and the mover post is located in the upper segment of the post-receiver slot when the anchor base is moved to withdraw the anchor from the anchor socket to free the feeding tray for movement relative to the base.  
   
   
       5 . The juvenile seat of  claim 4 , wherein the post-receiver slot is checkmark-shaped, the anchor base includes an upper driven surface defining an upper boundary of the post-receiver slot and including an upper inclined edge bordering the upper segment and contacting a mover post located therein and an upper horizontal edge bordering the lower segment and contacting a mover post located therein, and the anchor base further includes a lower driven surface defining a lower boundary of the post-receiver slot and including a lower inclined edge bordering the upper segment and contacting a mover post located therein and a lower horizontal edge bordering the lower segment and contacting a mover post located therein.  
   
   
       6 . The juvenile seat of  claim 3 , wherein the retainer mover is formed to include a guide slot arranged to receive a guide post included in the first tray mount and to cooperate with the guide post to define means for guiding reciprocating movement of the retainer mover in the passageway formed in the first tray mount.  
   
   
       7 . The juvenile seat of  claim 3 , wherein the first bar grabber further includes an anchor-projection spring coupled to the first tray mount and to the retainer mover and configured to define means for yieldably and normally urging the retainer mover to move in the first direction in the passageway formed in the first tray mount to cause the anchor to extend into one of the anchor sockets formed in the base upon alignment of the anchor in registry with the one of the anchor sockets so that the feeding table is locked in a stationary position relative to the base.  
   
   
       8 . The juvenile seat of  claim 7 , wherein the anchor-projection spring is located in the passageway formed in the first tray mount.  
   
   
       9 . The juvenile seat of  claim 3 , wherein the anchor base further includes a bottom wall and a top wall, the bottom wall is adapted to move relative to an underlying bottom wall included in the first tray mount, the top wall is coupled to the anchor, the anchor base further includes a thin base plate formed to include the post-receiver slot and the bottom wall and a relatively thicker top plate overlying the thin base plate and including the top wall, the relatively thicker top plate including a downwardly facing sawtooth-shaped ridge configured to mate with a complementary ridge formed on a rail included in retainer mover and configured to carry the mover post in the passageway formed in the first tray mount.  
   
   
       10 . The juvenile seat of  claim 2 , wherein the retainer mover includes a driver section coupled to the arm retainer, a tether section coupled to the anchor-release actuator, and a middle section arranged to interconnect the driver and tether sections, the driver section includes a rail and a mover post cantilevered to the rail and arranged to extend into a post-receiver slot formed in the arm retainer to define means for raising the arm retainer upwardly in the passageway formed in the first tray mount to extend an anchor included in the arm retainer into one of the anchor sockets when the anchor is aligned in registry with the one of the anchor sockets in response to movement of the retainer mover in a first direction in the passageway to lock the feeding table to the base and for lowering the arm retainer downwardly in the passageway formed in the first tray mount to withdraw the anchor from the one of the anchor sockets in response to movement of the retainer mover in an opposite second direction in the passageway to free the feeding table to move relative to the base.  
   
   
       11 . The juvenile seat of  claim 10 , wherein the tether section includes a horizontal flange carrying a downwardly extending post extending into a post receiver formed in the anchor-release actuator to couple the retainer mover for movement relative to the first tray mount in the passageway formed in the first tray mount in response to movement of the anchor-release actuator relative to the first tray mount.  
   
   
       12 . The juvenile seat of  claim 10 , wherein the middle section includes a first spring mount, the first tray mount includes a second spring mount, and the first base grabber further includes an anchor-projection spring coupled to the first tray mount and to the retainer mover and configured to define means for yieldably and normally urging the retainer mover to move in the first direction in the passageway formed in the first tray mount to cause the anchor to extend into one of the anchor sockets formed in the base upon alignment of the anchor in registry with one of the anchor sockets so that the feeding table is locked in a stationary position relative to the base.  
   
   
       13 . The juvenile seat of  claim 10 , wherein the rail includes an upwardly facing sawtooth-shaped ridge configured to mate with a downwardly facing complementary ridge formed on the arm retainer and the rail further includes a top wall coupled to the anchor and arranged to lie between the anchor and the upwardly facing sawtooth-shaped ridge.  
   
   
       14 . The juvenile seat of  claim 1 , wherein the feeding table lock further includes a second base grabber coupled to another of the first and second tray mounts for movement with and relative to the another one of the first and second tray mounts and the second base grabber is configured to include an anchor sized to fit into anchor sockets formed in the second wing included in the base to block movement of the feeding table relative to the base and the anchor-release actuator is coupled to the second base grabber for movement therewith relative to the base to withdraw the anchor included in the second base grabber from a companion anchor socket formed in the second wing to free the feeding table to move relative to the base.  
   
   
       15 . The juvenile seat of  claim 1 , wherein the first wing includes a first arm mount sleeve formed to include a channel and the anchor sockets therein and the first tray mount is arranged to extend into the channel formed in the arm mount sleeve in the first wing to align the anchor in registry with one of the anchor sockets formed in the first arm mount sleeve.  
   
   
       16 . The juvenile seat of  claim 15 , wherein the first arm mount sleeve includes an elongated top shell formed to include the anchor sockets and an elongated bottom shell coupled to the elongated top shell to form the channel therebetween and the first wing further includes a sleeve foundation coupled to the bottom shell to fix the first arm mount sleeve in a stationary position in the first wing.  
   
   
       17 . The juvenile seat of  claim 15 , wherein the first wing further includes a first arm support arranged to lie alongside the seat bottom and formed to include an interior region sized to receive the first arm mount sleeve through an opening formed in the first wing of the base and wherein the first wing also includes a sleeve foundation located in the interior region and coupled to the first arm mount sleeve to fix the arm mount sleeve in a stationary position in the first wing.  
   
   
       18 . A juvenile seat comprising 
 a base including a seat bottom, a first wing, and a second wing, the first and second wings being arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to locate the seat bottom therebetween, and    a movable feeding table including a tray and spaced-apart left and right slide arms coupled to the tray to move therewith relative to the base, each slide arm including a tray mount coupled to the underside of the tray and configured to slide back and forth in a companion arm-receiver channel formed in a companion arm mount sleeve located in one of the first and second wings and formed to include anchor sockets opening into the companion arm-receiver channel, each slide arm also including a base grabber configured to include an anchor located in the arm-receiver channel and mounted for movement in a passageway formed in a companion tray mount to extend the anchor into one of the anchor sockets to block movement of the movable feeding table relative to the first and second wings and to withdraw the anchor from the one of the anchor sockets to free the feeding table to move relative to the base.