Handheld apparatus mount fixture for child restraint tray

Abstract

A tray is provided for use with a juvenile seat. The tray includes an item-storage platform formed to include at least one receptacle.

1 . A tray comprising
 an item-storage platform and   a handheld clamp mounted on the item-storage platform for movement between a compact storage position lying in a clamp-storage cavity formed in the item-storage platform and a tilted use position lying at an angle to the item-storage platform, wherein the handheld clamp is configured to provide means for retaining a handheld apparatus in a stationary position relative to the item-storage platform so that the handheld apparatus can be viewed by a child seated in a juvenile seat associated with the item-storage platform.   
     
     
         2 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein the item-storage platform is formed to include a handheld receiver configured to provide means for receiving a portion of the handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp. 
     
     
         3 . The tray of  claim 2 , wherein the handheld receiver comprises a first handheld receiver slot sized to provide means for receiving an end edge of the handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp to establish an upright portrait orientation of the handheld apparatus. 
     
     
         4 . The tray of  claim 3 , wherein the handheld receiver further includes separate first and second side channels and the first handheld receiver slot is arranged to interconnect and cooperate with the first and second side channels to form a second handheld receiver slot sized to provide means for receiving a relatively longer side edge of the handheld apparatus alternatively to establish a sideways landscape orientation of the handheld apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The tray of  claim 1 , wherein the handheld clamp includes a retainer arm having a base end mounted on the item-storage platform for pivotable movement about a horizontal pivot axis and an opposite free end configured to mate with a handheld apparatus associated with the item-storage platform to trap the handheld apparatus in a stationary position between the item-storage platform and the free end of the retainer arm. 
     
     
         6 . The tray of  claim 5 , wherein the free end of the retainer arm is formed to include a notch sized to receive a portion of the handheld apparatus therein when the handheld clamp is used to retain the handheld apparatus in a stationary position on the item-storage platform. 
     
     
         7 . The tray of  claim 6 , wherein the item-storage platform is formed to include a handheld receiver configured to provide means for receiving a portion of the handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp, the handheld receiver comprises a first handheld receiver slot sized to provide means for receiving an end edge of the handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp to establish an upright portrait orientation of the handheld apparatus, and the handheld receiver further includes separate first and second side channels and the first handheld receiver slot is arranged to interconnect and cooperate with the first and second side channels to form a second handheld receiver slot sized to provide means for receiving a relatively longer side edge of the handheld apparatus alternatively to establish a sideways landscape orientation of the handheld apparatus 
     
     
         8 . The tray of  claim 5 , wherein the handheld clamp further includes a releasable arm lock that is configured to provide means for locking the retainer arm in a tilted use position relative to the item-storage platform so that a handheld apparatus trapped between the item-storage platform and the free end of the retainer arm to limit movement of the handheld apparatus relative to the item-storage platform. 
     
     
         9 . The tray of  claim 8 , wherein the releasable arm lock normally is spring-biased toward a locked position blocking pivotable movement of the retainer arm about the horizontal pivot axis by a spring included in the handheld clamp and mounted in the retainer arm. 
     
     
         10 . The tray of  claim 5 , further comprising first and second platform-support arms coupled to a rear portion of the item-storage platform and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another, and wherein a front portion of the item-storage platform is arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the rear portion, the horizontal pivot axis is arranged to extend along the front portion and lie in spaced-apart relation to the rear portion, and the clamp-storage cavity formed in the item-storage platform is located between the rear and front portions and sized to receive the handheld clamp therein upon movement of the handheld clamp about the horizontal pivot axis to the compact storage position. 
     
     
         11 . The tray of  claim 10 , wherein the item-storage platform is formed to include first and second receptacles and the clamp-storage cavity is arranged to lie between the first and second receptacles. 
     
     
         12 . The tray of  claim 10 , wherein the item-storage platform is formed to include a handheld receiver configured to provide means for receiving a portion of the handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp and to communicate with the clamp-storage cavity. 
     
     
         13 . The tray of  claim 12 , wherein the handheld receiver is arranged to lie between the rear portion of the item-storage platform and the clamp-storage cavity. 
     
     
         14 . The tray of  claim 1 , further comprising a handheld tether including a handheld receiver configured to hold a handheld apparatus and a receiver strap coupled to the handheld receiver and configured to provide means for establishing a limited range of motion of the handheld apparatus relative to the item-support platform. 
     
     
         15 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein a handheld apparatus retained by the handheld clamp in the stationary position is also held by the handheld receiver of the handheld tether. 
     
     
         16 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the handheld tether is stored in the clamp-storage cavity formed in the item-storage platform in a space provided between the item-storage platform and the handheld clamp upon movement of the handheld clamp to assume the compact storage position. 
     
     
         17 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the tray further includes an anchor-receiving socket coupled to the item-storage platform and the receiver strap includes a receiver anchor configured to provide releasable connector means for mating with the anchor-receiving socket to link the handheld tether to the item-storage platform. 
     
     
         18 . The tray of  claim 17 , wherein the anchor socket is located in the clamp-storage cavity formed in the item-storage platform. 
     
     
         19 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the handheld receiver includes first and second pockets arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to hold a handheld apparatus therebetween and a pocket-connector strip arranged to interconnect the first and second pockets and made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         20 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the handheld receiver includes first and second loops and a loop-connector strip arranged to interconnect the first and second loops and each of the first and second loops is made of an elastic material and is formed to include a space sized to receive therein a corner portion of a handheld apparatus to hold the handheld apparatus in coupled relation to the first and second loops. 
     
     
         21 . The tray of  claim 14 , wherein the handheld receiver includes a loop-connector strip and first, second, third, and fourth loops and each of the loops is made of an elastic material and is coupled to the loop-connector strip and formed to include a space sized to receive therein a corner portion of a handheld apparatus to hold the handheld apparatus in coupled relation to the first, second, third, and fourth loops. 
     
     
         22 . A tray comprising
 an item-storage platform formed to include a first handheld receiver slot sized to receive a narrow first end edge of a handheld apparatus and a second handheld receiver slot arranged to communicate with the first handheld receiver slot and sized to receive a relatively longer first side edge of the handheld apparatus and   a handheld clamp mounted for pivotable movement about a horizontal pivot axis to provide means for engaging a narrow second end edge of the handheld apparatus when the narrow first end edge of the handheld apparatus is placed in the first handheld receiver slot to retain the handheld apparatus in a stationary upright portrait orientation relative to the item-storage platform and alternatively for engaging a relatively longer second side edge of the handheld apparatus when the relatively longer second side edge of the handheld apparatus is placed in the second handheld receiver slot to retain the handheld apparatus in a stationary sideways landscape orientation relative to the item-storage platform so that the handheld apparatus can be viewed by a child seated in a juvenile seat associated with the item-storage platform.   
     
     
         23 . The tray of  claim 22 , wherein the item-storage platform is formed to include separate first and second side channels that are arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to one another to locate the first handheld receiver slot therebetween and in communication with each of the first and second side channels to cooperate to form the second handheld receiver slot. 
     
     
         24 . The tray of  claim 23 , wherein the first handheld receiver slot has a deep depth and the first and second side channels have a shallow depth that is less than the deep depth of the first handheld receiver slot.