IP Library Granted Patent US 8,919,889
Granted Patent B2
US 8,919,889 · App. 13/677,262 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Adjustable harness and chair therewith

Inventors: Schantal M. Kane (Downingtown, PA); Curtis M. Hartenstine (Birdsboro, PA)
Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
A47D15/006A47D1/002
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Patent No.
US 8,919,889
App. No.
13/677,262
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustable harness and a chair therewith are disclosed. The adjustable harness includes an attachment component, an adjustment component, and a shoulder strap. The attachment component is fixedly disposed on a backrest of a chair. The adjustment component is disposed on the attachment component and capable of being operated to move relative to the attachment component. An end of the shoulder strap is connected to the adjustment component. Thereby, the attachment component and the adjustment component function as an adjustment mechanism, by which a user can simply and fast adjust the shoulder strap, so as to solve the problem of tediousness and time consuming in adjusting restraint systems in the prior art.

Claims (27)

1. An adjustable harness, installed on a chair, the adjustable harness comprising:

an attachment component, fixedly disposed on a backrest of the chair, two ends of the attachment component being longitudinally fixed on the backrest;

an adjustment component, disposed on the attachment component and capable of being operated to move longitudinally relative to the attachment component;

a pulling tab, disposed on the adjustment component; and

a shoulder strap, an end of the shoulder strap being connected to the adjustment component, wherein the shoulder strap and the adjustment component move upward when the pulling tab is pulled upward.

2. The adjustable harness of claim 1 , wherein the attachment component comprises an attachment strap, two ends of the attachment strap are mounted on the backrest, and the attachment strap passes through the adjustment component.

3. The adjustable harness of claim 2 , wherein the adjustment component comprises a tri-glide buckle, the attachment strap is woven through three bars of the tri-glide buckle, and the end of the shoulder strap is attached onto a lower one of the three bars.

4. The adjustable harness of claim 3 , wherein the pulling tab is attached onto an upper one of the three bars.

5. The adjustable harness of claim 3 , further comprising an infant insert, attached between the tri-glide buckle and the attachment strap opposite to the shoulder strap.

6. A chair, comprising:

a backrest;

an attachment component, fixedly disposed on the backrest, two ends of the attachment component being longitudinally fixed on the backrest;

an adjustment component, disposed on the attachment component and capable of being operated to move longitudinally relative to the attachment component;

a pulling tab, disposed on the adjustment component; and

a shoulder strap, an end of the shoulder strap being connected to the adjustment component, wherein the shoulder strap and the adjustment component move upward when the pulling tab is pulled upward.

7. The chair of claim 6 , wherein the attachment component comprises an attachment strap, two ends of the attachment strap are mounted on the backrest, and the attachment strap passes through the adjustment component.

8. The chair of claim 7 , wherein the adjustment component comprises a tri-glide buckle, the attachment strap is woven through three bars of the tri-glide buckle, and the end of the shoulder strap is attached onto a lower one of the three bars.

9. The chair of claim 8 , wherein the pulling tab is attached onto an upper one of the three bars.

10. The chair of claim 8 , further comprising an infant insert, attached between the tri-glide buckle and the attachment strap opposite to the shoulder strap.

11. The chair of claim 6 , wherein the backrest has a guiding slot and an inlet space, communicating with the guiding slot, and the chair further comprises:

a seat plate, the backrest being disposed above the seat plate;

a recliner mechanism, for constraining the backrest to be disposed at a slanted angle relative to the seat plate;

a single-structured handle, connected to the recliner mechanism and passing through and sliding on the guiding slot, the single-structured handle having a handle body and a retaining portion, disposed to be connected with each other at two sides of the guiding slot, a profile of the inlet space being larger than a profile of the retaining portion; and

a resilient member, connected to the handle body and the backrest and capable of being resiliently deformed by moving the single-structured handle along the guiding slot.

12. The chair of claim 11 , wherein the resilient member is molded together with the single-structured handle.

13. The chair of claim 11 , wherein the resilient member is bar-shaped or ring-shaped.

14. The chair of claim 11 , further comprising a one-time snap, disposed at the inlet space, obstructing the retaining portion from getting into the inlet space.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2017
From: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
To: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 044346/0138 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2012
From: KANE, SCHANTAL M.; HARTENSTINE, CURTIS M.
To: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 029299/0809 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2012 2 0560510 U · Oct 29, 2012 · national
CN 2012 1 0453650 · Nov 13, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61629224 · Nov 15, 2011
Related Publication 20130119718A1 · May 16, 2013