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Granted Patent B2
US 12,458,179 · App. 18/351,034 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Folding baby bath seat

Inventors: Dana Chicca (Somerset, MA); Robert Blackadar (Worcester, MA)
Assignee: KIDS2, LLC
A47K3/127A47D1/02
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Patent No.
US 12,458,179
App. No.
18/351,034
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A foldable baby bath seat assembly includes a seat assembly supported by a foldable frame assembly having a forward floor-engaging portion pivotally coupled to a rear floor-engaging portion via a folding mechanism. The folding mechanism has first and second pivoting assemblies on opposite sides of the frame assembly, each of which comprises an actuator that allows the rear floor-engaging portion to pivot with respect to the seat assembly.

Claims (8)

1 . A baby seat comprising:

a seat assembly that is supported above a support surface by a frame assembly,

the frame assembly comprising:

a front floor-engaging portion; and

a rear floor-engaging portion, the rear floor-engaging portion pivotally coupled to the seat assembly by a folding mechanism, the rear floor-engaging portion moveable in at least two positions,

the folding mechanism comprising a first pivot assembly and a second pivot assembly,

each of the pivot assemblies comprising an actuator that enables the rear floor-engaging portion to pivot with respect to the seat assembly.

2 . The foldable baby bath seat of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of non-stick pads mounted on said forward and rear floor-engaging portions.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2026
From: GOT I, LLC; KIDS2, LLC
To: BAIN CAPITAL CREDIT, LP, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075400/0140 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2025
From: KIDS2, INC.
To: KIDS2, LLC
Reel/Frame 070566/0322 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2023
From: CHICCA, DANA; BLACKADAR, ROBERT
To: KIDS2, INC.
Reel/Frame 064324/0482 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63388570 · Jul 12, 2022
Related Publication 20240016343A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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